[8:42] Toss the member Scott Benson. Scott Benson and I. Councilmember

[8:45] Letitia Johnson. Member Denzel and Tom McCambell. Council Membered Miller.

[8:53] Member Miller indicated she would not be present today. So

[8:56] our absence is excused. Kirklausow, no Mr. President. Councilmember Gabriela

[9:00] Santiago Romero. Present. Council member Mary Waters. Present. Council member

[9:06] Angela Whitfield Callaway. Council President Pro Tim Coleman Aye on

[9:11] a second. President James Tate. Mr. President, you have a

[9:16] foreign. Thank you, ma'am. We have a quorum which means

[9:18] we're now in session. Before we go forward, we will

[9:21] now begin the collection of public comment cards. If you

[9:24] would like to provide comment to this body, please raise

[9:27] your hand now. If you're in person and online. If

[9:30] you have not received a card, keep that hand up.

[9:32] If you're in person and someone from the team will

[9:35] come by and provide you with one of those cards.

[9:38] So we will be closing public comment very shortly. And

[9:42] before we begin to begin the meeting, we have always

[9:44] start with the invocation and providing this morning's invocation. We

[9:48] have none other than Pastor Quantez Presley, a third new

[9:52] hope Baptist Church located at one, two, eight, five, zero

[9:55] Plymouth Road in District 7. Many of you young folks

[10:00] around here don't know that this gentleman here actually served

[10:04] in this building about 20 years ago. He did a

[10:07] great job then. His heart was for the community at

[10:09] that time and his heart is absolutely with the community

[10:11] now. So Pastor Q, you can please come forward. The

[10:15] floor is yours. Thank you for joining us this morning,

[10:18] providing. This morning's a vacation. Sir. Thank you for having

[10:22] me again to Council President Tate and Councilor Pro Tim

[10:24] Young and his absence into all of the council members

[10:27] and to the city of Detroit. Let us join our

[10:29] hearts together for a word of invocation. God, we have

[10:33] come on this terrific Tuesday with hearts full of humility

[10:38] and gratitude. Thanking you for the experience of another day.

[10:44] In this day, we commit ourselves to a spirit of

[10:47] purpose and productivity. And we asked that you would activate

[10:50] our gifts of reason. Discernment, and decision making. As we

[10:55] endeavor to enhance and advance the quality of life of

[10:57] those we are privileged to serve. God, we ask that

[11:01] you would please attune our attitudes to be sensitive to

[11:04] how what we do today impacts the lives of the

[11:07] least, the last, and the left out. May all that

[11:11] we do in say be pleasing to your sight and

[11:14] in alignment with your will. And thou hast now with

[11:17] your wisdom, your guidance, and your direction. As we thank

[11:21] you for the opportunity that you have provided us to

[11:23] make great things happen in our world, our community and

[11:27] in our society. It is in your all sufficient names

[11:30] we pray and give thanks. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor

[11:35] Presley, if you would like to stay with us. We

[11:37] would love to have you, but totally understand if you're

[11:41] a schedule does not allow. Thank you again for providing

[11:43] us with that powerful prayer this morning. Right. The journal

[11:50] of the session of Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 shall be

[11:54] approved. And before we move forward, we do have two

[11:58] presentations that are taking place this morning. I would like

[12:01] to begin first with member Santiago Romero. She will present

[12:05] a spirit of Detroit Award and acknowledgement of trans day

[12:09] of visibility. Remember Santiago Romero, the floor of yours, ma'am.

[12:13] Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning, everyone. That's has been

[12:18] mentioned. Today, March 31st is transgender day of visibility. In

[12:24] 2026, this day is in specially important. The year 2025

[12:28] was the sixth consecutive record - breaking year in the

[12:31] number of anti - trans bills considered across the country.

[12:35] There was a 45 percent increase in bills between 24

[12:39] and 25 alone. Between 2021 and 2025, the number of

[12:46] bills and consideration has increased by 668 percent. Further, Lincoln

[12:53] institutes a genocide prevention and human security release its third

[12:57] red flag alert for our country. The USA. Earlier this

[13:01] month, in response to Trump's administration's anti - trans initiatives.

[13:06] I share this to ring the alarm that our residents,

[13:10] trans, and gender nonconforming Detroiters who live in our city

[13:14] play pay taxes and patronize our local businesses are afraid

[13:18] and under attack. As leaders, we have the responsibility to

[13:22] both call out the hate and protect our residents, especially

[13:25] the most marginalized and vulnerable among us. It requires us

[13:30] to acknowledge the fact that trans people have always been

[13:33] here. And will always be here. They are entitled to

[13:36] the same rights as cisgender folks. Grounded in this reality,

[13:41] I am excited to honor a Detroiter who's leading by

[13:45] example. And works every day to build communities of care.

[13:49] Or are trans neighbors, where they can live safely and

[13:52] thrive with dignity. Lisa, I hope this award serves as

[13:57] a confirmation that in Detroit's, you are seeing, you mattered,

[14:01] and you are loved. With that, let's learn more about

[14:03] her work. Lisa Bod is a Latina trans woman who

[14:07] has called Detroit home for 13 years. As the LGBTQ

[14:16] community liaison. For the Wayne County prosecutor's office. She has

[14:23] helped secure more than 78 capital convictions with a hundred

[14:27] percent conviction rates. She started a main change program. She

[14:33] started a name change program that has helped transgender individuals

[14:37] out of opening county, Wayne County, McComb and Washington County,

[14:42] where she has successfully done over 800 name changes at

[14:46] no cost to our community. Something that was possible due

[14:49] to her extreme networking and hard work to secure pro

[14:53] bono legal services from partners such as Florida and GM.

[14:56] She's also the first trans woman of color in the

[14:59] country to testify. As an expert witness on social determinants

[15:04] of health and transgender violence. Further, polisa has helped train

[15:08] Detroit Police Departments and Wayne County Sheriff's offices on LGBTQ

[15:13] cultural competency. All said, Holy Cesa travels and trains other

[15:17] prosecutors offices across the country on having a trans inclusion

[15:21] policy like we do in Wayne County. She has helped

[15:25] Nashville, Tennessee, St. Paul, Minnesota, and the county in Georgia.

[15:30] All in act inclusive trans, policies within their court systems.

[15:35] For this and so much more, it is my privilege

[15:38] and honor that this year on Trans Day of Isibility,

[15:41] we honor her with the spirit of Detroit Awards. Congratulations,

[15:45] and thank you so much. Would like Mr. President

[15:56] for her to share a few words possessive possible. Thank

[15:58] you. Thank you. Good morning. I saw Latina trans woman

[16:04] of color. I'm truly honored to be here on transgender

[16:06] day of visibility. I want to thank the Detroit City

[16:08] Council and Council Member, Ms. Santiago Romero, for honoring me

[16:12] and seeing my hard work and my dedication to the

[16:14] city. I want to thank my community for believing in

[16:17] me. Allowing me to do this amazing work and change

[16:20] the culture here in Michigan for so many Michiganders. This

[16:22] work never stops. And though we are in a difficult

[16:25] place in our climate, it is important to acknowledge the

[16:27] process, the progress, excuse me, and the change that we

[16:30] have made in Michigan. We are accomplishing great strides for

[16:34] the transgender community and that will not stop. I am

[16:36] so grateful for the elected officials that are allies and

[16:39] for the Wayne County prosecutor's office for believing in me

[16:41] and allowing me to do this monumental work. And my

[16:44] affirming family. I'm so humbled, grateful, and full of joy

[16:47] to see that people that have worked with me throughout

[16:49] the years have came to support today. It lets me

[16:51] know that my community is visible and is seen. I'll

[16:54] continue to diligently work hard and continue to make effective

[16:57] change for my community. And I truly can't say thank

[16:59] you enough. And to my community, please keep fighting because

[17:02] there's light at the end of the tunnel. So thank

[17:04] you. Mr. President, thank you again for coming down today.

[17:12] I am as a fellow queer Latina. The first queer

[17:16] Latin elected to city council who has often the targets

[17:22] of bigoted comments, um, I'm just so grateful for your

[17:27] work. It's inspiring to me and it just reminds me

[17:31] what I believe that we are all children of God

[17:33] that we all care deeply about each other and that

[17:37] if we just allow each other, uh, to care for

[17:40] each other, we can really show love. So thank you.

[17:42] Thank you for showing up. Thank you, Mr. President. I

[17:48] know we have one more presentation. So I believe we'll

[17:51] take a picture afterwards, but thank you. Thank you. All

[17:53] right. Before we go forward, I'd like to turn the

[17:56] plur over to member McCambell. Thank you, Mr. President. Um,

[17:59] good morning to everyone. Thank you to my colleague member

[18:03] Santel Carmelo for, um, honor and trans to visibility. And

[18:07] thank you, Ms. Talysa, for all of your work. Um,

[18:11] on behalf of the community, I just want to, uh,

[18:14] echo that trans folks are here in Detroit deserve to

[18:18] have safety deserve to have dignity, um, has been trans

[18:21] focused, especially trans women of color who have embraced me

[18:25] and ensure that I was safe and made sure that

[18:28] I had what I need. So, um, extremely grateful and

[18:31] extremely grateful for your work. So thank you. I just

[18:33] wanted to express my gratitude. Thank you. Remember Santiago Merrill

[18:38] want to thank you as well for bringing forward this

[18:41] very important issue as someone who, uh, has taken, took

[18:46] a while to understand, uh, the transition for those who,

[18:51] uh, undergrow this process, um, I appreciate. And I appreciate

[18:56] you because I have, uh, a transgender nephew now. And

[19:02] again, it took a while, you know, when you are

[19:04] putting little barrettes and beads and all those things on

[19:07] a little girl's hair and you're trying to force this

[19:09] on. And he showed us who he was. Um, and

[19:12] without any fight whatsoever, we have loved him. He has

[19:17] done everything that we have wanted him to do, not

[19:20] on drugs, not harming anybody, living life the way we

[19:24] want him to live at university doing great. So I'm

[19:28] here to support him here to support all of our,

[19:32] uh, residents of the city of Detroit fill in the

[19:34] blank where you fall in. We are here to support

[19:37] you. So thank you again for bringing this forward. Mrs.

[19:41] On, we have, I say that on behalf of my

[19:44] nephew, who has had a very difficult pie. Um, just

[19:48] trying to be himself. Um, but it has been, um,

[19:52] a journey for us all. And I'm thankful to be

[19:54] where we are today at a point where we accept

[19:56] him for who he is and providing him with the

[20:00] support that he needs to, uh, thrive and grow in

[20:03] this world. So thank you again. Thank you again. Member

[20:06] Johnson. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to say,

[20:10] uh, to Jasa, thank you for showing up as your

[20:13] authentic self. I think it's so difficult for so many

[20:16] people, just in general to do that. So thank you

[20:19] for being who you are. Thank you for representing your

[20:22] community. And thank you for showing up. It's extremely important.

[20:26] And I wish we all would do it. I wish

[20:27] we all had the courage and the confidence to do

[20:29] it. But certainly do appreciate you for who you are.

[20:33] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So what we'll do

[20:39] is we will, uh, go through our next presentation and

[20:43] then we will have photos. All right. And next up

[20:46] we have member Benson was here to present a very

[20:50] special award honoring someone very near and dear and close

[20:54] to us who served with the city of Detroit for

[20:56] a number of years. And did so with excellence. I

[21:00] do not want to spoil the surprise for those who

[21:02] don't know. So here she is walking up. You spare

[21:07] wild dresses? Thank you. Uh, and good morning everybody. It

[21:12] is a special honor and privilege to present a testimonial

[21:16] resolution to Denise Fair Razo as a distinguished health care

[21:22] executive. Now as many of you know, uh, Denised Ferrazo

[21:27] has been our director of health and our health department

[21:32] since before 2019, 64 COVID. And so coming to the

[21:36] city of Detroit, taking on this big role, filling in

[21:39] big shoes. She's immediately hit with the greatest pandemic, probably

[21:44] the greatest healthcare challenge that the United States of the

[21:47] world has seen in generations, if not within a millennia.

[21:51] So and she took it head on and got us

[21:54] through. And we're all here. And funny thing is we

[21:57] still have the remnants from that healthcare, the pandemic that

[22:02] hit the entire world and put the city of Detroit

[22:04] on his knees. And if people don't remember, we had

[22:06] a lot of our residents who didn't make it out

[22:08] of that. And so that was a really trying time

[22:10] and a tough time. And director Ferrazo helped get us

[22:14] through that. And so number one, I want to thank

[22:15] her for her strength and her ability to help the

[22:19] city of Detroit get through that at the time. That

[22:21] was a huge deal. And it's still a huge deal.

[22:24] And many of us over lives the fact that we

[22:26] were able to attack that. And again, and make, make

[22:29] our way through it. So just want to give her

[22:31] a call to that. Help us to do that. So

[22:35] let me read our testimonial resolution. And Denised Ferragazzo is

[22:40] a distinguished health care executive. And also we also have

[22:43] her husband here. If we go with my, come with

[22:45] that. This is a family deal. And as my wife

[22:54] tells me as I told my wife behind every strong

[22:56] woman is a man rolling his eyes. So in his

[23:00] eyes, man. Denise Farrell distinguished healthcare executive servant city of

[23:05] Detroit's chief public health officer in this role. She leads

[23:09] a team of 250 public health professionals and works diligently

[23:13] to protect the health safety and wellbeing of Detroit residents.

[23:19] The longest serving public health officer in the history of

[23:22] Detroit and in the history of our health department. There

[23:25] was another round of applause. For a while pointed by

[23:32] Mirror Mike Duggan in September 2019 and lead the city's

[23:34] public health efforts, armed with an MBA, MPH and FACHE.

[23:40] I'm sure that is. She responded swiftly and decisively to

[23:44] the COVID - 19 pandemic by spearheading a comprehensive public

[23:48] health response. Her leadership helped save countless lives through outreach

[23:53] initiatives rapid testing public education campaigns media engagement and vaccination

[23:59] clinics. She also oversees critical functions such as communical disease,

[24:04] interventions and environmental health and safety inspections under her leadership

[24:09] to help department and ministers 40 services and programs, including

[24:13] the food rating ordinance. That is very special in my

[24:16] heart at one time. We were openly restaurants in the

[24:19] CV choice serving poisonous food to our residents without any

[24:23] type of accountability and then advocating that they could not

[24:27] comply with the basic requirements by law that any restaurant

[24:32] has to do. And these ferrals though helped me with

[24:35] our food rating ordinance, dining with confidence program to ensure

[24:38] that every family in the city of Detroit can dine

[24:42] with confidence that we're feeding their family safe and healthy

[24:45] food. And so I give an extra special that. Needs

[24:51] to arouse tirelessly to expand her expertise in order to

[24:55] better serve others. She earned a bachelor's of arts from

[24:57] University of Michigan, a master of the public health from

[25:01] University of California, Berkeley, and a master's of business administration

[25:04] from the Mike Illish School of Business at Wayne State

[25:07] University. She's also a boar certified health care management by

[25:11] the American College of Healthcare Executives. Tons of accolades. And

[25:16] here are some more. Denised Farrell was deeply committed to

[25:19] advancing public health for all citizens. She serves on numerous

[25:22] boards and has received multiple honors and recognition of her

[25:27] outstanding leadership and service appointed by Governor Whitmer. She serves

[25:30] on Michigan's public health advisory council. She is also an

[25:34] active board member of the public health foundation. The Detroit

[25:38] zoological authority, the parade company, the Troy Symphony Orchestra and

[25:42] Green Hills School in 2020. She was recognized by crazy

[25:47] business as one of the prestigious 40 under 40 named

[25:50] a woman of impact by the Joyce Ivy Foundation and

[25:54] honored as a woman of excellence by the Michigan Chronicle.

[25:59] He has also. And there's more. He's also received a

[26:04] Michigan Avenue Award of Public Service from the Southwest Detroit

[26:08] Business Association and was recognized as a health champion by

[26:11] the city of the city by the black family development.

[26:17] And I'm going to forgot this last paragraph. But that

[26:20] the office of councilmen Scott Vince and Detroit City Council

[26:23] hereby recognized and these fair rosa for her exceptional service

[26:27] to the people of Detroit and for leading with grace,

[26:30] expertise and compassion while making health safety and quality of

[26:34] life, top priorities. May God continue to bless your endeavors

[26:39] here on out. Then one last fun fact about Denise

[26:45] Ferrazzo, which many people don't know. I'm not sure if

[26:47] anybody knows this. I didn't know this until today. She's

[26:50] also a former Zumba instructor. Who is getting up early

[26:54] to teach people Zumba three days a week. On top

[26:59] of leading 250 people and speaking of safe in the

[27:02] city of Detroit, Denised Fair Rosa. Thank you. Thank you.

[27:10] I have to correct that last statement. I was a

[27:13] Zumba instructor before I became the health officer. There was

[27:16] no lag at the top of both, but I, this

[27:18] is, this is so wonderful. Um, thank you so much

[27:21] for this incredible honor. I am just so happy to

[27:24] be here. It's really been a pleasure. Yep. This is

[27:29] my husband, everybody. No, it's truly been, um, an honor

[27:35] working with you. You're headed so many initiatives and the

[27:38] health department has been, um, just so pleased to support

[27:41] you. I also want to thank the entire Detroit City

[27:45] Council for your partnership and service to our city. Thank

[27:48] you for recognizing the health department and giving us the

[27:51] support that we needed. Especially thankful to former Mayor Mike

[27:54] Duggan for giving me the opportunity to lead the state

[27:57] of Detroit Health Department. Um, when I started in September

[28:00] of 2019, I remember the staff telling me that I

[28:04] was the 12th health officer in 15 years. And they

[28:07] looked in the up and down and said, well, how

[28:09] long are you going to stay? And my response was

[28:12] as long as you will have me. And it's been

[28:15] almost seven years and the help. That I know that

[28:19] less than six months later, the city of Detroit would

[28:22] be hit with a pandemic. And the city would rely

[28:25] on the health department to help lead us. So it

[28:28] certainly has been an incredible journey. I want to thank

[28:31] the staff of the Detroit Health Department for their leadership,

[28:35] for their steadfast support, for my family, my parents, my

[28:39] sisters who are watching online, who instilled in me strong

[28:43] Christian values, a strong work ethic. They taught me to

[28:46] put God first. And if you put God first, everything

[28:49] else will line up. And it certainly helps. But finally,

[28:55] I want to thank my husband, Rico Rado, for his

[28:58] support, but also for being my calm in our mini

[29:02] storms, um, that we faced, um, the city of Detroit.

[29:07] We're getting ready to celebrate five years of marriage. So

[29:10] it's been five years. And finally to the people of

[29:15] Detroit. Thank you for, um, allowing me to serve for

[29:19] trusting me to serve. It really has been an honor.

[29:21] I am very hopeful for the city of Detroit. And

[29:24] I'll be cheering from afar. Thank you so much. All

[29:34] right. Let's take photos. Uh, and I would like to

[29:37] know that we will now cut off the collection of

[29:40] public comment cards.

[30:01] In case they didn't know.

[30:21] That.

[30:32] Okay. Oh, please. Are you very awesome?

[31:25] Totally deserved. I'm so proud. Thank you for watching.

[31:48] All right. You need some balance on this.

[32:11] There we go. Rico. S in the middle.

[32:44] So my zero mill for solo just because.

[32:57] You can't even throw another.

[33:19] Gun. Which one? You talk about that. That's right. That's

[33:27] right. All right. All right. Thank you so much.

[33:40] Federal clerk there being no reconsideration or unfinished business. We

[33:43] will proceed with the budget finance and audit standing committee.

[33:49] 11 reports for various city departments. 11 reports will be

[33:52] referred to the budget finance and audits. Standing committee for

[33:54] the internal operation standing committee. Seven reports for various city

[34:00] departments. The seven reports would be referred to the internal

[34:02] operations standing committee for the neighborhood and community services standing

[34:07] committee. One report from the mayor's office. The one report

[34:10] will be referred to the neighborhood and community services standing

[34:13] committee for the planning and economic development standing committee. The

[34:17] submittal of two memorandums. The two member randoms will be

[34:20] referred to the planning and economic development standing committee for

[34:24] the public health and safety standing committee. Seven reports from

[34:28] various city departments. Seven reports would be referred to the

[34:31] public health and safety standing committee. Who will now move

[34:34] to the voting action. Items. Go to action matters, Madam

[34:39] Clerk. There are no idles, Mr. President. Under other matters.

[34:43] There are no items, Mr. President. On the communication from

[34:46] the mayor and other governmental agencies and officials, no items,

[34:51] Mr. President. Thank you so much. We will now move

[34:53] to public comment. We do have 13 cards in person

[34:58] and a number that are online. So we will give

[35:01] everyone two minutes for general public comment this morning. Just

[35:06] asking for those, uh, when your time is up, keep

[35:09] your eye on the clock. Any time is up, please

[35:11] relinquish the microphone to allow the person coming next to

[35:13] you their opportunity to speak before this body. We're going

[35:16] to start first with Eileen. Followed by Alvin Horn. Now

[35:22] you see you being a public comment, sir. But then,

[35:24] uh, followed by Brother Cunning. So Eileen Williams, Alvin Horn

[35:29] and brother Cunningham. Ms. Williams. You may come before the

[35:36] mark. Come on down. Be careful. Be careful. Take your

[35:39] time. Take your time. I'm here today because I've got

[35:48] two problems. One is the fraud against my home. They,

[35:55] they, someone took out a deed or my property. So

[36:00] I had, I came down to the morobian and the,

[36:04] and the gentleman explained to me that, uh, they, you

[36:08] know, when you put the side. Anyway, when they stabbed

[36:12] it, they seemed that that was wrong. Whoever did it.

[36:15] So they had to investigate. It's been by two years.

[36:20] And they still haven't done anything. I went past there

[36:24] because so many friends of mines had been telling me

[36:26] that they to fix the house up and they done

[36:30] moved in. Well, I had fixed it up some, you

[36:33] know, but I didn't know nobody had moved into my

[36:36] home. And when I went by there, they have. So

[36:40] I want to know what, what else can I do?

[36:42] Because that's what they told me to do was come

[36:45] down to the Monroe building and talk to them about

[36:47] the fraud. And I did that. And the gentleman, he

[36:51] was very nice about it. And I've called. And he

[36:54] said that the investigation is still going on. But I

[36:59] don't get known, you know, no mailing, no email, no

[37:02] nothing about what's going on with my property. But I'm

[37:05] seeing people living in my home. Yes, ma'am. So it

[37:09] sounds like, and we can't give you back and forth.

[37:12] I just want to give you a little guidance here.

[37:14] We're going to have someone, uh, work to assist you.

[37:17] Where's your address of that? I say, don't give me

[37:21] the address. I'm sorry. Giving the intersection. Of where the

[37:25] home is located. Yes. Okay. Well, I'm on roles. I

[37:27] mean, it's not rosemary, you know, right there off of

[37:31] Dickerson. Okay. All right. I think someone from member Johnson's

[37:35] office, um, provide you with assistance offline. That's council member

[37:38] Johnson right there. All right. Okay. I thank you so

[37:42] much. I'm so, I don't know how to feel. Thank

[37:46] you. Yes, ma'am. We're going to do what we can

[37:48] to assist. Next speaker, Alvin Horn. Followed by brother Cunningham,

[37:54] followed by Miss Betty Lyons. Good morning, Mr. President. Members

[37:59] of the Tracy Council of the last several years. The

[38:02] assessor's officers reviewed some 6, 100 properties interedian specials. Of

[38:07] those 6100, less than 250 were bought by something other

[38:11] than a quick plane being. Wood planned age and land

[38:15] contracts are perfectly legal ways of back property. But they

[38:18] have their own dangers, particularly in the city where the

[38:22] average age of a single family home is over 100

[38:24] years old. Remember Johnson has spoken about the need to

[38:28] bring pre - sale inspections back to the city. I'm

[38:31] here to support that idea. People do not know what

[38:34] they don't know. As I said, land contracts and quick

[38:38] claim dates are perfectly legal ways of buying property. But

[38:42] they have no guarantees. You are literally buying a house

[38:45] as is. Some of what we've seen over the years.

[38:50] Hollowed out furnaces. Painted over rotten window sales warp floor

[38:55] boards. Cracks in the foundation have been hit. People don't

[39:00] know what they don't know. And most of us don't

[39:03] have the extra taste to actually examine the house. Um,

[39:08] I realized that there are stresses and burdens on the

[39:12] city's finances. And I don't have the wisdom assault. I

[39:15] don't know how we find the mind to do it.

[39:18] I do know it is a necessity. Particularly in the

[39:21] city, as I said, with the average age of a

[39:23] single family home is over a hundred years old. As

[39:27] part of state council's ordinance, the assessor's office looks at

[39:31] twenty percent of the properties of the city every year.

[39:34] We've looked at over a third of the housing, housing

[39:37] stock and the save the last several years. We have

[39:40] reduced 90 percent of it. From good and average to

[39:44] fear and poor. By the time we're done this year

[39:47] as part of the mayor's executive order, more than 90

[39:51] percent of housing stock in this city will be in

[39:53] either fair or poor condition. That's just the reality of

[39:57] 100 - year - old homes. Thank you. Sir. Next

[40:06] weekend, Brother Cunningham followed by Betty Lyons followed by Effie.

[40:21] Hello everyone on the sound of my voice. 313 -

[40:24] 444 - 9114 - 3134449114. We want to one -

[40:33] four. That number was made so you can remember it.

[40:35] You can find my cash app, Patreon, different articles, uh,

[40:40] reach out for prayer, reach out to be supportive. I

[40:44] had a decent donation last week. And gas prices are

[40:48] atrocious food. His atrocious, I'm still in like the poverty

[40:51] level. Um, have some invisible disabilities. But, uh, God's good.

[40:57] I'm not going to complain. Uh, so with proportion of

[41:01] the donation, I give out hand women's bus tickets. Um,

[41:06] mostly bus tickets and ice water in the summertime, half

[41:10] off rise in the taxi cab, free rise. If they

[41:13] look like they're like a senior older, if I can

[41:15] afford to do it, I do it often. Here's a

[41:18] 31 day pass. Um, I don't know if anyone signed

[41:22] on my voice inside the building. No, someone that can

[41:26] use a 31 day pass for Detroit Department of Transportation

[41:30] DOT coaches and smart bus. They work on both. Someone

[41:35] may know someone before I leave, I'm leaving Wrath of

[41:37] my public comment. I'll hand that to you, no problem.

[41:40] I got some four hour passes. Um, it takes a

[41:43] lot to get out if you don't have a lot

[41:45] of money. I always say that the parking should be

[41:48] validated. And busted gets be given out. To those who,

[41:53] um, come down, um, to a city meeting. Everybody don't

[41:58] have a plushed car free gasoline free insurance. Or if

[42:02] you're paying for your insurance or car, not everybody has

[42:05] that, um, benefit. Um, so know that you are blessed

[42:12] to have a vehicle and pray for those who are

[42:14] riding, uh, DOT. They're not on time. Often not clean

[42:19] and they're not showing up. Thank you for passing the

[42:22] budget. Thank you. Next speaker, Betty Lyons followed by Effie,

[42:29] followed by Shirelle Kubiak. Okay. We're talking about truth. I'm

[42:36] going to say my truth. What you're trying to uplift

[42:40] is an abomination. To my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

[42:45] Yeah. Laugh. You are a reprobate mind, the ones who

[42:50] go along with his trans and men and man and

[42:54] women on women. It's evil and a satanic mentality. No

[43:01] pity party for illegal immigrants. Oh, by the way, the

[43:05] health department need to have a seminar on how the

[43:08] STDs has exploded from this behavior. No pity party for

[43:16] illegal immigrants. Romero waters, met Campbell, all fighting for illegal

[43:21] immigrants. While the legal intennists are treated inhumane. Why don't

[43:26] you rally for that? How they are treated. Put the

[43:30] slum large in jail. Take their money and make whole

[43:35] the people at the riverfront and the Leland tenants. Inhumane

[43:40] how they're treated. And that attorney mallet. He is of

[43:46] no use. He is dull - minded. He's not fighting

[43:49] for them. He's helping the slum lords. And that 600

[43:55] million dollars that's older, the Detroit citizens. Why don't you

[43:59] excite for that? You're not fighting for that. No, you

[44:01] helped Dugan still that money. Did he try residents? Where

[44:06] is our justice? You talking about justice? Where is it?

[44:10] For us who are the citizens, the real citizens. Real

[44:15] men, real women. Those are the citizens frowned. I'm glad

[44:19] because you're reacting, but you're not thinking you're reacting. That's

[44:24] all you do. You don't think. You don't help. The

[44:28] man that came down last week, the way he was

[44:30] treated was awful. It was awful. Next caller, please. I'm

[44:38] not next, calling next person. Effie. Followed by Cheryl Kubiak

[44:44] followed by John Laslo. Yes, good morning. How are you

[44:49] mourning? I'm a little closer to the mic so we

[44:51] can hear you want to hear. I'm really happy to

[44:54] be here today. Actually, um, most of you know who

[44:58] I am. You know, I've knew you're for years. So,

[45:03] but, uh, the reason I came here today, because number

[45:05] one, you know, I was tired as an architect, but

[45:11] say as an architect about 12 years ago, and then

[45:16] when I retired, I decided that I would like to

[45:19] teach. So I started teaching. You know, teaching young people,

[45:23] you know, trying to help them, you know, and making

[45:26] sure that they prepare for their lives and they pay

[45:30] attention more to the education. So I've been there at

[45:33] the school for 12 years now. And, uh, and I

[45:38] said, I'll come here because, uh, I also belong to

[45:41] the African world expo, the African world expo, uh, we

[45:46] have been having the ban for the last 32 years.

[45:49] As my father, this is the 30 second year of

[45:52] the African world expert. And I was, I came here

[45:56] to ask the council, you know, to try to work

[45:58] with those. Because I try sometimes to get to you.

[46:02] I do. You know, I will package it. I lived

[46:08] here for the council members. So please look at the,

[46:13] you know, the package and see how we can collaborate

[46:16] together. And again, there are so much opportunities that is

[46:24] city council, the city. And the council can work with

[46:30] Africa. You know, to try to, you know, for development

[46:37] collaboration. So, so we have to come together and try

[46:40] to say, well, we can do, you know, to build

[46:44] the city of Detroit and also, also Africa. Again, thank

[46:47] you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank

[46:51] you. Thank you. Our next speaker, Jarrell Kurdiak followed by

[46:57] John Laslau followed by Mia Anderson. Good morning. Thanks so

[47:03] much. Uh, I hope I'm not preempting the resolution in

[47:07] honor of social work month, but I am Cheryl Kubiak.

[47:10] I'm the dean of the Wayne State University School of

[47:12] Social Work. And I wanted to come up here in

[47:16] gratitude to the very rich history that this body has

[47:20] in social work. I had the privilege of working for

[47:24] council when Irma Henderson and Mary on the half you

[47:27] were president. Both social workers. And I can say that

[47:31] the values and the ethics that I learned in this

[47:34] chamber, uh, and around the table for those three years,

[47:39] really are the catalysts for the work that we do

[47:41] now at Wayne State. And I hope that you know

[47:45] that that education that I received, I want to give

[47:48] back and continue to partner with you as a body

[47:52] as well as the mayor. So thank you very much.

[47:55] Thank you. Our next speaker, John Leslau followed by Mia

[48:00] Anderson followed by Ms. Logan. My name is John D.

[48:06] Lassello and I'm here today basically because in 2006 you

[48:10] guys illegally double my home tax because I didn't know

[48:14] the law. Now the government should know and obey its

[48:18] own law. After I found out about the law, I

[48:21] started peeling and after about 10 years of appealing, finally

[48:25] last year, the board of review, all that mafia crap

[48:30] brought my taxable value and my assess value to zero

[48:33] confirmed by two people, uh, secretary of Board of Review,

[48:39] uh, Michelle Hickson and Cynthia Burton. Now there was last

[48:44] year, this year, they want to raise the tax back

[48:46] to market value and stuff. Disregarding the state and local

[48:51] laws that limit how much they can raise your text

[48:54] if there's no, um, ownership transfer. I went to the

[48:59] board of review meeting and they used the LCD screens

[49:03] as cowboy bandit masks. They have no names you feel

[49:06] in front of them like in front of KGB. And

[49:10] they don't care about the state law, about the local

[49:13] law, about the decision they made last year. If the

[49:17] mafia, the tax mafia cannot go by the law, they

[49:20] should be disbanded. And the home taxes should be abolished.

[49:25] Abraham Lincoln wanted to abolish them. But you guys killed

[49:29] him when he wanted to abolish the property tax. So

[49:32] I'm asking your help to make the tax mafia, go

[49:36] by the law to increase the tax according with the

[49:39] law limits if there was no ownership transfer. And I

[49:45] want to thank you so much. And please forward one

[49:48] package to my councilwoman, one to the president. They should

[49:53] not ignore the laws. The laws are for everybody to

[49:57] follow. And the government should not play with the people

[50:00] taking advantage because the people don't know your laws. You

[50:04] guys know the law you should go. Thank you so

[50:07] much. God bless you all. The next speaker, Miya Anderson

[50:12] followed by Strawberry Logan followed by Kari Jordan. Hello. Hello.

[50:20] I'm calling, I'm coming in today because I did actually

[50:23] speak with my council person been singing yesterday. Um, I

[50:27] have 10 lot purchase agreement with the land bank since

[50:30] July. I've actually had two. They will not honor it.

[50:33] One of the lots is part of the Dirty Dirk

[50:35] contamination. I've asked them to proceed with the cell of

[50:38] the nine other lots because they're not under investigation. I

[50:42] asked Mr. Benson to confirm facts. He said he just

[50:45] want to take them at face value with the land

[50:47] bank saying that it's not safe to sell me the

[50:49] other lots. I asked him to call Mr. Tim Pasolazzo,

[50:52] who is the person who is in charge of the

[50:54] investigation. He said he did indeed speak with him. And

[50:57] then Mr. Pasolazzo said that the contamination does not spread

[51:00] past a lot of investigation, but he still wants to

[51:03] take the land bank at their word that they have

[51:05] safety am I. So the last couple of times I

[51:08] spoke, I'm giving you a little bit of tidbit about

[51:10] how the land bank works. So I'm going to tell

[51:11] y'all safety is not their highest priority. When I worked

[51:14] there, I was in a project management and of maintenance.

[51:18] People would call in and say this tree from your

[51:21] lot that you have the priority to maintain is hanging

[51:24] over my house dropping lens is clearly dead. I don't

[51:27] want damage to my house. Can you please come remove

[51:30] it? Uh, the policy was no, we're not going to

[51:33] remove it. We don't have the funds, even though they

[51:35] have multimillion dollars of funds back in those days from

[51:38] you guys, y'all were getting it to them back then.

[51:40] And it would fall on their homes. And then they

[51:44] gave rule at the land bank legal would claim governmental

[51:48] immunity. So I can tell you safety is not the

[51:50] priority. The wellbeing is not the priority. They're refusing to

[51:54] sell me to nine lots because their own personal preference.

[51:57] And I'm encouraging the body, not my counsel person because

[52:00] he's not going to do it because he just wants

[52:02] to go along to get along. But to encourage them

[52:04] to do what is right. However, I did vote for

[52:07] you and you did walk the alley with me during

[52:09] your campaign trail and you said you would get those

[52:11] huge voters, the ones that are about 12 feet long

[52:14] out of my alley. And I do expect for you

[52:15] to honor your commitment to that. Thank you. Our next

[52:20] speaker, strawberry Logan spotted by Kari Jordan followed by Josh

[52:26] Man. Everyone. I'm here again. I've been coming for a

[52:35] couple of years now whenever I can. I think it's

[52:38] my reasonable service to let you guys know how I

[52:41] feel about your governing. And I'm not too pleased about

[52:46] it. Because I've been coming here and I've been basically

[52:52] saying the same thing about over assessment of property taxes

[52:55] about me losing my home as a consequence of that

[52:59] without due process. Uh, I met with, I didn't meet

[53:05] with him, but I spoke briefly with council president Tate

[53:10] who was pro - Tim at the time, the mayor,

[53:14] uh, the council president, nobody can help me. They send

[53:20] me to nonprofits thinking that a nonprofits are going to

[53:23] help me. If you don't, you who I voted to

[53:27] represent me don't help me. Why would you think nonprofits

[53:31] would help me? I haven't got no help. For the

[53:35] last couple of years. And I think these, these, uh,

[53:39] the comments should do something. Rather than just be a

[53:44] sounding board. Answer our concerns. Publicly. Just in case other

[53:52] citizens who have similar concerns would know what to do,

[53:56] nowhere to go. You, you'll probably represent us. We'll come

[54:02] here. Don't want to do an investigation. Don't want to

[54:07] do nothing. Just listen for these two minutes. And then

[54:11] it's over. That's ridiculous. I've been coming here for two

[54:15] years. I have the same concerns. Nobody has done anything.

[54:20] You haven't even discussed it far as I'm concerned. As

[54:23] far as I know, you haven't come back to me

[54:24] and said anything, give me any kind of direction except

[54:27] go somewhere else. I think that's disappointing. Next speaker, Kari

[54:34] Jordan, followed by Josh Mann, followed by looking. Council

[54:44] members. My name is Kari Omara Jordan. And I am

[54:49] honored to introduce myself as the newly elected president of

[54:52] the Grixdale Farms neighborhood association. I'm reaching out on behalf

[54:57] of a proud and deeply rooted community located between six

[55:02] mile and seven mile wood and john R. We often

[55:06] describe Gregsdale Farms as a hidden gem. But our goal

[55:10] is to make sure it's hidden no longer. Our residents

[55:14] are actively working together to strengthen safety, build connection, and

[55:19] poor positive development into our neighborhood. From grassroots organizing to

[55:25] community engagement, we are committed to creating a place where

[55:29] families want to move in. Living and stay in. As

[55:34] we join District 3, we are excited about the opportunity

[55:38] to collaborate with the council and with others already doing

[55:43] impactful work across the district. We know that meaningful change

[55:48] happens through partnership. And so I speak directly to our

[55:53] esteemed leader and council representative Scott Vinson. We are ready

[55:58] to be a part of that work. We would greatly

[56:02] appreciate your support as we continue building momentum, whether through

[56:07] resources, guidance or simply staying connected to our efforts on

[56:12] the ground. Thank you for your time. And we look

[56:15] forward to working together to uplift not just Greg's Dale

[56:19] Farms. The entire district three community and on behalf. Of

[56:25] the city of Detroit. Thank you for your time. Thank

[56:29] you. Next speaker is Josh Mann followed by Liberty, who

[56:34] will be our final in - person speaker. For today.

[56:39] Good morning everybody. Um, you know what I'm going to

[56:43] say? Flock. You guys are old enough to remember privacy.

[56:48] That thing's going to be gone. So, and being having

[56:51] like grandkids, kids, nephews. Just to drive from Boston Edison

[56:56] down to here. I had to pass 12 flocks surveillance

[56:59] cameras. That are all not just monitoring their cataloging everything

[57:03] about you, your car, the dirt on your car, how

[57:07] many people. 2027, they're mandating technology in cars. In 2024,

[57:14] they said by 2027, all cars have to have surveillance

[57:17] systems. So now between our phones, our cars, our streets,

[57:22] it's a complete surveillance state. And this is nothing that

[57:26] anybody would want to bring future generations into. This is

[57:30] going to be weaponized and used against us. I was

[57:33] next in Hazel Park the other day next to an

[57:35] Amazon fulfillment center. Every 90 seconds a drone flew over.

[57:41] One after another, the dog was going crazy. And to

[57:44] think like this is our future. And soon the surveillance

[57:47] is going to be in the sky as well. You

[57:49] can't control the cars or our phones, but you can

[57:51] control this city. And please research this and look into

[57:56] it because the decisions that are being made currently are

[58:00] going to affect the future tremendously. And these need to

[58:03] be really considered. And it's not about crime. It's about

[58:08] mass surveillance of everybody. This isn't just for criminals. I

[58:11] please, I really wish you all would think this through

[58:14] about the implications that it's going to have for future

[58:17] generations. Thank you. Our next speaker and final speaker in

[58:23] person. Is liberty. Thank you. So to give us a

[58:29] little focus, um, I'm going to say through the chair

[58:34] to everybody here if you want to stand for the

[58:37] Pledge of Allegiance. So I pledge of allegiance to the

[58:40] flag of the United States of America and to the

[58:44] republic for which it stands. One nation. Under God indivisible

[58:50] with liberty and justice for all US citizens. I'm going

[58:54] to add. And in the name of Father, Son, Holy

[58:57] Spirit. Amen. So I missed, I think it was last

[59:03] week the results of the property tax moratorium. Um, but

[59:09] let me give you some more information. To look at

[59:12] all over Michigan and the United States. There's a housing

[59:16] shortage. Uh, the U S house oversight and accountability committee

[59:24] held the meeting at the end of the Biden administration.

[59:28] September 25th, 2024. And I'll give, uh, the clerk copy

[59:34] of this 21 page report. So for all council members.

[59:40] But anyone can look at it online, the title of

[59:43] it, well, the hearing is entitled, the Border crisis, the

[59:47] cost of chaos. But the title that you can look

[59:50] up, uh, for everyone to read, the consequences of illegal

[59:54] immigration for housing affordability, government budgets and American workers. And

[1:00:01] again, the gentleman that brought this to, he was called

[1:00:04] in 30 different oversight committees. Um, brought in as an

[1:00:11] expert. 30 different ones. So, um, so basically what's happening

[1:00:20] is the value of our homes. Are overinflated. Uh, because

[1:00:28] of. Anyways next time. We are online public. And how

[1:00:37] many callers did we have and who do you have

[1:00:40] first. Morning, counsel president? Um, we have 18 callers online.

[1:00:48] And the first number is ending in 03 knowledge. I

[1:00:52] call her the floor, yours. You have two minutes, general

[1:00:54] public comment.

[1:01:06] Yeah, there's hit them right here on the phone talking

[1:01:09] to you. To you directly to you. And you call

[1:01:13] Canisia's mother, Canadia Coleman, DPP case number 20 dash 112.

[1:01:21] And you said I wasn't in the right representative. For

[1:01:23] the family. But the family didn't actually do nothing. It

[1:01:28] was, ne, me, my friend Antony, Ivy's granddaughter, Canisia's daughter.

[1:01:35] That asked me to help her with her mama. Now

[1:01:38] you filed. You. Born heaven, turned right now. And it's

[1:01:45] tolerant Kenlock pastor. Solomon Kinlock. Playing y'all got in place

[1:01:50] to remove Mary. It's getting ready to run into monkey

[1:01:54] wrench roof. I got a 45 geography in and around

[1:02:01] Detroit or being stand up. You don't got that. When

[1:02:05] you was at Benedict in high school, I could hear

[1:02:07] you a lot about your whole tower. High school years.

[1:02:14] Now what you did in college and went over to

[1:02:16] the police department nine years city council and you the

[1:02:19] constant president. To get this up. Your political career. It's

[1:02:25] getting ready to run into monkey rich rule. Me. Rare

[1:02:31] is a talented lawyer. You don't deserve to have no

[1:02:36] law license in the state of Michigan. And it's born

[1:02:39] evidence. I don't know what Warren game is now, but

[1:02:43] I do know when I do know. And now it's

[1:02:48] pastor Solomon Kellogg. He don't want to talk to me.

[1:02:50] But he want to get information on Mary. How to

[1:02:53] get hurt removed from office. It ain't going to work.

[1:02:59] I support Mary shall feel now 1010 percent. Let's call

[1:03:08] her please. Next caller is Betty A1. It's been a

[1:03:13] vernor of the floor of Georgia. You have two minutes.

[1:03:15] General public comment. Uh, good morning to all within the

[1:03:20] sound of my voice. I'm Betty Aybar and the president

[1:03:22] of the soda Ellsworth black association. If you are someone

[1:03:26] who are having problems paying for your prescription, medical relief.

[1:03:33] They have a prescription program where prescriptions costs eight dollars

[1:03:39] and 30 cent. And that's for a month supply. And

[1:03:43] they will mail or you can pick up the prescription.

[1:03:46] They're located at 21725 mail rolls avenue. That's in Southfield,

[1:03:53] Michigan. The telephone number is 313 866 533. Again,

[1:04:02] 3138665333. There's an application that you have to fill out.

[1:04:10] Or you can go to the website to fill out

[1:04:13] the application at www. Worldmedical relief. org. Www.

[1:04:22] worldmedical relief. org. You must be 18 years old. There

[1:04:29] is income. It's income - based program. If you're single,

[1:04:34] you can earn up to 44, 800 dollars per year.

[1:04:40] Again, 44, 800 dollars per year. If you're married, your

[1:04:46] income would be 51, 200 dollars per year. You must

[1:04:56] have proof of your income and picture ID. And that

[1:05:00] can be licensed or state ID. There are people who

[1:05:04] have insurance, but the deductible for the prescriptions is very

[1:05:07] expensive. Uh, this eight dollars and 30 cent is for

[1:05:12] any medication, as long as they can get the medication

[1:05:16] and only will cost you eight dollars and 30 cent.

[1:05:19] Please share the. Ms. Farner. Next caller. Next caller is

[1:05:28] Jacqueline. Jack, when you have two minutes in the morning.

[1:05:38] Jacqueline? I'm here. I wanted to comment on, I was

[1:05:45] listening to the budget yesterday. And there's a million dollars

[1:05:49] for, um, a chinatown. And I was just wondering why

[1:05:53] are we reinventing Chinatown when, um, Chinese Americans don't live

[1:06:01] here. It's less than one percent. And if the 10,

[1:06:05] 000, um, go to Wayne's, that go to Wayne state,

[1:06:10] our students and professors, um, I hear Miss Barner calling

[1:06:14] all the time for the 1500 dollars thing. And I'm

[1:06:21] wondering if Whitecast City Council just, um, waive that fee

[1:06:25] for her. Along with just seeing if the past that

[1:06:31] she can get, um, help for her for the parts.

[1:06:34] And that is my comment. Thank you. Next caller, please.

[1:06:45] Caller is Dante Smith. Right. Call of the Floor George.

[1:06:49] We have two minutes, general public comment. Good morning. Maybe

[1:06:53] hurt. Good afternoon. Good morning. So, okay, start my time.

[1:06:58] I appreciate how you were very childish yesterday, council present

[1:07:02] tate. Uh, that was very unbecoming of a council president.

[1:07:05] I also want to say to Gabriela Santiago, Maro was

[1:07:08] very unbecoming of you to laugh and sneer at your

[1:07:10] colleague when he was being unprofessional. Also, I was going

[1:07:13] to say, uh, as a legislative body, it is very,

[1:07:16] very important that you guys use the power to be

[1:07:19] a check and balance to the executive and judicial branches

[1:07:22] of government within the CD betray. I don't think that

[1:07:24] you guys are, um, properly utilizing that power. There are

[1:07:27] so many things that are happening in the city. So

[1:07:29] many residents who come in with consistent concerns better not

[1:07:32] be addressed things that are not being, um, attended to.

[1:07:36] And we have so many belabor and concerns that we

[1:07:38] keep calling down here about, I think it's very, very

[1:07:40] sad that so many people call down here and talk

[1:07:42] about housing. We have a land bank full of properties,

[1:07:45] at least 750 that are sitting, uh, and some of

[1:07:48] them could be put to productive use. And we also

[1:07:49] have commercial buildings sitting in the land bank that could

[1:07:52] be put to productive use. We have a homelessness crisis

[1:07:55] in a city of Detroit. We have terrible bus system.

[1:07:57] We have economic crisis. Our children, um, underfunded our children

[1:08:02] can't read. We have a deplorable, um, educational system. And

[1:08:07] I understand that it's only so many things you can

[1:08:08] do within these sex and balances. But so many things

[1:08:10] have been, uh, just left, we just left offend for

[1:08:15] ourselves. Also, we need to downzone places like Kronos. We

[1:08:19] have so many holes filled with contaminated dirt that have

[1:08:21] been, the dirt has been taken out, but we have

[1:08:24] open holes that are sitting around. We have children who

[1:08:26] are on spring break, who are all around and they're

[1:08:29] going to be close to these holes and not secure

[1:08:31] properly, which is also terrible. And then yesterday, I went

[1:08:33] downtown. I seen so many, uh, teenagers and young adults

[1:08:37] with nothing to do. So they all came downtown. We're

[1:08:40] eventually ended up fighting and stuff like that. We have

[1:08:41] all these TVIs who may call it this money who

[1:08:44] are not coming down there and dealing with the kids

[1:08:46] who are as DPD calls and the main drivers of

[1:08:50] violence. So I feel like we're giving out a lot

[1:08:51] of money. We're not getting a lot of results. And

[1:08:53] when you do more for the kids and more. Please.

[1:08:59] Call her is long time active city of Detroit resident.

[1:09:03] I did not hear that name, but call her the

[1:09:05] floor, yours. You have two minutes, general public comment. Paul,

[1:09:15] are you there? Mr. Whitefield, let's put that caller at

[1:09:21] the end of the queue and go to the next,

[1:09:23] please. Yes, sir. The next caller is please no more

[1:09:28] speed mobs. Call of the floor is yours. You got

[1:09:32] two minutes, general public comment. All or are you there?

[1:09:45] Yes, we can hear you. Okay. Thank you. Um, well,

[1:09:51] first of all, I'd like to say since it's the

[1:09:52] last day of women's history month, I'd like to contribute

[1:09:55] to my absolute favorite American hero, Harriet Tubman. The way

[1:10:01] I was admired as a child because of all the

[1:10:04] extraordinary things she did to save other people. I was

[1:10:07] just always impressed by her and Betsy Ross also helped

[1:10:11] people that got injured and more. So those were the,

[1:10:15] those, but Harriet Tubman's my absolute favorite. And on that

[1:10:19] note, I'd like to give this a Herr Judman Award

[1:10:22] to Mary Waters. We don't agree on everything. But the

[1:10:27] fact that she's doing 10. 2, the formal hearing on

[1:10:30] the Michigan land bank authority. And then an 11. 3,

[1:10:34] she wants to do the request on blight violations and

[1:10:37] rental properties where people actually live. That's where it's important

[1:10:42] not vacant buildings that the land banks trying to take

[1:10:44] that it doesn't have a right to take. So, um,

[1:10:49] uh, I remember waters. And here's the other thing I

[1:10:53] don't understand about the rest of this body. Remember waters

[1:10:57] was in the state legislature when this bill passed. Why

[1:11:02] are you not listening to her? And in addition to

[1:11:05] that, but I didn't have time or I wasn't at

[1:11:08] the meeting, but ask William McConaughey. He was in the

[1:11:11] state legislature also. And when I told him that the

[1:11:14] land bank was taking people's private property when he knows

[1:11:17] how much unattended publicly on flight there is, he gave

[1:11:20] me this look like, huh? That doesn't sound like what

[1:11:23] we voted for. No, cause it wasn't. So I commend

[1:11:27] you member waters for continuing that and, you know, shifting

[1:11:31] the priorities which should be 11. 3 and not taking

[1:11:34] people's property in the other way. Of course you want

[1:11:37] to make sure things are safe. Remember Campbell, thank you

[1:11:40] for the animal and wildlife hearing thing and humane solutions.

[1:11:44] We have a groundhoundhog migration problem from development in my

[1:11:49] neighborhood. And we need help. Next caller, please. Next caller

[1:11:55] is William M Davis. Mr. William and Davis, you have

[1:11:59] two minutes, general public comment. Good morning. And can I

[1:12:03] be hurry? Sir. I like to restate. I think the

[1:12:06] land bank, y'all should give them four years, you know,

[1:12:10] with the first year, they should start repairing the city

[1:12:14] expenses associated with their properties via a physical property or

[1:12:18] a lot

[1:12:33] for cutting grass and what have you. Also I think

[1:12:35] the city should be moving more so towards clean energy.

[1:12:40] I worked out in Southwest Detroit for 34 years. And

[1:12:44] the, you know, we have major respiratory issues there in

[1:12:46] other parts of the city. So we should be moving

[1:12:48] to more clean energy. And perhaps, you know. Some of

[1:12:52] that should be like buildings and structures. But you know,

[1:12:56] the clean energy and the choice should be working towards

[1:12:59] trying to be one of the cleanest cities in this

[1:13:01] country. Right now it's not. Cause especially in the area,

[1:13:06] I worked at 482 Oh nine, a 4217. It's horrible.

[1:13:11] Estrarrey problems and people die early. And especially old people

[1:13:17] young people, you know, the city of the church should

[1:13:19] be trying to be more clean, uh, we need, we

[1:13:22] need to be using public service announcements and informing people,

[1:13:27] the fact that they should be begging their trash, you

[1:13:30] know, like say, you know, people that like they pulled

[1:13:33] my trash today, the neighbor down the street who. Was

[1:13:37] maybe new to this country or new to my neighborhood.

[1:13:40] They never put their trash and bags. That's why you

[1:13:42] have paper and stuff blowing in the street, you know,

[1:13:45] things that help to clog up catch basins and make

[1:13:48] it more likely over here in aviation. Then I said,

[1:13:51] the basements and streets are going to flood. So it's

[1:13:53] a whole lot to city can and should be doing.

[1:13:56] Hopefully I will start doing more. Thank you. Thank you.

[1:13:59] Next caller, please. Next caller is number ending in one,

[1:14:04] two, four. Inning and one, two, four. The floor is

[1:14:07] yours. You have two minutes. General public comment.

[1:14:17] About the litter problem and the other problems it causes.

[1:14:29] My collar will be crystal rice. Sir. Follow the floor

[1:14:33] is yours. Two minutes in the republic comment. Hello. Can

[1:14:40] I be hurt. Yes. Hi. Um, a few months ago

[1:14:44] before, um, the, I know the new people there. Um,

[1:14:48] I did come to city council and present, um, regarding

[1:14:52] the purpose that were from fecal to six mile, especially

[1:14:56] on the six mile area where there was garbage and

[1:14:59] people living at homeless living in there. And it's deplorable.

[1:15:02] Now, I know y'all get, I know this is the

[1:15:06] worst part of the day for y'all, but y'all need

[1:15:08] to listen to y'all citizens. This if this was addressed

[1:15:11] last year, you wouldn't have news all over it and

[1:15:14] the embarrassment, um, because I did tell y'all that it

[1:15:16] was one owner that owned that. Um, so I, you

[1:15:20] know, I know it's hard for y'all to talk to

[1:15:23] the listen to us because we're writing our head on,

[1:15:25] but we're trying to also get assistance and help. There's

[1:15:28] no reason he should be on the news that that

[1:15:30] neighborhood should be like that. And y'all didn't listen. And

[1:15:34] now this is the end result. And y'all acted clinching

[1:15:37] out pearls acting like y'all just found out about it

[1:15:40] when it was presented months ago. Now getting to the

[1:15:44] Chinatown thing. Y'all want to have Chinatown? Okay. I need

[1:15:48] the same respect for Africantown. Now you know the former

[1:15:51] city council woman, um, presented that. Not when she was

[1:15:55] in the city council, but she was also asking for

[1:15:57] African town. It got turned down. But y'all turned up

[1:16:00] for Chinatown in the blackest city. I want y'all to

[1:16:02] really think about that. The blackest city does not have

[1:16:05] representation. And this is what I do. I promote black

[1:16:08] businesses and I plan to open up a sword every

[1:16:10] plex our culture for black owned business because it seems

[1:16:13] like y'all don't want to do it. Y'all keep turning

[1:16:15] things down. That's all things white. But I do commend

[1:16:18] y'all for the contractors that y'all said that we need

[1:16:20] to find city residents for those contractors. I do give

[1:16:23] a commit. I'm not going to say all of y'all

[1:16:25] are bad or anything like that. But some of the

[1:16:27] things I do was right. And I applied to Mary

[1:16:29] Waters for all the things you do in Callaway who's

[1:16:32] in my district. But that six mile, that was something

[1:16:35] that was resented to y'all months ago that y'all should

[1:16:37] have did something about. Now it's a problem. Thank you.

[1:16:44] Makes collar, please. Next caller is JM. Call of the

[1:16:49] Floor Georgia. You have two minutes, general public comment. All

[1:16:53] right. Can I be heard. Yes. Thank you. My name

[1:16:56] is Jared Mooney. I'm the board president for the brush

[1:16:58] park neighborhood association. Very briefly. The gentleman that spoke about

[1:17:02] the privacy. Duly noted, please city council. You're the tip

[1:17:06] of the spear on defense and protecting citizen three and

[1:17:10] privacy matters. So if it's not on your radar, that's,

[1:17:13] uh, that was more of the commentary. I'd like to

[1:17:16] talk to you today about the budget specifically we have

[1:17:19] some pedestrian safety issues within brush park, uh, district five

[1:17:23] obviously. And we're requesting that, uh, we have a raised

[1:17:27] crosswalk put in place at the park and an adjacent

[1:17:31] on brush fruit. And also at our intersections, uh, with

[1:17:35] a technical daylighting, it's a very inexpensive solution to help

[1:17:40] aid pedestrian crossing. We have had a senior citizen pedestrian

[1:17:45] fatality. We have, um, a lot of, a lot of

[1:17:49] issues with, with this in brush part, in which I'm

[1:17:52] going to move to, I would like to request that

[1:17:55] we have increased, uh, parking enforcement. Uh, with that, I

[1:18:01] would like to request the city council, look at an

[1:18:03] additional revenue of dynamic pricing. The city council for San

[1:18:07] Diego, California recently passed this for their, their city and

[1:18:11] for PECO park. They're major league baseball stadium. They're forecasting

[1:18:15] 6. 28 million dollars in revenue to address a list

[1:18:21] at parking and all of that. Right now on brush

[1:18:23] park, you can come here and the ticket is much

[1:18:26] cheaper than parking at a garage. So we do, uh,

[1:18:29] respectfully requests that city council look at that. And perhaps

[1:18:32] with some of this revenue, uh, apply it to our

[1:18:35] other physical needs, our other security needs. The last thing

[1:18:39] I'm going to say, we are going to send all

[1:18:41] of you, uh, a PDF that has this request and

[1:18:46] a company data to back up this. So please have

[1:18:50] your staff, uh, be on the lookout once again. My

[1:18:52] name is Jerry Mooney, brush park neighborhood association. Thank you.

[1:18:55] I do appreciate. Please. Next caller is winner papa. Call

[1:19:03] of the floor is Georgia. You have two minutes, general

[1:19:04] public comment. And through the chair, may I be hurt.

[1:19:11] Yes. Um, two miss lions, our elder, I say the

[1:19:16] congregation says amen. Ms. Callaway mentioned yesterday about uniforms, green

[1:19:23] uniforms that had been bought for the police. And now

[1:19:26] we're going to do something differently. And now I see

[1:19:28] special to uniforms on the agenda again. 360, 275, 000.

[1:19:36] I'd like to ask this council, what is the, the

[1:19:39] police union responsible for, we buy their uniforms. We, uh,

[1:19:44] defend them. We, uh, indemnify them. Uh, 27. 2 and

[1:19:50] 27. 3 are zoning changes that you make for particular

[1:19:54] people. Coronos should be down zone. It is not a,

[1:20:00] is this not inhabitable? You can't live around them. And,

[1:20:04] um, Mr. McDaniel, my question to you is yes a

[1:20:08] million dollars. They've, she's asked for, for streetscapes and sidewalks,

[1:20:13] what kind of funding are you asking for for the

[1:20:15] seventh district saying that we have no recreation center? And

[1:20:20] a lot of the services are being delivered through recreation

[1:20:22] center. So the disparity is great. Even though you know

[1:20:26] that they have 130 million dollars of our property dollars,

[1:20:31] you're going to beg the pistons to build us a

[1:20:35] recreation center. You need to delegate some money for the

[1:20:39] youth for the summer, extra money just for the youth

[1:20:43] and the seventh district because we don't have a recreation

[1:20:47] center. Buses are not clean. You, you, you awarded Ms.

[1:20:53] Fair an award today. About a pandemic that you all

[1:20:58] said was the worst, Mr. Benson, uh, health issue, but

[1:21:02] we still have people with, um, HIV number one an

[1:21:08] SIDs. And what can we say. What's called, please call

[1:21:15] her is Shannon Esther. I call her the floor. She

[1:21:20] have two minutes, general public comment. Yes. Good morning. And

[1:21:27] thank you for the opportunity to address this honorable body

[1:21:31] for decades neighborhoods near the airport have been marginalized from

[1:21:34] the city's overall progress. The airports failed expansion and subsequent

[1:21:39] closure of six mile devastated the areas vitality separated neighborhoods

[1:21:44] shuttered a once bustling commercial corridor and negatively impacted accessible

[1:21:49] travel. Current efforts to develop in the airport vicinity without

[1:21:53] engaging the community perpetuate a deceptive practice of backroom deal

[1:21:58] making and rakes of urban renewal. To date, there has

[1:22:01] been no comprehensive planning study for these areas hindering full

[1:22:06] public participation and preventing the creation of holistic development strategy.

[1:22:11] I urge you to stand up for the coming good

[1:22:13] and demand full transparency in all airport expansion and redevelopment

[1:22:18] plans. I implore you to postpone any regulatory actions. Public

[1:22:23] right - of - way or zoning changes that will

[1:22:25] exempt public or private development of AVIACIA related uses until

[1:22:31] a planning study is completed by the city's planning department.

[1:22:36] Additionally, I request that any future developments within a three

[1:22:39] mile radius of the airport require a former community benefit

[1:22:43] agreement. You possess the power to in longstanding inequitable practices

[1:22:49] that have disenfranchised airport area residents for generations and deprive

[1:22:54] them of the growth potential that other Detroit neighborhoods are

[1:22:57] now experiencing. Thank you for your time and commitment to

[1:23:01] safeguarding the residents of Detroit and ensuring that all neighborhoods

[1:23:05] rise higher. Mr. Follow, please. Next caller is Tahiro Ahmad.

[1:23:13] Follow the floor, Georgia. You have two minutes, General Republic.

[1:23:17] Comment. Yes. Good. Good morning. Our first. I want to

[1:23:25] thank, um, uh, Mayor Sheffield for honoring the coalition for

[1:23:30] property tax justice agreement 100 days, first 100 days agreement.

[1:23:37] And the reason is the reason why Alvin Horn has

[1:23:40] had his little public comment, which is very rare. It's

[1:23:43] kind of strange. But, um.

[1:23:53] He's still there. I don't know what. Yeah. Can you

[1:23:59] hear me? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Can I have my time

[1:24:04] back? I don't know what happened. I didn't do anything.

[1:24:07] We can hear you. So yeah, let's hold on. Hold

[1:24:13] on. Let's pause. Let's go back to 120. Go back

[1:24:17] to 120. Okay. Yes, ma'am. One time. I hope you

[1:24:22] heard everything though. I said, okay. I want to thank

[1:24:25] Mary or Sheffield. When it says in the property values,

[1:24:31] the office of the assessor only physically inspects 20 percent

[1:24:34] of the houses and make a determination of how much

[1:24:38] those houses are worth, uh, that's the problem here. That's

[1:24:42] why we got illegally over a six, 600 million dollars

[1:24:46] and a hundred thousand homes were illegally foreclosed. Uh, the

[1:24:49] assessor is not qualified. Uh, Alvin Hornch should not serve

[1:24:53] as Detroit chief assessor because he has not passed it

[1:24:57] required. Michigan, um, master assessing officer examination under state, uh,

[1:25:05] law. So he's, he's not, uh, the assessor under Michigan

[1:25:10] state law not being honored is that individuals who, uh,

[1:25:14] and MMO A o certification should act as the assessor

[1:25:20] of the, um, the record. So he doesn't know this

[1:25:23] information cause he's not qualified. That's why he's getting on

[1:25:27] here with public comment. So we want to thank, um,

[1:25:31] mayor chef field and the specific formulas we want, uh,

[1:25:35] being, uh, adhered to, to assess properties properly so that

[1:25:39] we don't have this mistake again. And pay us back

[1:25:42] our 600 million dollars and return those hundred thousand. Police.

[1:25:49] Next caller is Veronica Smith. Mrs. Ronica Smith, the Floyd

[1:25:54] Georgia. You have two minutes, general public comment. Reset yet.

[1:26:06] Good morning. Sorotnica Smith. McCoalition of property tax justice. And

[1:26:09] I, too, want to thank the mayor. For what she's

[1:26:12] done in terms of our hundred days. Campaign. But like

[1:26:17] to reiterate the five pillars that we had on that

[1:26:20] campaign. Place a MMA old qualified individual as Detroit Chiefs

[1:26:25] assessing officer. Two, it forced the property tax, you formed

[1:26:29] ordinance passed in 2023. Three, stop overcessing lower valued homes.

[1:26:35] Mandate the assessment division not to use only warranty D's.

[1:26:40] Four, protect owner occupied exemptions. Remove the LLCs from the

[1:26:45] PRE roles. Five, return the money to over tax homeowners.

[1:26:51] Now we know and recognize that might require some state

[1:26:54] legislation. On another note, hands off of bail Lyle. Hands

[1:27:00] off Bell Isle. If the Detroit retirees are required to

[1:27:06] pay back their era in their pensions, those judges should

[1:27:10] also be required to repay the error in their pensions.

[1:27:15] And lastly, several city departments are getting together sometime today

[1:27:18] or this week to clear up debris and garbage. From

[1:27:25] an abandoned apartment complex on Greenfield. My question is where

[1:27:31] was the city inspector? This did not just happen. It's

[1:27:33] been going on for years. What is the duty of

[1:27:36] the city inspectors? Thank you. That's all the thing. Next

[1:27:43] caller is Cristana Gina Brown Anderson. I called it the

[1:27:48] floor. George. You have two minutes, general public comment. I'll

[1:27:54] be heard. Yes. Greetings. My name is Cranstona Anderson. I

[1:27:59] am a lifelong Detroit resident, community advocate and taxpayer. As

[1:28:04] city council reviews the proposed budget over the next seven

[1:28:07] days, transparency, fiscal accountability and effective oversight must be priorities.

[1:28:13] Departmental funding should be carefully scrutinized to ensure compliance with

[1:28:17] legal requirements for a balanced budget and alignment with residents

[1:28:23] needs while public input is essential comments from Detroit District

[1:28:27] 3 residents are too often ignored. Align corporate level wages

[1:28:31] and salaries to be paid with taxpayer dollars does a

[1:28:35] disservice to our community. Detroit is not a corporation with

[1:28:38] unlimited resources. Too often decisions appear to be driven by

[1:28:43] money and power rather than the basic needs of hardworking

[1:28:46] Detroiters who live work and invest in their neighborhoods. It

[1:28:50] appears that there were many promises made during the 2025

[1:28:54] election, but we, but be cautioned, there will be much

[1:28:57] resistance to come and remain of those promises need to

[1:29:00] be paid with our tax dollars. In addition, negotiating with

[1:29:04] companies polluting our air and contaminating our soul and waters,

[1:29:08] I'm becoming of an elected official and rezoning down zoning

[1:29:12] cross zoning up zoning out of our neighborhoods to satisfy

[1:29:15] political promises failure to properly represent Detroit. Please, I like

[1:29:19] to draw your attention to the many people that come

[1:29:22] before you that were formerly employed by the Detroit land

[1:29:25] bank. And they talked to you about the number of

[1:29:27] properties that they own, the number of lots that they

[1:29:29] own. This at that time we thought was not allowed

[1:29:33] to happen, employees of the Detroit land bait, hogging up

[1:29:38] all the land. I am glad that Mr. Davis brought

[1:29:41] up the problem with the trash and I do believe

[1:29:43] we need some solution for this serious problem. One of

[1:29:46] my primary efforts in my community is keeping our streets

[1:29:49] clean decent and in order. And we have some very

[1:29:51] bad actors that just, just people that moving your neighborhood

[1:29:55] that do not take. Next caller is Darren McLewski. Follow

[1:30:04] the floor, George. We have two minutes, general public comment.

[1:30:09] Council. Okay. Thank you for the full two minutes. Um,

[1:30:14] I agree with the prior caller that a basic 30

[1:30:17] second response would be warranted. I don't know what rules

[1:30:21] need to change for that, but it'd be very helpful.

[1:30:23] From you guys. Um, I'll be reaching out to the

[1:30:25] lady who spoke on behalf of Greg Stale Farms. To

[1:30:29] see if they truly do support. What's happening with the

[1:30:32] solar tickings. Um, I'm remote today. I'm calling in from

[1:30:37] Florida. Or guess what? There's lots of solar panels, but

[1:30:40] there's lots of sun. So just as an update for

[1:30:45] you guys, solar is continuing forward. The city 313 day.

[1:30:51] It was a day of celebration in the city. They

[1:30:53] filed two huge use restriction eminent domain cases that involved

[1:30:57] over a hundred properties each. Taking people's rights. They're taking

[1:31:03] rights for properties that the vent of the city placed

[1:31:07] on those properties years ago. In some cases. So, um,

[1:31:13] I've also filed an OIG complaint against the Just Compensation

[1:31:17] values for the hundreds of lines taken for a substandard

[1:31:22] price given, uh, giving fraudulent statements by then, uh, CFOJ

[1:31:29] rising and backed by former Mayor Duggan. The OIG says

[1:31:33] they can't do anything because those people aren't there anymore.

[1:31:35] So I guess something that happens that's wrong. Can't be

[1:31:38] corrected once they leave. Um, by the way, if you

[1:31:42] guys want to land 12090 nerding park, you guys didn't

[1:31:46] even know you owned it. The Catholic trips has been

[1:31:50] maintaining it. They sold it to you guys in the

[1:31:52] 70s or 80s. Five acres right there. You could use

[1:31:54] for solar. Didn't even know that you guys owned it.

[1:31:58] You guys don't have your records right. You don't have

[1:32:01] the basics taken care of. You're taking people's property when

[1:32:06] you don't have the basics under control. Please fix that

[1:32:09] Detroit Solar scam. Thanks, Carla. Please. Caller is Samsung SM.

[1:32:18] All of the floors, Georgia. You have two minutes, General

[1:32:20] Public comment. Father, are you there?

[1:32:34] Let's put that caller at the end of the cube

[1:32:35] and go to the next, please. Okay. Going back to

[1:32:40] longtime at the city, great resident. Call of the Floor's

[1:32:45] yours. You have two minutes, general public comment. Call, are

[1:32:53] you there going once. Call, are you there going twice?

[1:32:57] All are you there going three times. Unfortunately, we have

[1:33:02] to move on. If you would like to provide your

[1:33:05] comments to the clerk's office that will be placed on

[1:33:07] to public record. Next caller, please. Okay. They want to

[1:33:12] balance it. Please no more speed. Helps. Call of the

[1:33:16] floor is yours. Two minutes. General public comment, I believe

[1:33:20] that may be someone we've heard already. Call, are you

[1:33:26] there going once? I already spoke. Thank you. Please take

[1:33:31] care of the dirty. Disconnect that line, please. Thank you.

[1:33:36] Next caller. Last caller, if you going back to Samsung,

[1:33:41] asking. All right. Call of the floor is yours. You

[1:33:44] have two minutes, general public comment. You might be hurt.

[1:33:51] Hello. Yes, ma'am. I, uh, this morning I woke up

[1:33:56] and, um, I noticed there's some trash strolled on side

[1:34:02] street and furthered down the street from me. And. I

[1:34:07] usually have my cameras hooked up where I could see

[1:34:10] everything, but I didn't have it on at the time.

[1:34:13] So people is coming in here. And it's too licensed

[1:34:16] in there. Cause I've, I've, I've dug through trash before

[1:34:20] when they left keys and addresses and things. So those

[1:34:23] two license plates that's in there should be checked it

[1:34:26] by whoever it was through this garbage over here. And

[1:34:31] what we need to do, I'm tired of seeing all

[1:34:34] these signs post each time I rip out your house,

[1:34:37] we're by your house. Do the suburbs have all that

[1:34:40] places littered with signs. I'm sure the city can have

[1:34:45] something to open up. Oh, the other lady that has

[1:34:48] advertising that they don't need these signs posted all over

[1:34:51] the city of Detroit. Which you are speaking at. I

[1:34:56] know some people got supposed to get fine some years

[1:34:59] ago. For putting signs up everywhere. And I like it's

[1:35:03] their property. They don't even live in Detroit. So I

[1:35:08] would like for you all to look into having those

[1:35:10] signs removed and let them pay the city some money.

[1:35:13] Let the city make some money for the advertisement and

[1:35:16] our city. And then a tree still hasn't come down.

[1:35:22] President Tate that's on dad's nine collie. I just hope

[1:35:27] that the wind don't blow too much more hearted because

[1:35:30] the sidewalk is lifted up. And like I said former,

[1:35:36] um, that was up in the mayor dugout. And, uh,

[1:35:40] he came out here to an assessments came out here

[1:35:43] and I showed him, please get that tree before it

[1:35:46] falls on another house. We're having failed, but I needed.

[1:35:50] That. Takes us to the end of our general public

[1:35:55] comments, colleague. Are there any comments that you would like

[1:35:57] to provide based on what you've heard. A member McCambell.

[1:36:02] Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, I appreciate your folks who

[1:36:05] will call in for public comment. Also, um, I know

[1:36:08] a lot of the comments were around enforcement and items

[1:36:12] that are carried out, uh, with various departments. So one

[1:36:16] of the sure folks, um, if you have, especially if

[1:36:20] you're in district seven for folks, if you need to

[1:36:23] be connected to those departments, um, I know there's also

[1:36:27] their improved Detroit app as well if folks are using

[1:36:30] technology. Um, you can reach out to my office at

[1:36:33] three one three two four two on five one to

[1:36:36] make sure that they're appropriate department knows about that. And

[1:36:40] then we can follow up for there to make sure

[1:36:41] that those actions are actually taken. So I just wanted

[1:36:44] to make that note for folks who are calling in.

[1:36:47] Thank you. Any additional colleagues. Remember Johnson. Thank you Mr.

[1:36:55] Chair to the young lady who called in about the

[1:36:58] Komenet Young International Airport. I did receive your email and

[1:37:02] just want to let you know we'll follow up with

[1:37:04] the email with the information that you requested. And also

[1:37:08] just wanted to say thank you to, uh, chief assessor

[1:37:12] Alvin Horn for coming out, uh, expressing support of the,

[1:37:16] um, pre - sale inspection requirement. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[1:37:21] Thank you. Any further comment. Say none, we shall now

[1:37:25] go into the agenda. There was a request colleagues. If

[1:37:28] there are no objections to take up line item 20.

[1:37:32] 9 first, that is the resolution. Uh, sponsored by member

[1:37:36] Santiago Romero and clerk. Santiago Romero of resolution, knowing that

[1:37:45] line item 20. 9 was postponed from last week formal

[1:37:49] session. Remember Santiago Romero? Thank you, Mr. President. Discussion for

[1:37:56] 20. 9 has been mentioned. This is a resolution to

[1:38:00] recognize March as a national social work month. Thank you

[1:38:05] to our Dean at the Wayne State School of Social

[1:38:08] Work for coming into support this. Our members at the

[1:38:11] National Association of Social Workers and staff at the School

[1:38:15] of Social Work at UM and all of our social

[1:38:17] workers here this morning to recognize March as National Social

[1:38:21] Work month. There are many of us on City Council

[1:38:25] who have social workers in our office, myself, member McCamble,

[1:38:28] member Johnson, President Tates as well. And I myself am

[1:38:32] a proud social worker and happy to read this on

[1:38:36] the record. Whereas this year, social works month theme is

[1:38:40] social workers uplift, defense, and transform. This embodies the fact

[1:38:44] that social workers positively impact the lives of millions of

[1:38:48] Americans dailies and our hospitals, schools, child welfare agencies, community

[1:38:54] centers, and in our federal, state and local government. The

[1:38:58] theme shines a light on the spirit of social workers

[1:39:02] who transform the lives while bringing hope, healing, and justice

[1:39:05] to the communities they serve, especially in times of profound

[1:39:09] change and challenges. We follow a code of ethics that

[1:39:13] cause on us to stand for equity in every community

[1:39:17] uphold human dignity and fights against all injustices. Social workers

[1:39:21] are on the front lines defending all vulnerable populations, including

[1:39:26] immigrants, our LGBTQ plus individuals. And those spacing discrimination or

[1:39:31] poverty, while uplifting vital social safety net programs and ensuring

[1:39:35] the rights of everyone. Social workers assist those navigating trauma,

[1:39:40] grief, systemic biases and barriers, and help people recover from

[1:39:44] natural disasters, public health crises, and other issues transforming their

[1:39:50] lives and encouraging ways. Social workers confronts oppression and racism

[1:39:55] advocate for human rights and advancing their policies for all

[1:39:59] persons by eliminating barriers that prevent individuals and families from

[1:40:03] thriving. Social workers care for those that are experiencing mental

[1:40:07] health issues, recovering from substance use disorders, and support the

[1:40:12] well - being of our children. The profession continues to

[1:40:15] grow with over 800, 000 social workers in the United

[1:40:19] States who are transforming the lies every single day. Now

[1:40:22] therefore be it result that the Detroit City Council identifies

[1:40:27] March 2026 as National Social Work month, and we call

[1:40:31] upon everyone to join the National Association of Social Works,

[1:40:35] social workers, and Detroit City Council on celebrating the vital

[1:40:38] work that social workers do every day. Thank you, Mr.

[1:40:41] President's motion to approve. Thank you. There's a motion to

[1:40:45] approve line item 20. 9 colleagues. Any objection. See none,

[1:40:54] that action shall be taken. Thank you. Mr. President. Just

[1:41:01] briefly, I know I won't disrupt a quorum, but any

[1:41:04] social workers in the house that want to join us,

[1:41:07] we take a quick picture over by our mayor young.

[1:41:11] Uh, thank you. Fortunately here, Jen, thank you. Thank you.

[1:41:21] Back Jack. Hurry up back. Alright, so we're now going

[1:41:25] to the agenda to take it from the top. Under

[1:41:29] the standing committee reports, Madam Clerk, for the budget finance

[1:41:32] and audit standing committee from the Office of the City

[1:41:36] Planning Commission. Council Member McCambell, a resolution line item 17.

[1:41:44] 1. Campbell, 97. 1. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, move

[1:41:49] to approve with discussion, please. As a motion to approve

[1:41:51] line item 17. 1 with discussion. Remember McAvill? Thank you,

[1:41:55] Mr. Chair. Just want to note for this line item.

[1:41:58] It was recommended to form a without recommendation. I just

[1:42:01] want to talk about this for one second. Um, as

[1:42:04] you know, their budget finance and audit, we do receive

[1:42:07] the neighborhood enterprise zone certificate applications. And per state law,

[1:42:12] uh, the city council cannot deny these certificates. And by

[1:42:17] wanting to have, to bring to discussion, um, as we

[1:42:21] see these certificates, and I've talked about this in committee,

[1:42:24] um, the spirit behind this law is to spur development

[1:42:30] around building and rehabilitation and distressed areas. And the concern

[1:42:36] of mine that we're getting a lot of these certificates

[1:42:39] and areas that I will say, uh, already have quite

[1:42:43] a bit of activity. Um, so I just want to

[1:42:45] bring this up that what is under the purview of

[1:42:48] the city is to actually take a look at these

[1:42:51] zones. And if we see that they have fulfilled their

[1:42:54] duty around any disease to change them or get rid

[1:42:56] of them. So I just want to bring that up

[1:42:59] for discussion and to, um, because there has been something

[1:43:02] we talked about in a budget finance and audit. And

[1:43:06] to really see how we are effectively using this to,

[1:43:09] to spur activity and neighborhoods that need them. So just

[1:43:12] want to bring that up and thank you Mr. Chair.

[1:43:14] Thank you. With further discussion member Callaway. Thank you so

[1:43:17] much. And, um, I kind of know through the chair

[1:43:21] to remember McCambell. I kind of know where this area

[1:43:23] is. Um, is it your, is it your opinion that

[1:43:27] this is considered a distressed area? Because it's also declared

[1:43:31] historic. So I'm not sure, um, if this would even

[1:43:36] qualify if it's not really considered distressed, um, through the

[1:43:41] chair to you, Mr. Member McCambell, or you don't know.

[1:43:44] McCambell. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through you to member Callaway.

[1:43:49] So it is both, so this, and that's why I

[1:43:53] want to speak on the spirit behind the law that

[1:43:55] is to encourage that activity in those type of areas

[1:43:58] that need more of that. I also economic or house

[1:44:01] and development, but this is a historic district. Um, and

[1:44:05] it is also an easy. Thank you. Thank you, Mr.

[1:44:09] Chair. Thank you. Member McCambell. Discussion with further discussion, remember

[1:44:13] Benson. I thank you. Uh, with the and approval of

[1:44:17] any Z, what type of, um, support to the operations

[1:44:23] IE, the tax liability annually, would the owner or developer

[1:44:28] receive from this in EZ. Uh, if we could get

[1:44:34] someone from LPD who can assist with that particular question,

[1:44:39] attentionally, or maybe law firm.

[1:44:49] Mr. Gula, I heard your name a couple of times.

[1:44:52] Is he here? He is here. Good morning. Please introduce

[1:44:57] yourself for the record. And we're going to reassess the

[1:45:01] question as needed. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, Chris Gulak,

[1:45:06] CPC staff. Um, to answer council member Benson's question directly.

[1:45:14] Well, to give a little background, develop a developer bought

[1:45:17] a house in Corktown. I think they bought it for

[1:45:21] 350, 000. And they want to put in about 100,

[1:45:25] 000 and then sell it for about 650, 000. So

[1:45:30] they would, they would make a profit. And so the

[1:45:34] NEZ would be when they go to sell it, the

[1:45:37] buyer would get the NEZ tax break for 17 years

[1:45:40] since it's in a historic area. So the taxpayer, if

[1:45:44] they don't have the NEZ, the buyer, the tax we'd

[1:45:48] be about 21, 000 dollars a year. If they do

[1:45:52] get the NEZ, their taxes are about 6, 000 a

[1:45:55] year. So it's a substantial discount for the buyers property

[1:45:59] taxes. Okay. Well, thank you. And so for me, I

[1:46:04] support the NEZs. I support, uh, when people buy property

[1:46:08] in the city of Detroit time trying to reduce the

[1:46:10] operational cost. And that's the biggest burden that we've seen

[1:46:14] in the C to Detroit when it comes to purchasing

[1:46:15] property in our more stable neighborhoods. And so a 21,

[1:46:21] 000 dollar tax liability versus a 6, 000 dollar tax

[1:46:25] viability. That's, there. Now, if I'm looking at property in

[1:46:31] Gro's point, if I'm looking at property and Birmingham, or

[1:46:34] maybe even Ferndale, what is my tax liability from a

[1:46:39] similar cost house? Do I make that investment in the

[1:46:44] city of Detroit? Do I bring my family here? Do

[1:46:46] I pay my income taxes? Do I become a part

[1:46:50] of the fabric of Detroit? Or do I make that

[1:46:53] investment someplace else? Because the tax liability is just too

[1:46:55] high. 21, 000 dollars a year on top of a

[1:46:59] mortgage. That may be the decision, uh, threshold. Do I

[1:47:04] move to the city of Detroit? Or do I not?

[1:47:07] And so I'm hoping that we're looking at how can

[1:47:09] we more, how can we better attract families and residents

[1:47:13] to the CD Detroit? Cause our tax liability is extraordinarily

[1:47:16] high. Um, the conversation on the 11th floor is how

[1:47:19] we're working to reduce the property tax liability to attract

[1:47:24] more. People don't want that commute to the city. They

[1:47:28] also don't want that 21, 000 dollar annual tax liability

[1:47:32] on property. So I'm hoping that we can look at

[1:47:34] what does it take to get people into the CD

[1:47:37] Detroit when it comes to operating a home. Our auto

[1:47:41] insurance to challenge. Our property insurance is the challenge and

[1:47:44] our high tax liability is also a challenge. And so

[1:47:48] this is a way to help reduce the cost of

[1:47:51] operating a home because property tax is a part of

[1:47:53] that. That is just part of the operation of a

[1:47:56] home in any choice extraordinarily high. Uh, and through yourself,

[1:48:00] Mr. President, to the assessor's office. What would a comparable

[1:48:06] price property cost for property tax liability in Birmingham and

[1:48:14] in let's say Harper Woods. What would a hormone repaying

[1:48:18] those two areas just without any, any Z or any

[1:48:23] other tax incentives to help reduce the cost of operations

[1:48:27] of that property. And those are the municipalities with whom

[1:48:31] we compete. And that's very important. When it comes to

[1:48:35] a decision making process, who are we competing with. It's

[1:48:38] not automatic that people move to Detroit. And obviously in

[1:48:41] the past, people have actively moved out. We need to

[1:48:44] keep people here. And this is one of the ways.

[1:48:46] And so I'm hoping that people can also look at

[1:48:48] what does it take to get people into the city

[1:48:49] of Detroit. I'm hoping for that answer on what is

[1:48:53] the competing cost to operate properties outside of city, Troy,

[1:49:00] in our competitive municipalities. Remember, interesting, are you looking for

[1:49:04] that answer before you vote on this particular? I would

[1:49:06] like answer on that one before we vote. I think

[1:49:08] that could be very helpful when it comes to people

[1:49:10] how they make a decision on moving forward with these

[1:49:12] type of incentives. Go see for singular family homes. Yep.

[1:49:15] Gotcha. So Mr. Washington, uh, no, member Benson was seeking

[1:49:20] someone from the assessor's office. I know the assessor was

[1:49:23] down here personally. Not sure if he's made his way

[1:49:25] back to the office or he had someone assigned. Do

[1:49:28] you have anyone in the queue or we can bring

[1:49:29] this item back at the end of the agenda, Mr.

[1:49:31] Washington. Um, through the chair, um, if we can bring

[1:49:33] this back to the end, I can reach back out

[1:49:35] to the assessor. Okay. Mr. Chair, before you do that,

[1:49:40] member McCampo. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, and yet we'll

[1:49:44] definitely love that answer as well. Let me just make

[1:49:46] a couple of things clear here. Um, the, any Zs

[1:49:51] as they exist. What I'm saying as we look at

[1:49:54] the process as we look at taxes, as we look

[1:49:57] at property taxes in the sea of Detroit, um, I

[1:49:59] believe the conversation will have to also, um, include in

[1:50:03] disease as well. Not saying that this changes right now.

[1:50:05] And I understand that folks will be paying a high

[1:50:08] property tax that they were to buy this property without,

[1:50:12] uh, the NEZ certificate. But as we're having conversations that

[1:50:15] yes, we have to bring down property, uh, tax rates

[1:50:18] here in the Citroit. We also have in a conversation

[1:50:20] that we are limited with the budget and the needs

[1:50:23] that we have for our residents here in the city

[1:50:24] of Detroit as well. So we do have to manage

[1:50:27] and find a balance and act that we are encouraging

[1:50:30] people to move into the city, but also that we

[1:50:33] have enough funds to take care of the needs that

[1:50:35] we hear in the C. Detroit. So what I what

[1:50:38] the reason why I want to bring this up for

[1:50:39] discussion is to make sure that this is on the

[1:50:42] minds of my colleagues because we have this discussion and

[1:50:46] budget finance and all the end. I know, uh, PED

[1:50:49] as well around NEZs. And I think we should be

[1:50:52] talking about this as an entire conversation around property taxes

[1:50:56] here in the CFD trade. So thank you. Thank you

[1:50:59] for further discussion member waters. Thank you. Um, I just

[1:51:03] want to say, uh, a couple quick things. One that

[1:51:07] he was not planning to live the property himself. Well

[1:51:10] temporarily. And two, I want to ask him who's going

[1:51:16] to flip the property. He was like, yep, I'm going

[1:51:19] to flip it. So I took issue with it frankly.

[1:51:22] So I wasn't willing to vote yes on it. I

[1:51:25] know that the loss is that we can't deny it

[1:51:29] anyway. I'm not sure why they bring it before us

[1:51:31] in that case. So but at any rate that, that

[1:51:35] was my rationale for it. See, it's one thing to

[1:51:38] get people, give people those breaks who are going to

[1:51:42] actually live in that proper live here. And I know

[1:51:44] he says it's going to pass on to whoever purchases

[1:51:47] at 750, 000 dollar home So I don't, I don't

[1:51:50] know, you know, where they're going to come from for,

[1:51:54] that's, that's a very, very expensive home. And so, but

[1:51:59] that was my rationale, Mr. President. Mr. Gula, before we

[1:52:04] send this item to the end of the agenda. Thank

[1:52:08] you, Mr. Chair. I just to provide more feedback to

[1:52:11] yak. I think law department wouldn't say you can't deny

[1:52:13] the certificate. I think the council's main, uh, options are

[1:52:17] either to reduce the number of years. This is historic

[1:52:20] area. So you can, you can grant a certificate anywhere

[1:52:23] from 11 to 17 years. The resolution before you says

[1:52:26] 17 years. The other option moving forward is to eliminate

[1:52:30] zones in the future, you know, that's a policy decision,

[1:52:34] whether Corktown or brush park or other parts of the

[1:52:37] city need in any Z. That's a policy decision. Um,

[1:52:41] but just to respond a little bit to council convince

[1:52:44] it, I think, um, I don't know that the mills

[1:52:46] for Birmingham, but if the NEZ one is very generous,

[1:52:51] it's half the state average. I think the state average

[1:52:52] is about 35 mils. So it's half the state average.

[1:52:56] So on one extreme, you have the NEZ, which is

[1:52:58] very generous. And on the other extreme, Detroit's property taxes

[1:53:00] are high at 65 mils. So, uh, so 18 mil,

[1:53:04] the NEZ would bump their attacks to about 6, 000

[1:53:09] a year. If you bump it up to 32 mils,

[1:53:12] it's about 12, 000 a year. I assume Birmingham's about

[1:53:15] 50 mils a year. I'm guessing. Uh, so that would

[1:53:17] be about 16, 000 a year. But Detroit 65 mils

[1:53:21] would be 20, about 21, 22, 000 a year. So

[1:53:24] you just kind of go up gradually. Uh, so I

[1:53:27] just threw those together. But the assessors might have more

[1:53:29] information if they, if they're able to join later. He

[1:53:32] actually has been able to join us in person right

[1:53:34] now. Cesser Horn. Who's yours? Good afternoon, Mr. President. Members

[1:53:40] and city council, Alvin Horned, deputy CFO and assessment for

[1:53:43] the safe Detroit. I heard part of the conversation regarding

[1:53:48] the NEZ million chin and the need to engage in

[1:53:52] these EN historic district. Yeah. We're going to allow member

[1:53:55] Vincent to re ask the question. Thank you. Through yourself

[1:53:59] Mr. Chair. So Mr. Horn, and thank you for being

[1:54:02] here today. Looking at a home in court town, which

[1:54:08] is going to be redeveloped 100, 000 dollars of investment

[1:54:11] into the home, which will then look to sell for

[1:54:15] about 650, 000 dollars. The estimated tax liability without an

[1:54:19] NEZ is 21, 000 dollars a year. With the NEZ,

[1:54:24] they're looking at about 6, 000 dollars a year. That

[1:54:27] is a huge difference when it comes to your decision

[1:54:31] making. About do you locate in that house? So my

[1:54:34] question is, what would the tax liability be on any

[1:54:39] equivalent, we priced home. In Birmingham, in Harper Woods? And

[1:54:46] those are just two of our competing municipalities. How much

[1:54:51] would someone pay for a home in those municipalities versus

[1:54:54] Detroit? If none of them received an inezi through the

[1:55:00] chair, thank you for the question, council Vincent. As Chris

[1:55:03] Gola mentioned, the military Birmingham, the substantially lowered it is

[1:55:08] in Detroit. Detroit's homestead milledge is somewhere around 63 mils.

[1:55:14] The homestand milledge for Birmingham, I believe is 19 mils.

[1:55:17] Uh, for Southfield, it is 25. For Novite, it is

[1:55:21] 31. So Detroit's homestead military is substantially higher than our

[1:55:26] sister states and our peer cities. Um, 600, 000 dollar

[1:55:32] home in the city of Birmingham, assuming new sale, new

[1:55:36] construction. So the, uh, with the 600, 000 is true

[1:55:40] cash and the assessed and taxpayer 300, 000 on that

[1:55:45] 1800 mil rate. It would be somewhere around 1700 dollars

[1:55:51] a year. For putting information. Please repeat that how much.

[1:55:59] A 17 mil. One mil is somewhere around 800 pounds.

[1:56:05] 830 dollars. I'm calculating my head, sorry. 17 mils on

[1:56:10] a 300, 000 dollar tax bill. Somewhere around between 1700

[1:56:16] to 2200 dollars. So even less than what an NEZ

[1:56:23] would cause that same home investment. And so in addition

[1:56:28] to the challenges that we do have here in the

[1:56:31] city of Detroit, even with the NEZ in place, we

[1:56:34] are still three times more costly. Than any equivalently priced

[1:56:39] home in Birmingham. And the reason I bring this up,

[1:56:42] that's just the challenge of how Z location theory or

[1:56:47] decision making matrix in the city of Detroit. If we

[1:56:50] want people to move in the city, we have to

[1:56:53] have value add, which means we have to be able

[1:56:56] to compete. And unfortunately in certain situations we don't. We

[1:56:59] have all the great amenities. We have the sports teams,

[1:57:02] the cultural assets, the bike lanes, which everybody wants. But

[1:57:05] what we don't have is a competitive pricing model. And

[1:57:09] the NEZ allows us to have that. And the concern

[1:57:11] always should be, are we able to provide services based

[1:57:15] on our revenue generated from property taxes? And as we've

[1:57:18] seen over the years and decades, property taxes play a

[1:57:22] smaller and smaller role when it comes to our general

[1:57:27] fund makeup. And so income tax, corporate tax, utility tax,

[1:57:32] those all play a larger role when he comes to

[1:57:34] how we fund our services in the city of Detroit.

[1:57:37] But the ultimate decision comes with those who are prepared

[1:57:40] to buy and pay our property taxes, which many people

[1:57:44] over the years have said, I cannot afford to live

[1:57:47] in the city of Detroit because I can go to

[1:57:49] Birmingham and pay 1700 versus the 21, 000 dollars. I

[1:57:52] mean, that's just a kitchen table conversation that people have.

[1:57:57] And oftentimes we just can't compete to compete we have

[1:58:02] on any Z. We still makes it three times more

[1:58:03] expensive. But when it doesn't do is make us 13

[1:58:07] times more expensive, which is what the NEZ does. And

[1:58:11] so that's why I'm a strong supporter in these situations.

[1:58:14] And sometimes it doesn't make sense. But in this one

[1:58:16] makes a lot of sense. We want to get a

[1:58:17] family into that home after the developer builds it and

[1:58:21] flips it to most likely a family. Because it doesn't

[1:58:24] make much sense when it comes to making that investment

[1:58:26] property. That's going to be a home for a family,

[1:58:29] not a home for an investor. So this is why

[1:58:32] I advocate for this type of incentive to help our

[1:58:36] middle class family stay and move to the CDT versus

[1:58:40] moving out to our suburbs who are more competitive when

[1:58:43] it comes to pricing and operating a home in those

[1:58:46] municipalities. I'll do the chair. If I could a member

[1:58:48] of Vincent, I'm assuming you're talking about the NEZ rehab.

[1:58:52] Which is the lowest up to three. Uh, it is

[1:58:55] based on the taxable value before any rehabilitation of the

[1:58:59] property begins. So it's basically the shale. They're taking the

[1:59:03] shell and they're taxing it at that rate for 15

[1:59:06] years. And once that, um, once that abatement expires, then

[1:59:11] with the local sacerdoses, we basically figure out what the

[1:59:13] CPI is for each of those 15 years. And we

[1:59:17] bring that taxable value forward. So you don't get a

[1:59:21] jump. Um, the assessment goals of based on market, but

[1:59:25] the taxpal states frozen. Uh, at the end of 15

[1:59:28] years, it's not a true encapping in the sense that

[1:59:30] it properly sold. So the attacks will value performs foreverly

[1:59:34] assessed as. You take that original taxful value. You bring

[1:59:38] it forward based on the CPI for each of those

[1:59:41] 15 years. So you come to a taxable bag. Certainly

[1:59:44] to say, well, capture an increase. But it's not the

[1:59:47] type of uncapping increase that we see now. So colleague,

[1:59:51] I'm going to ask you, we can either take this

[1:59:53] item to a vote or postpone it, whatever we want

[1:59:55] to do because we do still having 2 PM executive

[1:59:58] session. And we're going to have to have an abbreviated,

[2:00:01] unfortunate executive session today to allow for us to move

[2:00:04] over to the state of the city. So Mr. Chair.

[2:00:10] Definitely going to allow the conversation. I want to be,

[2:00:12] want us to be mindful of what the day looks

[2:00:13] like. I remember Campbell. I'm sorry. You still had the

[2:00:17] 40. Yeah. Anything else we want to add? No, and

[2:00:20] that's just my argument for why we need days. We're

[2:00:23] not competitive and we need to be competitive and the

[2:00:26] conversation when it comes to property tax relief is about

[2:00:29] how do we lower that so we don't need these.

[2:00:31] But currently we need these type of incentives to get

[2:00:35] residents at this level. And we need middle class families.

[2:00:39] So stay and to move into the city of Detroit.

[2:00:41] And this is the kind of incentive that gets them

[2:00:43] there. Okay. No, sir. Remember McCambell. Thank you Mr. Chair.

[2:00:51] I will, I would just say as I go back

[2:00:53] to what I originally said, um, with my point to

[2:00:57] bring us for a discussion was not to get rid

[2:00:59] of any Z's or the use of them. Um, it

[2:01:02] was to make sure that we are taking a look

[2:01:04] at where NEZs exist right now in the COit. And

[2:01:07] as we move forward in the conversation, our property taxes

[2:01:10] to take into account, um, that we are seeing a

[2:01:13] lot of applications and certain neighborhoods where folks are moving

[2:01:17] to that they have more means. Um, to cover a

[2:01:20] tax bill than other neighborhoods that folks don't have the

[2:01:23] means and that we have folks coming down here that

[2:01:25] are not able to pay their property taxes as they

[2:01:28] exist currently. So to take all of this into the

[2:01:31] current conversation that we're having around property taxes, understanding that

[2:01:35] folks may move into. When you look at Birmingham, um,

[2:01:38] but I will say that there's other factors that may

[2:01:41] lead folks to move into Birmingham. And there are other

[2:01:43] factions that may lead folks to move into Detroit that

[2:01:47] are not around property taxes. So understanding I completely understand

[2:01:50] the use of NEZs. I support the use of anything.

[2:01:53] I just want to make sure that some of these

[2:01:55] inexed have existed for decades and we have to make

[2:01:58] sure that they are still there for the use that

[2:02:00] they were attended. So thank you. Thank you. College, emotion

[2:02:04] on the floor for line item 17. 1. Are there

[2:02:07] any objections. See none that action shall be taken. Thank

[2:02:12] you. Thank you, sir. Mr. Chair. Yes, sir. On this

[2:02:18] line about five years ago, this body approved brand new

[2:02:21] maps for any Zs Realtal City of Detroit reapportion made

[2:02:26] them far more efficient. Alvin Horn was a big part

[2:02:28] of that myself at a current mayor worked on that.

[2:02:31] And this body approved it. That comes up. I believe

[2:02:34] every five years to try to remove the political aspect

[2:02:37] of that. And we should be seeing a reassessment for

[2:02:42] a very reason that member McCamble addressed about those in

[2:02:47] easy neighborhoods on the NEZ homestead, not the NEZ rehab,

[2:02:50] which is a different type of NEZ. But we recognize

[2:02:54] that we need to look at these every five years

[2:02:58] to ensure they're doing what we want them to do,

[2:03:00] which is to incentivize and keep and help people into

[2:03:05] neighborhoods. That are frankly, the conversation's always been around stable

[2:03:09] neighborhoods. We also needed to encourage incentivize the stability of

[2:03:12] existing neighborhoods. Thank you. Sounds like this is a discussion

[2:03:15] I need to take place in committee. Not informal at

[2:03:19] this moment while we're trying to get through this agenda.

[2:03:20] Thank you so much. We shall now go to line

[2:03:25] item 17. 2 madam clerk. Under resolutions. Council member Benson,

[2:03:33] a resolution, line item 17. 2. Remember Benz. Remember McCandle.

[2:03:42] Mr. President. I want to say I believe this resolution

[2:03:46] was originally, was it member Benson and then we received

[2:03:50] one that had member McCambell's name on it. So that's

[2:03:53] what you see. When your script says, remember Vincent, it

[2:03:57] originally was member Vincent, but we received a change to

[2:04:01] remember McCample. Mr. Resolution, my item 17. 2. That should

[2:04:10] be member McCambell? Yes. All right. Remember McCall. Thank you

[2:04:14] Mr. Chair. Move to approve. It's a motion to approve

[2:04:18] line item 17. 2 colleagues. Any objection? Discussion. With discussion

[2:04:22] member Johnson. Very quickly. This resolution should actually be in

[2:04:27] my name, um, it is, um, a request that came

[2:04:31] from my office to LPD. But we can address that

[2:04:35] later. I just wanted to put that on the record

[2:04:37] because it did come from a district for resident. Thank

[2:04:41] you Mr. Chair. All right. There's a motion on the

[2:04:44] floor colleagues. Any objection. See none that action shall be

[2:04:50] taken. Madam Clerk, if you could note the, um, name

[2:04:53] of the sponsor of the resolution. Kirk was so note,

[2:04:57] Mr. President. My apologies. When I mentioned a member, Vincent.

[2:05:00] Remember Johnson is correct. The LPD submitted two resolutions. One

[2:05:04] is in member Johnson's name and the other one is

[2:05:07] a member, but Campbell's name. The one from member McCambell

[2:05:11] was submitted at a earlier date at a later date

[2:05:15] prior to the one that was submitted. And member Johnson's

[2:05:18] name. And that was why it came on the agenda

[2:05:21] as member McCambell's name because their resolution was dated later

[2:05:25] than the resolution dated for member Johnson. Thank you so

[2:05:29] much for that clarification. For the internal operations, standing committee

[2:05:33] from the law department, Madam Clerk. Council member Benson, a

[2:05:37] resolution noting that this line item was postponed from last

[2:05:40] week formal session. Remember Vincent has stepped away, Madam Clerk.

[2:05:45] Council member camp, we failed Callaway on behalf of Council

[2:05:49] Member Benson. A resolution noting that this line item was

[2:05:53] postponed from last week formal session. Number Callaway. Motion to

[2:05:58] approve Mr. Chair. Uh, motion to approve with discussion, please.

[2:06:03] Um, looking to bring this item back for one week

[2:06:08] from what I understand there was a request. To do

[2:06:10] so based on questions that we, uh, we ask. So

[2:06:14] college, let me get a one week postponement for line

[2:06:16] item 18. 1, please. Motion. There's a motion for one

[2:06:22] week postponement 18. 1. See an objections and action shall

[2:06:26] be taken. Thank you. From the law department, Madam Clerk.

[2:06:30] Council member with Phil Callaway, 15 resolutions, nine items 18.

[2:06:34] 2 through 18. 16. Remember Callaway. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[2:06:39] Thank you Madam Clerk. A motion to approve these various

[2:06:42] settlements and lawsuits. There's a motion to approve line items

[2:06:47] 18. 2 through 18. 16, Madam Clerk. Yes. Yes. All

[2:06:54] right. Um, we have discussion, please. Narcotics. So we can

[2:07:01] please bring back, um, line item 18. 4 in one

[2:07:06] week. Motion. Uh, and that will be connected to 18

[2:07:12] points. Also 18. 4, 18. 7, 18. 8, 18. 9.

[2:07:20] 18 point 10 and 18. 12. These are all connected.

[2:07:24] I like to bring those items back. Um, a postponem

[2:07:28] for one week. I would love to get a close

[2:07:30] session on this particular item. And I don't, I know

[2:07:33] that we won't have an opportunity to do so in

[2:07:35] one week. Um, to the chair, which we will send

[2:07:39] those back to committing to allow us to have that

[2:07:41] closed session. Yes, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much. Collises.

[2:07:45] I think an emotion to send back to committee line

[2:07:49] items 18. 4, 18. 7, 18. 8een point nine, 18.

[2:07:56] 10 as well as 18. 12. Inter motion, please. There's

[2:08:02] a motion. Any objections. See none that action shall be

[2:08:07] taken. Any objection to the remaining items colleagues. Mr. Chair.

[2:08:13] I member McCam. Uh, McComble objection to 18. 5 18.

[2:08:18] 6 and 18. 11. Thank you. Any further. Saint

[2:08:28] none. The remaining items shall be approved. Under

[2:08:37] resolutions. Clerk. Council member Vincent to resolutions, knowing that both

[2:08:43] these line items were postponed from last week formal session.

[2:08:46] Line item 18. 17 and 18. 18. Member Benson 18.

[2:08:51] 17 and 18. 18. Motion to approve discussion. To motion

[2:08:55] to approve the two items with discussion member Benson. I

[2:08:58] thank you. These both items were postponed from last week.

[2:09:01] There's a number of issues. Uh, out of the internal

[2:09:04] operations standing committee line out of 18. 7 was moved,

[2:09:07] uh, recommendation to deny that is at the urging of

[2:09:10] LPD who wrote that opinion based on the information, um,

[2:09:15] included 18. 8, uh, was moved with a recommendation to

[2:09:20] approve based on conversations with our law department. I continue

[2:09:24] to urge a vote to deny for line I'm 18.

[2:09:29] 7, which is the resolution, uh, to waive turning client

[2:09:34] privilege. From legislative policy division. And Mr. Chair, I like

[2:09:38] Mr. Whitaker to be able to speak to why LPD

[2:09:41] is urging and why internal ops is urging a boat

[2:09:46] to deny. 18. 17. Um, Mr. President, we have indicated

[2:09:53] we thought it necessary to deny this given the fact

[2:09:59] that we thought that the privilege needed to be maintained

[2:10:02] based on the conversations that we had in close session.

[2:10:09] Thank you. All right, colleagues. Line it up, 18. 17

[2:10:15] and 18. 18 have been moved. Are there any objections.

[2:10:20] Remember Scott Benson vote no on 18. 17. Objection member

[2:10:25] Johnson, 18. 17 objection members on taco Romero, 1817. Objection

[2:10:31] accountable 18. 72.

[2:10:42] 17. 17. Fails. Line out of

[2:10:51] 18. 17 fails colleagues. Uh, it does not sound like

[2:10:56] there was any objections to line on 18. 18. So

[2:10:59] that action shall be approved. For the planning and economic

[2:11:05] development standing committee under unfinished business. Customer Pajon said an

[2:11:10] ordinance noted in a roll called line item 19. 1.

[2:11:14] Number Johnson. Thank you Mr. Chair. I moved to take

[2:11:16] from the table and ordinance to a man chapter 50

[2:11:19] of the 2019 Detroit City co zoning by amending article

[2:11:23] 17 zoning district maps section 50 - 17 - 49

[2:11:29] district map number 47 to revise the zoning classification for

[2:11:33] a parcel generally bound by riched in street to the

[2:11:35] north. Potasky avenue to the west. Dwayne Street to the

[2:11:40] south and homer street to the east commonly known as

[2:11:43] 409 for Dwayne Street from the R2 district, two family

[2:11:48] residentials owning classification to the SD - 1 special development

[2:11:52] district, small - scale mixed use zoning classification laid on

[2:11:56] the table February 3rd, 2026. Here in objections, that action

[2:12:01] will be taken, council member Johnson. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[2:12:04] I moved the ordinance be placed on the order of

[2:12:05] third reading and considered red. Hearing no objections, that action

[2:12:09] will be taken. Councilmember Johnson. I moved the ordinance be

[2:12:13] passed as submitted. They're being a roll call required with

[2:12:16] a clerk. Please call the roll. Council member Santiago Romero?

[2:12:21] Yes. Council member Mary Waters. Council member Angela Whitfield Calloway.

[2:12:26] Yes. Council President Pro Tim Coleman and Your Second. Yes.

[2:12:30] Council President James Tate? Yes. Council Member Scott Benson? Yes.

[2:12:36] Council Member Latisha Johnson? Yes. Council Member Denzel McCambell. Yes.

[2:12:40] Yes, that motion passes Mr. President. Thank you Madam Clerk.

[2:12:43] The ordinance has approved. Councilman Johnson. I moved the title

[2:12:46] to the ordinance be confirmed hearing no objections and action

[2:12:50] shall be taken. Mr. Chair, I'd like to request a

[2:12:53] waiver request for waiver online item 19. 1 colleagues. Any

[2:12:57] objection. Hearing none, a waiver should be attached. From the

[2:13:03] office of contract and the procurement, Madam Clerk. Council Member

[2:13:06] Johnson for resolutions line items 19. 2 through 19. 5.

[2:13:12] Noted that line item 19. 2 was postponed from last

[2:13:14] week formal session. Thank you so much. Contract number 600

[2:13:20] 7474 - A2. It's the least agreement rental rate. Second

[2:13:25] amendment to extend and expand the right to minerals from

[2:13:29] properties owned by the city of Detroit contractor Detroit salt

[2:13:32] company. That's for plain and development. Contract number 6007707. It's

[2:13:38] at least revenue to provide for lease of 127 Campbell

[2:13:43] from the city of Detroit for Gordie Howe International Bridge

[2:13:46] Project Staging, contractor BNA constructorsusa JV. Total contract amount. 28,

[2:13:54] 800. That's for planning and development. Contract number 604900 -

[2:13:59] A400. Opera funding amendment for to provide a time -

[2:14:04] only extension for managing the single - family scatter site

[2:14:07] home ownership programsy partners. Total contract them out. 2, 875,

[2:14:15] 000 housing and revitalization. Contract number 600 7424A1 and contract

[2:14:23] number 600779 - A1 for two emergency approved contracts. Pertaining

[2:14:30] to the expansion of emergency shelter bed capacity for contract

[2:14:35] number 6007424 - A1. It was for a shelter for

[2:14:41] bad capacity for individuals experiencing homelessness from 56 beds to

[2:14:46] 88 beds to contractor's neighborhood service organization and contract number

[2:14:51] 60079 - A1 for the expansion of emergency shelter -

[2:14:56] based capacity for individuals experiencing homelessness from 50 beds to

[2:15:01] 77 beds. Contractor, all things women, total contract increase amount

[2:15:07] 203, 0484. And for contract number 6007424 - A1, the

[2:15:15] contract increased amount was 471, 947 dollars in 60 cent.

[2:15:21] Council member Johnson for resolutions. Remember Johnson, line items 19.

[2:15:26] 2 through 19. 5. Thank you Mr. Chairmu for approval.

[2:15:30] As a motion to approve line out of 19. 2

[2:15:33] through 19. 5, any objection colleagues. With discussion and defensive.

[2:15:40] A lot of 19. 4 for yourself either to the

[2:15:43] chair or to the administration. This extension is through June

[2:15:50] 30, 2026 for the ARPA funds. Time only. But will

[2:15:56] we be able to extinguish these funnel spend these funds,

[2:15:59] uh, within this extension, or do we need additional extensions.

[2:16:05] Mr. Washington. What do we have available. Yes, through the

[2:16:09] chair, we have Rebecca LaBob online. Alright, we can promote

[2:16:14] her, please. Alright, Mr. Bove, thank you for joining us.

[2:16:20] Please introduce yourself for the record, and we can restate

[2:16:22] the question as an if needed. Thank you. Rebecca Labov,

[2:16:26] housing and revitalization. Pile of a foreign housing revitalization. Remember

[2:16:34] Benson, if you can please restart. Thank you. On line

[2:16:38] 19. 4, these are ARPA funds. This is a time

[2:16:41] extension only. But the attention runs only through June 30.

[2:16:46] 2026. Do we expect to expend these funds within this

[2:16:50] time period? Or will there be the need for an

[2:16:54] additional extension to expend these funds? And I don't want

[2:16:57] to send any money back to the fence. I'm sure

[2:17:00] nobody else here wants to either. Through the chair, we

[2:17:06] do expect to expand the dollars by that date. There

[2:17:11] are 12 specific homebuyers that are associated with the balance

[2:17:15] of funds left on this contract. Um, all of whom

[2:17:18] are under purchase agreement and have been preparing to close

[2:17:21] on their homes. Um, safe for some final pieces that

[2:17:26] were needed from the sellers of the homes. And we

[2:17:31] were able to get the alone modification executed. To the

[2:17:35] rental development that is selling the homes, um, last month.

[2:17:39] And so now the pile and his team who are

[2:17:42] working on this are moving into actually setting closing dates

[2:17:46] with those buyers. And we know who they are. We

[2:17:49] have the dollar amounts ready to go with the title

[2:17:51] company. So we don't expect that we would need additional

[2:17:54] time to expend these art performance. Okay, and just now

[2:17:59] thinking about this, is this the scattered site situation. Where

[2:18:03] the homes were rent to own and now there's the

[2:18:07] issue with the back taxes, which are being brought forward

[2:18:12] and paid. And that issue. Um. Yeah, they are the

[2:18:19] scatter site home sales. Um, for low income housing tax

[2:18:25] credit homes that are occupied by, by low - income

[2:18:28] renters looking to purchase. These dollars are not associated with

[2:18:33] folks, um, that have backed taxes to pay. These are

[2:18:38] buyers who are just ready to close and getting the

[2:18:41] final pieces together, but I'll let my colleague add to

[2:18:45] the chair to member Benson. Different portfolios. For different portfolios,

[2:18:52] we are focusing on some different, um, or focusing on

[2:18:55] different funding sources. So the other scatter site contract that

[2:19:00] we have spoken to about is a CDBG funded one

[2:19:02] that's being used at Grashimadul. And that is one that

[2:19:05] has had some issues with back taxes. But that bright

[2:19:08] more, that's not a particular issue. Okay, thank you. College,

[2:19:13] the motion to approve line items 19. 2 through 19.

[2:19:16] 5 any objections. See, none that action shall be taken.

[2:19:23] Request a waiver, Mr. President. For 19. 2. A request

[2:19:28] for a waiver online, item 19. 2. Any objections. Seeing

[2:19:32] none of waivers should be attached. Alex, can I get

[2:19:35] a waiver online out of - Mr. Chair. Can I

[2:19:39] also get on 19. 5 as well. Ocean. It is

[2:19:43] a request for waivers on 19. 4, 19. 5 colleagues.

[2:19:47] Any objection. Hearing none, waivers should be attached. From the

[2:19:53] Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Adam Clerk. Customer Pajon said, a

[2:19:58] resolution line item 19. 6. Remember Johnson. Thank you, Mr.

[2:20:03] Chair. Move for approval for the amended and restated project

[2:20:06] plan and issuance of bonds by the economic development corporation

[2:20:11] for the music hall expansion project. This is to set

[2:20:15] a public hearing on April 16. There's a motion to

[2:20:19] approve line item 19. 6 colleagues. Any objections. See none

[2:20:25] that action shall be taken. Request for a waiver, Mr.

[2:20:29] Chair. Quaver requested for line item 19. 6 colleagues, any

[2:20:34] objections. Seeing none of Weber should be attached. From the

[2:20:39] planning and development department, Madam Clerk. Council Member Johnson to

[2:20:43] resolutions, line items 19. 7 and 19. 8. Remember Johnson.

[2:20:49] Thank you Mr. Chair. Move for approval. The motion to

[2:20:52] approve line items 19. 7 in 19. 8. Any objections.

[2:20:59] Seen none. Those actions shall be taken. Under resolution final

[2:21:04] clerk. Council Member Vincent, a resolution line item 19. 9.

[2:21:10] I remember Benson, 19. 9. A discussion. With discussion. Uh,

[2:21:15] Mr. Chair of the urging of the administration, a motion

[2:21:18] to postpone the vote for one week online. I am

[2:21:23] 19. 9. They're currently, uh, in negotiations. Um, I'm hoping

[2:21:28] that these bills die in the house and in the

[2:21:34] Senate. Um, and I know there's tons of consummation from

[2:21:37] our municipalities around the state who do not want to

[2:21:41] be preempted, including Detroit and the opposition these bills will

[2:21:46] sign off by six of my colleagues via SIMCOG as

[2:21:49] well as the mayor of Detroit, but they are currently

[2:21:51] negotiations. And at the urging, I'm going to motion to

[2:21:55] postpone this. Uh, so they can continue discussions. Um, the

[2:21:59] request for a postponement for one week for line out

[2:22:02] of 19. 9 colleagues, any objection. Say none, that action

[2:22:07] shall be taken. Under resolutions, Madam Clerk. Council member McCambell,

[2:22:12] a resolution line item 19. 10. Remember McCambell. Motion to

[2:22:19] approve. As a major session. With his emotion to approve

[2:22:22] line item 19. 10 with discussion, member McCam. Uh, thank

[2:22:26] you Mr. Chair. Just to know 19. 10 should be

[2:22:29] a member Johnson. Madam Clerk, if you can know, please.

[2:22:33] Michael Sono, Mr. President. Thank you. Collects any objections to

[2:22:37] 19. 10 with the further discussion member, Benson. To which

[2:22:47] bills are these? Because the little bit of confusion in

[2:22:51] the information I saw. On which of these bills and

[2:22:54] memory Campbell may have cleared it up. Uh, being this

[2:22:58] is from member Johnson. But which bills, what do these

[2:23:01] support. Remember Johnson? Mr. Chair, thank you. Um, this is,

[2:23:06] um, for Mr. to create and operate the my home

[2:23:09] readiness program to provide grants to local units of government

[2:23:12] to cover costs associated with the adoption of land use

[2:23:15] policies. Master plan updates zoning text amendments and similar actions

[2:23:20] to encourage the increase of housing supply and affordability. And

[2:23:26] just discussion. And so these are the converse. Of house

[2:23:33] bills bills 5529. Which SIM cog and MML are opposing.

[2:23:39] This is the alternate bills, um, package, which the municipalities,

[2:23:45] MIMMA male and SIM cog are supporting to provide more

[2:23:48] support to cities versus preempting. Thank you. It's going to

[2:23:51] verify. On the floor for lying item 19. 10 plus

[2:23:57] you. Any objection. C9 that action shall be taken. For

[2:24:04] the public health and safety standing committee from the office

[2:24:06] of contracting and procurement, Madam Clerk. Customer Passantiago Romero, two

[2:24:11] resolutions, line items 20. 1 and 20. 2. Contract number

[2:24:16] 600 5876 - A1. Grant funding to provide an eight

[2:24:23] - month extension of time contractor community logic software incorporated,

[2:24:28] total contract amount, 390, 000. That's for public works. Contract

[2:24:32] number 606408 - A400 ARPA funding four to provide an

[2:24:40] extension for time only to provide stabilization of commercial structures

[2:24:44] within the city of Detroit, contractor DMC consultants incorporated. Total

[2:24:51] contract amount, 634, 000, 11 dollars. Santiago Romero to resolutions.

[2:24:57] Remember Santiago Morrero. Motion to approve 20. 1 in 2022.

[2:25:03] Some motion to approve line items 20. 1 and 20.

[2:25:07] 2 colleagues. Any objection? Discussion. What discussion member Callaway? Thank

[2:25:11] you so much, Mr. Chair. Is anyone available from public

[2:25:15] works. Regarding line item 20. 1. 1. We have anyone

[2:25:22] available. To the chair. Yes. We have director Brundage online.

[2:25:28] We would promote him.

[2:25:46] Mr. Director Brandis, we're trying to promote you. If you

[2:25:49] can accept the promotion, please.

[2:26:06] Through the chair. Mr. Washington. Yes, are we able to

[2:26:09] postpone this item to the end? I'm flying for director

[2:26:12] Brun Dijk now to accept invitation. That's line number 20.

[2:26:18] 1, correct? I remember Callaway. Yes. Uh - huh. Colleagues,

[2:26:22] is there a motion to thinline item 20. 1 to

[2:26:26] the end of the agenda. Motion. It's an objections that

[2:26:30] action shall be taken. Line item 20. 2 colleagues. Are

[2:26:36] there any objections. Seeing none, then action shall be taken.

[2:26:41] Request a waiver, Mr. President, for 20 points too. There's

[2:26:44] a request for a waiver online. Item 20. 2. Any

[2:26:47] objection. Seeing none, that action shall be taken. From the

[2:26:53] Department of Public Works, city engineering division, Madam Clerk. Council

[2:26:57] Member Santiago Romero, six resolutions, line items 20. 3 through

[2:27:02] 20. 8. Remember Santiago Romero? Thank you. Motion to approve.

[2:27:08] These are all various requests for easements and vacations. The

[2:27:13] motion for approval for line items 20. 3 through 20.

[2:27:17] 8. Are there any objections. See none, that action shall

[2:27:23] be taken. Under resolutions, Madam Clark. Council Member Basanti, Hacker

[2:27:29] Romero. Two resolutions. Line items 20. 10 and 20. 11.

[2:27:35] Remember Santiago Romero. Thank you, Mr. President. Motion to approve.

[2:27:41] As a motion to approve line items 20. 10 and

[2:27:44] 20. 11. Any objections. Seeing none, an action shall be

[2:27:50] taken. We will now move to the new business portion

[2:27:53] of the agenda from the mayor's office. Council Member Santiago

[2:27:57] Romero, a resolution knowing that this line item was postponed

[2:28:01] from last week. Formal session, nine item 21. 1. Mr.

[2:28:05] Chair. Mr. Chair. Before we go to you, Madam Motion.

[2:28:12] Remember Santiago Rubeck? Motion to approve 21. 1. The motion

[2:28:16] to approve line item 21. 1 with discussion, member Callaway.

[2:28:21] Not on that. Um, I have a 20 point 11,

[2:28:24] a resolution declaring March 18th as dawn icinday on my

[2:28:27] agenda. Is that not on anyone else's agenda? Or did

[2:28:30] we skip it? We just approve it. Okay, well, it

[2:28:32] should be in my name. I don't even heard line

[2:28:34] item 20. 9 through 20. 10. I didn't hear 20.

[2:28:38] 11 because it should be in the name of Council

[2:28:41] Member Callaway. It was moving. Pardon me? We did move.

[2:28:46] It was moved. Moved and whose name, sir? So the

[2:28:50] resolution, it was under Santiago Romero because it was in

[2:28:53] the committee. But I believe your name is on the

[2:28:56] actual resolution. Okay. So I would need to see my

[2:28:58] name on the agenda cause I don't see it. I

[2:29:01] just see, um, it's in the name of Santiago Ramirez.

[2:29:04] So if we could make that correction, it usually is

[2:29:06] in the person of the, you know, the name of

[2:29:08] the council person who was bringing the resolution. Not in

[2:29:11] a, because they cheer, it shouldn't be in their name.

[2:29:14] Madam Clerk. Mr. President, to you through member Callaway, apologies

[2:29:19] to that, member Callaway is absolutely correct. Her name, if

[2:29:22] this is her resolution should have said member Callaway. So

[2:29:25] apologies to you, member Callaway. Um, we're in the middle

[2:29:30] of the vote. So if you want to have any

[2:29:32] comments, we'll first deal with the book that we're in

[2:29:34] right now. We're giving opportunity to provide comments. Our colleagues,

[2:29:40] there is a motion for approval online item 21. 1.

[2:29:44] Any objections. With discussion, member McCambell. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[2:29:50] Is there somewhere from DOT available. I see a direct

[2:29:55] crane. Come on down. Oh, thank you. Please introduce yourself

[2:30:05] for the record. Afternoon. Rosy Kramer, director of DOP. Thank

[2:30:11] you, member McCamp. Thank you director. Good to see you

[2:30:14] this morning. Um, just, uh, want to say full, full

[2:30:18] supporters resolution for the free bus for students. I just

[2:30:22] want, if you can just go into, um, as you

[2:30:25] all are looking at this pilot, like what are you

[2:30:27] all thinking about? Cause we had conversation around student safety

[2:30:30] overall on the buses. And as I think this is

[2:30:34] opportunity, as we've discussed to think about ways to improve

[2:30:37] that safety. So if you can just go into what

[2:30:40] you are, think about student safety around this pilot as

[2:30:42] well. Absolutely. Through the chair. So the resolution before you

[2:30:46] regarding the six month pilot of student free rides, uh,

[2:30:51] provides something that's required by the ordinance, uh, the city

[2:30:54] fair ordinance allows this period. Um, and basically would set

[2:30:59] this to, you know, show your ID and ride for

[2:31:01] free for any, any students, which basically anyone that's up

[2:31:04] to 18 years old. This is an opportunity for us

[2:31:08] under, uh, Mayor Sheffield's leadership to learn more about how

[2:31:13] transit DOT in particular can work more effectively, uh, for

[2:31:18] students and their families, not only when it comes to,

[2:31:21] uh, attendance at school, but also thinking about afterschool programs.

[2:31:25] And even in this case, this pilot obviously accents through

[2:31:27] the summer. So, um, even any activities job opportunities, um,

[2:31:31] that they may want to partake in. The pilot provides

[2:31:36] a great opportunity for us to continue some of the

[2:31:38] conversations we've already started having with students, families, uh, the

[2:31:43] DPS CD charter school is private schools. Um, about the

[2:31:47] needs of their students and their community. And, uh, thinking

[2:31:50] about things like improving safety, an opportunity, maybe we would

[2:31:55] have, um, adults basically that could ride the buses for

[2:32:00] some of these routes that have more concentrated student rides

[2:32:03] or issues where students are feeling unsafe. Um, that's one

[2:32:06] of the things that we're hoping to, uh, have this

[2:32:09] opportunity having the fanfare around this program, this temporary pilot

[2:32:14] provides an excellent opportunity for us to draw attention to

[2:32:17] the fact and also to get more input and feedback,

[2:32:19] um, from all of those partners. That also, um, uh,

[2:32:25] in addition, supports changes to bus stop amenities, uh, in

[2:32:30] some cases even the routing of buses, the schedules. Those

[2:32:33] are all things we're going to be learning about over

[2:32:35] the next couple of months and then bringing that back,

[2:32:38] uh, to the council as part of the permanent program.

[2:32:41] It actually require a ordinance amendment to change the fare

[2:32:44] with whatever system, uh, program has developed. And so lining

[2:32:49] up all of these improvements to set with the next

[2:32:53] school year. So starting a thinking about September, early October

[2:32:56] of 26. This provides a great opportunity for us to

[2:33:00] learn more about that. Here from the council, um, and

[2:33:04] really come back with a package of improvements and changes

[2:33:07] to go along with that ordinance, which then also would

[2:33:09] include a fiscal financial impact analysis as well. Hopefully that

[2:33:14] answered the question through the chair. Absolutely. Through the chair,

[2:33:18] thank you so much, Director. And I'm glad to hear.

[2:33:21] It sounds like that is what a pilot is for

[2:33:23] to see how we can, uh, make sure that the

[2:33:26] forward program as we roll out is, um, as effective

[2:33:29] as possible, uh, for our students and writers as a

[2:33:32] whole. So appreciate that. And also, um, I would just,

[2:33:36] uh, as the administration and such as you all are

[2:33:40] learning more about the pilot, um, hope that the robust

[2:33:43] conversation with, uh, DPS CD, not only superintendent, but the

[2:33:47] school board as well. So thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank

[2:33:49] you, Dearth. Thank you, pro tim, young. Thank you. I

[2:33:57] just want to say person. I think this is a

[2:33:58] credible program. And from my understanding, this is in part

[2:34:01] comes from the truancy rate that's been happening within DPSCD.

[2:34:05] And so this is more of a partnership for us

[2:34:07] to be able to revive transportation. I just want to

[2:34:10] know, is there ever a plan for us to be

[2:34:12] able to revitalize the goal line program? And if so,

[2:34:15] with this coincide with that. And if so, how. I

[2:34:21] know that's a lie chair. So without any specifics on

[2:34:26] that program, I can say this resolution really is focused

[2:34:30] just on invoking this opportunity for the six month pilot

[2:34:33] to have students ride for free. Um, and as mentioned

[2:34:37] with the previous question, I think it provides opportunities for

[2:34:39] a discussion about all sorts of ways that the excitement

[2:34:43] and energy around this can lead to, um, strategic thinking.

[2:34:47] I know, um, Madam Mayor has brought on some, uh,

[2:34:51] really energetic additional team members, Dr. Hampton. I'm sure I'm

[2:34:55] forgetting some other folks as well. But then incredible amount

[2:34:58] of, uh, additional energy and focus on thinking about, uh,

[2:35:01] not only students, but youth in general, how the city

[2:35:04] can support them better. So this is a great opportunity

[2:35:06] for us to learn more about that and maybe talk

[2:35:08] about other programs that, uh, that could grow alongside it.

[2:35:12] No, I think that's very important. I also wanted to

[2:35:14] ask, um, and I think that's going to also want

[2:35:17] to ask, but who is going to want company. The

[2:35:20] kids at all, all these buses, are you going to

[2:35:22] have somebody in company them with these children and then

[2:35:25] secondly has there been an analysis in terms of what

[2:35:27] this would do to a chronic adventism and on time

[2:35:32] performances as well. So, um, through the chair. The accompanying

[2:35:38] students on board is something that was kind of part

[2:35:41] of the last question, this idea of possibly having, uh,

[2:35:44] adding other adults against the best way I can think

[2:35:46] of describe to it along some routes. Now, uh, as

[2:35:49] you all know, um, whether it's DPS CD or, or

[2:35:53] students who attend other schools, uh, the idea of a

[2:35:56] neighborhood school is something that doesn't apply to the majority

[2:35:59] of students. So we have students that are basically crisscrossing

[2:36:02] the city to get to whatever school they might go

[2:36:04] to. Uh, so it's, it's not practical for us to

[2:36:06] say we're going to have an adult on every bus

[2:36:09] on every route, uh, we're already starting to receive more

[2:36:12] data from DPSCE and some of the other schools about

[2:36:14] the patterns and where their students are coming from to

[2:36:17] get to whatever schools might be. And that is consistent

[2:36:20] with DPSCD in particular has a focus on a couple

[2:36:23] of their schools that have the highest absentee rates. So

[2:36:26] thinking about, you know, looking at those schools, are there

[2:36:29] spots where we're going to have volunteers or adults that

[2:36:31] are riding again to help improve the feeling of safety

[2:36:35] on the routes and then continuing our partnership, obviously DPD

[2:36:38] provides security for us at the transit centers and out

[2:36:41] on the street. We have the opportunity to work with

[2:36:43] them to target particular trips and routes as necessary. Again,

[2:36:48] kind of based on this feedback that we're really looking

[2:36:49] to receive. Well, I think that it's an opportunity for,

[2:36:53] I don't know, through an authority or through a coronation

[2:36:55] council, but I think it's an opportunity for you to

[2:36:57] be able to partner with, uh, DPS and the police

[2:37:00] that they have there as well as TPD to be

[2:37:02] able to provide, um, police or have a car follow

[2:37:06] just in case we want to make sure these kids

[2:37:07] are saving. We'll make sure that nothing happens. And then

[2:37:09] God forbid. And so this is my final question. I

[2:37:12] just wanted to ask. Or also you probably could have

[2:37:15] maybe somebody for CVI also be able to participate in

[2:37:19] following through. But it's also one to ask you. So

[2:37:22] the pilot will take it through September and give data

[2:37:25] on the truth and see improvements is, is that correct?

[2:37:29] And it is, are you using artificial intelligence at all

[2:37:31] to be able to collect that. So through the chair.

[2:37:34] So yeah, the pilot is through up to 180 days.

[2:37:37] That's what the ordinance allows for the resolution. That's also

[2:37:41] the limit that the FTA places on temporary freight changes

[2:37:43] as well. So really either way after six months, if

[2:37:47] we're going to continue anything forward, it would require an

[2:37:49] ordinance amendment and a fair equity analysis with the federal

[2:37:52] transit administration. But specifically to your question about the truancy

[2:37:55] rates, that is something that we're partnering with the schools

[2:37:58] to track. And then we'll see if the change based

[2:38:01] on, you know, starting April 1st. We'll take a look

[2:38:03] at any of that data. Um, the first pilot or

[2:38:06] the pilot program is going to be, you know, show

[2:38:08] your ID and ride. So we'll be able to track

[2:38:10] the number of students that take the rides, but we're

[2:38:14] hoping that the permanent solution can have more of a

[2:38:17] scan or a pass that allows us to more precisely

[2:38:20] track exactly which students from which schools, not personal information,

[2:38:24] but at least knowing what school we can attribute the

[2:38:26] rides to. And then you can compare if Cody has

[2:38:29] a great improvement and it's based on a lot of

[2:38:31] rights happening there. Maybe Mumford doesn't have that improvement and

[2:38:35] it's because there aren't those rights. That's the precise data

[2:38:37] we're hoping to put in place with a permanent program.

[2:38:40] Okay. So I see what you're saying. You're basically just

[2:38:41] using that you're tracking, but not necessarily artificial touch because

[2:38:46] the issue though. Because you can see it's me. You're

[2:38:47] talking about the issue with data. I mean, that's part

[2:38:49] of why you were anonymized that data. They have programs

[2:38:51] that do that differential privacy. We had to get in

[2:38:53] the cybersecurity right now. All right. Thank you. I appreciate

[2:38:55] that, sir. Uh, I am done, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

[2:39:00] Ms. Emotion for approval line item 21 member Johnson. Thank

[2:39:04] you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, thank you so

[2:39:06] much for being here. I do appreciate the support being

[2:39:10] provided to our young people. I wish it was a

[2:39:14] different six month period. So you could really evaluate them

[2:39:17] going and coming from school because this also encompasses the

[2:39:21] summertime, but I'm hopeful that this will, um, give the

[2:39:26] information that it needs to improve service and frequency for

[2:39:31] those routes that, um, kids are going to and from

[2:39:34] school. I did have a brief conversation with Dr. Hampton.

[2:39:39] So I'm looking forward to, um, the additional supportive services

[2:39:42] that the city is going to provide to our school

[2:39:46] students as we continue to expand this pilot, um, and

[2:39:51] just the relationship with DPSCD and charter schools throughout the

[2:39:55] city. So thank you. Thanks Mr. Chair. Thank you. Alex

[2:39:58] says a motion for approval line item 21. 1 any

[2:40:02] objection. See none that action shall be taken. Request away

[2:40:07] from Mr. President. We'll have a request for line item

[2:40:10] 21. 1. Any objections. Seen none and waiver should be

[2:40:15] attached. Mr. President. Thank you. I wish I would return

[2:40:18] back to line item 20. 11 noting that it has

[2:40:22] been approved to allow member Callaway to add commentary as

[2:40:26] needed. Remember Callaway? No, not a commentary. Thank you Mr.

[2:40:29] Chair. Just a correction request through yourself to the, um,

[2:40:32] the clerk. It should be in the name of Callaway.

[2:40:37] Clinical. So note, Mr. President, thank you March 18th being

[2:40:40] declared as John Eisenday, former U. S. Attorney. Thank you.

[2:40:43] Thank you, madam chair. Mystery and Madam Clark. Thank you.

[2:40:48] You're welcome. So we are now, uh, from the mayor's

[2:40:52] office, Madam President, pro Tim Young, three resolutions, nine items

[2:40:57] 21. 2 through 21. 4. Young 21. 2 through 21.

[2:41:04] 4. Thank you, Vice President. I moved to approve my

[2:41:07] item 21. 22 through 21. 4. League stairs of motions

[2:41:11] for approval. Any objection. See none that action shall be

[2:41:16] taken. Request away from Mr. President for 21. 3. It's

[2:41:20] a request for a waiver on 21. 3 any objection.

[2:41:23] They none. Waiver should be attacked. Thank you. Thank you.

[2:41:27] From the office of contracted and procurement, Madam Clerk. Councilor

[2:41:31] Basantiago Romero. Three resolutions noted nine item 21. 5 was

[2:41:36] postponed from last week formal session. Contract number 6005 361

[2:41:41] - A2 to provide an increase of funds for ADA

[2:41:47] complementary pair transit services. Contractor Delray United Action Council. Total

[2:41:53] contract amount. 18, 447, 122 dollars in 49 cent. That's

[2:41:59] for transportation. Contract number 607482, contractor APC bus

[2:42:09] incorporated total contract amount, 2 million. That's for transportation. And

[2:42:14] contract number 600 7742 100 percent grant funding to provide

[2:42:18] services for the women, infant, and children, weak program, contractor,

[2:42:23] community health and social service center, join business as Chaz.

[2:42:28] Total contract amount, 1 million, 143, 600 dollars Santiago Romero,

[2:42:35] three resolutions. I agree, Merrill. Motion to approve. It's a

[2:42:39] motion to approve line items 21. 5 through 21. 7

[2:42:43] colleagues in the ejection. Projection. Remember Callaway online item 21.

[2:42:50] 6. Any further colleagues. Seeing none, the action

[2:43:00] shall be approved. Request away from Mr. President for 21.

[2:43:05] 67 and 8. It's a request for a waiver for

[2:43:10] line items 21. 6. Through 21. 8. Mr. President, we

[2:43:17] did not too lying. I know 21. 8 was 21.

[2:43:19] 5 through 21. 7. 21. 6 and 21. 7 is

[2:43:26] a request for a waiver colleagues. Any objection? Objection online

[2:43:29] item 21. 6 Callaway. Uh. Uh, with that being noted,

[2:43:35] there shall not be a waiver attached to 21. 6,

[2:43:38] but no objections to 21. 7. A waiver should be

[2:43:41] attached. Mr. President, member Santiago Rumina. I made a mistake

[2:43:47] and I should have also asked for 21. 5 for

[2:43:50] a waiver. As a request for a waiver on line

[2:43:52] on 21. 5 colleagues, any objections. Seen none of waivers

[2:43:57] should be attached. From the office of contracting and procurement,

[2:44:02] Madam Clerk. Council President Pro Tim Young for resolutions, line

[2:44:07] items 21. 8 through 21. 11. Noting that they are

[2:44:12] all for the general services department. Contract number 6007670 to

[2:44:21] provide construction. Cartition equipment and supporting services. Contractor also construction

[2:44:26] equipment. LLC doing business as alter equipment company, total contract

[2:44:32] amount, 11 million, 392, 663 dollars 6005312 - A100

[2:44:41] city funding to provide time only extension to provide firebolt

[2:44:47] maintenance and repair services, contractor RNR file trump repair incorporated,

[2:44:52] total contract amount. 150, 725, 100 percent grant funding to

[2:45:01] provide bomb disposal unit remount and repair services contractor McQueen

[2:45:07] equipment LLC, total contract amount, 349, 988 dollars. Contract number

[2:45:13] 6007688, 100 percent city funding to provide judiciary services for

[2:45:20] office of sustainability, contractor, Detroit, economic growth association, total contract

[2:45:25] amount. 211, 500 dollars, Tim Young for resolutions. Pro Tim

[2:45:33] Young. Line items 21. 8 through 21. 11. To discuss

[2:45:43] to discuss. Um, it comes to my attention that Mr.

[2:45:49] President, you want to postpone like 20, 21. 11 41.

[2:45:55] 11. Did you want to speak to why or five?

[2:45:59] So there's emotion. So I like to make a motion.

[2:46:02] The postpone lie item 21. 11. Yes, please. There's a

[2:46:09] motion to postpone the vote for one week line item

[2:46:12] 21. 11. Colleagues. Any objections. See none line on 21.

[2:46:21] 11 shall be postponed for one week. Rotemyung. Thank you,

[2:46:25] Ms. Brittany. I'm sorry. I forgot to say that's to

[2:46:27] provide fiduciary services to them for the office to sustainability.

[2:46:35] Just want to make that clear. I ain't on 21.

[2:46:40] 8 through 21. 10. As a motion to approve line

[2:46:47] items 21. 8 through 21. 10 colleagues. Any objections. Objection.

[2:46:54] Uh, member Callaway. Thank you Mr. Chair. Line item 21.

[2:46:58] 9. Object member Callaway. Any further colleagues. Seeing none that

[2:47:06] action shall be taken. Okay. Thank you. From the office

[2:47:10] of the chief financial officer, office of development and grants.

[2:47:14] I'm a clerk. Council President Pro Tim Young, a resolution

[2:47:20] known in at this line item was postponed from last

[2:47:22] week formal session. 9 item 21. 12. Thank you. Mr.

[2:47:26] President. I moved to approve line on 21. 12. It

[2:47:30] was a motion to approve line item 21. 12. Any

[2:47:34] objections. See none that action shall be taken. Of course

[2:47:39] we're waiver on that item protein, please. I like to

[2:47:43] make emotional requests to way wrong. Lyle 21. 12. Thank

[2:47:47] you. There's a request for a wavering 21. 12. Any

[2:47:50] objections. Seen none. Waiver shall be attached. From the housing

[2:47:55] and revitalization department, Madam Clark. Council Member Santiago Romero, a

[2:48:00] resolution line item 21. 13. Remember Santiago Ramiro? Motion to

[2:48:05] approve. It's a motion to approve line item 21. 13

[2:48:08] colleagues. Any objection. Say none that action shall be taken.

[2:48:14] Request a waiver, Mr. President. This is to support our

[2:48:17] lead - based pink hazard reduction program. As a request

[2:48:21] for a waiver online item 21. 13 colleagues. Any objections.

[2:48:26] See none of waivers shall be attached. Under resolutions, Madam

[2:48:30] Clerk. Mr. President, for a line item 21. 14. And

[2:48:38] 21. 14 council member Johnson a resolution. Council member Johnson.

[2:48:44] My name21. 14. Thank you Mr. Chair. Move for approval.

[2:48:48] This is a resolution recognizing Michigan severe weather awareness week,

[2:48:52] which was last week. As a motion for approval 9021.

[2:48:57] 14. Any objections. Seen none that action shall be taken.

[2:49:03] You want to waver on that one. That's a joke.

[2:49:06] Request a waver in advance next year. Right. Uh, Madam

[2:49:12] Clerk. Under resolutions. Council member Whitfield Callaway line item 21.

[2:49:19] 15 a resolution. All right. McAlloway line number 21. 15

[2:49:23] motion to approve. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Does a motion

[2:49:27] to approve line item 21. 15. Any objections. Say none.

[2:49:36] An action shall be taken. Uh, under request to speak

[2:49:42] before city council. Council President Pro Tim Young a resolution

[2:49:47] noting that this line item was postponed from last week

[2:49:50] formal session. Right. Pro Tim Young. I moved to remove.

[2:49:55] Why on 22. 1. As a motion to remove line

[2:49:59] item 22. 1 from the agenda. Any objections. Seeing done.

[2:50:05] That action shall be taken. For the president's, um, Madam

[2:50:11] Clerk, let me see if we have any wall. Just

[2:50:14] a president. Yes. You do have an item that you

[2:50:16] refer back to the end. Yes, ma'am. A line item

[2:50:21] 20. 1 with the return back to that item colleagues.

[2:50:23] We did postpone that one to the end of the

[2:50:25] agenda. Mr. Washington, if you can have the representative for

[2:50:31] us. Mr. Brundage. Sorry through the chair. I believe Director

[2:50:36] Brundedge has been in and out of meetings. He may

[2:50:40] be trying to rejoin us. Um, I know we're at

[2:50:42] the end. If you want to postpone this one week,

[2:50:44] we can. See request to postpone this item for one

[2:50:50] week or do you want to move forward. That is

[2:50:52] again, line out of 20. 1. Mr. Chair discussion? Uh,

[2:50:58] with discussion member Callaway. Thank you Mr. Chair. I requested

[2:51:00] that, um, we bring this back. I had questions, but

[2:51:02] I'm sure I can get those questions answered. So the

[2:51:05] reason for us to bring it back. I'll be comfortable

[2:51:07] with getting my questions answered by Mr. Brunsch probably by

[2:51:10] the end of the day. So you're okay with moving

[2:51:12] forward with your son. All right. Yep. So Madam Clerk,

[2:51:17] 9 out of 20. 1. Member Santiago Romero, a resolution,

[2:51:22] line item 20. 1. A member Santiago Romero. Motion to

[2:51:27] approve as a motion to approve line item 20. 1

[2:51:30] any objections. Seen none that action shall be taken. Thank

[2:51:36] you. The minimum clerk. I know I have a resolution

[2:51:39] before it's canceling internal operation, but it looks like we've

[2:51:42] already dealt with that in that line item that we

[2:51:44] just had. So Mr. President. Okay. I'm hearing no. So

[2:51:48] Mr. Whittak. Very for two other committees, which was neighborhood

[2:51:54] and BFA. This resolution for a walk on is for

[2:51:57] iOS. Okay. Uh, is there a motion to walk on

[2:52:05] the resolution cancelling iOS for April 1st. Mosa. Any objection.

[2:52:14] With discussion. Remember Benson. It's just redundant that committee's already

[2:52:19] been canceled. What are we doing this way? Hasn't been

[2:52:22] cancer this week. That's for this week.

[2:52:33] Mr. President. Yes, sir. As, as typical, we normally do

[2:52:37] this by resolution. And I understand it. Remember Callaway has

[2:52:42] issued a notice to the clerk to cancel. But there's

[2:52:47] no normally done by resolution so that the public has

[2:52:50] full understanding particularly those that come for public comment that

[2:52:55] you're taking this move. So it is not necessarily required

[2:53:01] in the open meetings act to do this. But this

[2:53:04] is custom and practice. That's why you just voted on

[2:53:07] the other two. Okay. So we've been in situations where

[2:53:10] other committees have been unilaterally canceled. Right. Typically. So I'm,

[2:53:18] I'm hoping that if we're going to start doing this

[2:53:20] now that this custom extends to all committee's moving forward

[2:53:25] and not just as special times. Typically is done when

[2:53:31] you don't have a quorum and you don't have time

[2:53:33] to do this. Okay. But when you have time to

[2:53:37] give a notice, you should because public needs to advance

[2:53:41] notice that they shouldn't come down. They travel all the

[2:53:44] way down here. It's horrible thing. You're letting them know

[2:53:48] in advance when you have an opportunity to vote, you

[2:53:52] should. It's not necessary to cancel a meeting with a

[2:53:56] notice. That is true. But when you have an opportunity

[2:54:00] to do this. And this is what we typically do

[2:54:03] or you typically do. We typically prepare it for you.

[2:54:07] That's why I know it's done. Mr. Whitaker, I get

[2:54:10] it. That's why I'll say again. I'm hoping if this

[2:54:13] is customary, what we are accustomed to that we will

[2:54:17] hold to that. We've had situations that's not been the

[2:54:20] situation. We've had quorums. And unilaterally committees have been canceled.

[2:54:26] And so hoping that chairs will take notice and then

[2:54:29] follow this type of custom moving forward. If not, then

[2:54:32] we shouldn't have to do redundant motions if a committee

[2:54:36] has already been canceled. That's just my point. Thank you.

[2:54:38] Thank you. Uh, with further discussion and member of Kelly.

[2:54:43] Thank you. I, um, hope that we'll just abide by

[2:54:46] the OMA open meetings act. If the resolution is not

[2:54:49] necessary, but customary, it's not required. Um, so if we're

[2:54:53] not violating open meetings act, we shouldn't have to do

[2:54:57] resolutions. That's something that I guess the body before I

[2:55:01] joined created. But if it's not required by the OMA

[2:55:05] and customary, I would think that the OMA would probably,

[2:55:09] um, Trump customs. I don't know. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[2:55:13] Thank you, colleagues. There's a motion on the floor. To

[2:55:16] send to new business, any objections. Seeing none that action

[2:55:20] shall be taken. Madam clerk. Council member Whitfield Callaway of

[2:55:26] resolution. Member Callaway. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Madam

[2:55:29] Clerk. Motion to approve. Is a motion to approve the

[2:55:32] walk - on. Canceling, uh, internal operations for April 1st.

[2:55:37] Any objection. Seen none that action shall be taken. For

[2:55:45] the president's report on standing committee referrals and other matters

[2:55:48] for the budget before you do that, we do have

[2:55:52] another walk home from you. If you like to walk

[2:55:55] that on now to new business, a resolution requested a

[2:55:59] mayor to modify the proposed executive organizational plan. And I

[2:56:04] missed that one. I don't have that one in front

[2:56:06] of me. I was passed out yesterday for the record.

[2:56:12] That's that one yesterday for the record. As a walk

[2:56:14] on, has someone yesterday. So I remember this one. Let's

[2:56:18] make sure we bring it to the table on the

[2:56:20] day up. All right. So this is a resolution requesting

[2:56:24] the mayor to modify the proposed executive organization plan noting

[2:56:29] the two items, uh, that have been submitted. College is

[2:56:36] their emotion to. Place on to new business. Motion. As

[2:56:41] emotion. Any objections. A none that actions shall be taken.

[2:56:46] Madam clerk. Council President Pro tell Young on behalf of

[2:56:50] council president James Tate a resolution. Protein. Young.

[2:57:01] Bene, correct the proper language here. Move to approve. Okay.

[2:57:07] So, uh, motion to approve the. Mayor's modified executive organization

[2:57:15] plan. Resolution. The resolution. Walk. Motion to move the wall

[2:57:22] con resolution. There's a motion to approve the walk -

[2:57:30] on send it to business. With discussion. Mr. Washington. Yes.

[2:57:36] Through the chair, um, just for my clarity, is this

[2:57:39] the LPD resolution with the body's recommendations? It is, sir.

[2:57:43] Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any objections? Good

[2:57:48] discussion with further discussion member McCambell. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[2:57:52] Um, uh, on the resolution agreement with your professional of

[2:57:56] changing the name of the homeland security, um, just wondering

[2:58:02] was there any thought of dropping homeland security aspect completely.

[2:58:10] Yes. Um. There was, but there was some talk about

[2:58:13] funding, um, that was tied into it with the name.

[2:58:17] So if there was, there's a desire to move forward

[2:58:20] on it. I welcome that. Um, but at this moment,

[2:58:23] I'd, I decided to move and keep the name, but

[2:58:28] ensure that the emergency management services is the emphasis because

[2:58:32] they do two totally different things. Absolutely. Yes. And, and

[2:58:36] quite honestly, there are other departments around the country that

[2:58:40] has a similar language that does this similar function. It's

[2:58:43] totally different from, uh, the federal homeland security department. Yes,

[2:58:48] sir. Thank you. Thank you. Any further colleagues. All right.

[2:58:54] There's a motion on the floor for approval. Any objection.

[2:58:58] See none that actions shall be taken. Right, madam clerk.

[2:59:04] For the president's report on standing committee referrals and other

[2:59:07] matters for the budget, finance, and on it, standing committee.

[2:59:11] Submittal of five memorandums. The five memorandums shall be referred

[2:59:16] to the budget finance and outerstanding committee for the internal

[2:59:20] operations standing committee. Six reports from various city departments. The

[2:59:24] six reports will be referred to the internal operations standing

[2:59:27] committing for the neighborhood and community services standing committee. Six

[2:59:32] reports from various city departments. The six reports will be

[2:59:35] referred to the neighborhood and community services standing committee for

[2:59:37] the planning and economic development standing committee. Six reports from

[2:59:41] various city departments. The six reports will be referred to

[2:59:44] the planning and economic development standing committee for the public

[2:59:47] health and safety standing committee. 11 reports from various city

[2:59:51] departments. 11 reports will be referred to the public health

[2:59:54] and safety standing committee under consent agenda. There are no

[2:59:57] ionizer president. Colleagues, is there a motion to suspend member

[3:00:00] reports. There's a motion to suspend and remove reports. Any

[3:00:04] objections. Seeing none that action shall be taken under adoption

[3:00:08] with committee reference now, clerk. There are no items, Mr.

[3:00:11] President. I'm the commission communications from the clerk. A report

[3:00:15] on approval proceedings by the mayor. Report will be received

[3:00:18] and placed on file under testimonial resolution and special privilege.

[3:00:22] Councilmember Benson to resolutions, nine items 33. 1 and 33.

[3:00:27] 2. Remember Benson.

[3:00:42] To approve. As a motion to approve line items 33.

[3:00:46] 1 and 33. 2. Any objections. Saint none that action

[3:00:52] shall be taken. I hear no objective. There being no

[3:00:58] further business to come before this body, this meeting. She'll

[3:01:01] stand adjourned. This meeting is a joy.

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