Board of Education - Regular Meeting

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 15TH 20 25 MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE L THE WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN HERE FOR HARRISON HERE CUSTOMER WATSON HERE COMES FROM OUT HERE CUSTOMER DENHA HERE BECAUSE BERGONZI HAD HERE MAYOR TAYLOR PERHAPS IT PELTZMAN IRE HERE BECAUSE OF OUR ACKMANN HERE CUSTOMER BRIGG'S HERE, CUSTOMER CORNELL APSA. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. CAN I PLEASE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER BRIGG'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ALL IN FAVOR POST THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEXT WE COME TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS THIS EVENING? NOTHING THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTION FROM THE DATA SO I WILL INVITE OUR OUR FRIEND MATT CARPENTER TO THE PODIUM AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAPPY HOLIDAYS. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE ON SUCH A CHILLY EVENING. A FEW OPERATIONAL DATES FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT THE RIDE AND THEN I'LL LEAVE YOU FOR YOUR REST OF YOUR MEETING. FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND ARBOR'S FIRST BUSTLINE OPENED THIS LAST WEEK ON STATE STREET. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. OUR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ARE OVER THE MOON ABOUT IT. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN OBVIOUSLY FOR CARRYING MOST OF THE COST. WE CHIPPED IN A LITTLE BIT OURSELVES. THERE'S ALSO YOU MAY NOT NOTICE IT A TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY ELEMENT OF IT AS WELL. I THINK ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS IS TO LET THE BUSSES PASS THROUGH QUICKLY. SO GREAT NEWS THERE FROM A TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POINT OF VIEW. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO THAT. AS YOU'VE HEARD RECENTLY I THINK FROM THE DENHA NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE A BIG CONSTRUCTION SEASON FOR DOWNTOWN PARTICULARLY AROUND THE WILLOTT AND FOURTH AVENUE. THERE'S BASICALLY FOURTH AVENUE IS GOING TO GET COMPLETELY TORN UP AND AT SOME POINTS WILL BE IMPASSABLE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS WILL BE ANNOYING FOR LOTS OF FOLKS AROUND THE CITY BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT SHORT TERM INCONVENIENCE FOR LONG TERM GAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, FOURTH AVENUE IS WHERE WE PARK MOST OF OUR BUSSES NEXT TO THE TRANSIT CENTER. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION FOR CUSTOMERS. WE HAVE BEGUN COMMUNICATING THAT PUBLICLY. YOU WILL SEE THAT BEGIN TO RAMP UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE PROCEED NEXT YEAR TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN THE TRANSIT CENTER IS NOT OPEN OR ACCESSIBLE. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE

BUSSES INTO IT BUT AGAIN SHORT TERM PAIN, LONG TERM GAIN WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE DDA AND ALL THE PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE IT COMES OFF VERY WELL AND THEN WE'LL ALL BE HAPPY WHEN IT THROUGH IT HOLIDAY SERVICE EVERY YEAR WE DO NOT RUN BUS SERVICE ON CHRISTMAS DAY OR NEW YEAR'S DAY . SERVICES RESUME AS NORMAL THE FOLLOWING DAY SO ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL BY BUS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR ANY DISRUPTIONS. PLAN YOUR TRIPS CAREFULLY PARTICULARLY ON DAYS AND THEN FINALLY IN JANUARY FEBRUARY WE'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING OUR REGULAR CONQUERED THE COLD CHALLENGE OUR FOLKS GET TO COMPETE BY BIKING, WALKING, TRANSIT OR CARPOOLING. YOU CAN SCORE POINTS. YOU CAN BEAT YOUR NEIGHBOR. YOU CAN BE THE CONQUER THE COLD CHAMPION OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TO CHECK OUT LAST YEAR WE HAD ALMOST FOUR HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS WE HOPE TO AT FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. WE NOW COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MATTERS OF MUNICIPAL INTEREST TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT ONE MUST HAVE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE BY CONTACTING A CITY CLERK. SPEAKERS HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND ONLY ONE PERSON IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT A TIME. FOR THOSE JOINING US REMOTELY, THE CITY CLERK WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS REMAINING AND WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

FIRST UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE TOM STALBERG. MR. STOLLBERG IS JOINING US ON HOLER WITH THE PHONE NUMBER AND FIVE THREE FOUR GO AHEAD STOBO CALLING TO ONE TO TWO TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THE TOWN I'M CALLING ABC THREE WHICH IS THE CAPITAL APPLIED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE APPOINT SOMEBODY EITHER ROBERT BENTLEY ,THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE TIME IS NOT MANDATORY AND OTHERS CAN SERVE ON IT AND DO A FINE JOB RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT TIME ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO WRAP UP OUR LAND USE PLAN AND TO WRITE ONE IN CODE AND THEN GO THROUGH WITH WARNINGS. UNFORTUNATELY COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL TIME ON FIRE SO FAR AND REPORTING BACK THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN PRETTY HIGH IN TERMS OF HER ERROR RATE SO I THINK WE CAN PUT SOMEBODY UP ON THERE WHO MIGHT BE A BETTER LISTENER LECTURER AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GET THINGS A BIT MORE RIGHT RECENTLY I HAPPEN TO KNOW THE LET'S JUST GO TO A RECENT TRIAL PRIOR TO HARRIS AND THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR TO ENACT THE INFORMATION SPREAD. YES. UNDER MR SUSPICIOUS COLUMN SHE SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT CASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CATEGORY. I'M SORRY YOU JUST KEPT GOING UP AND COMING UP WITH RAMSEY. I JUST WENT OUT WITH ONE PRETTY WIDE DISTRIBUTION SO WE NEED OUR HOUSE MEMBERS.

THIS IS COMMUNICATION WITH HOLLY READING SCUTARI WHAT WE ACCURACY NOW WHENEVER WE BRANGUS CLAIM IS WAS IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW THERE'S OTHER ITEMS WHERE SHE'S JUST INACCURATE AND WE HAVE TO PRETTY BIG I COMING UP. SO I WANT TO GET SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT A PROTECTIONIST OF THE APPOINTED TO THIS POSITION EVERYBODY TO SHEPHERD US THE COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE A AND FROM MEMBER STATION.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE THOMAS WHEATER THE ONLY RESPONSE IS APPROPRIATE TO THE PLAN TO ENLARGE THE DDA DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IS THIS YOU'VE GOT TO BE FRIGGING KIDDING ME AND THE REST OF THE CITIZENS OF ANN ARBOR AS IT'S AS HIS FIRST FINDING THE MICHIGAN STATUTE WHICH AUTHORIZES NIDA'S DEFINES A PROBLEM AS QUOTE CONDITIONS OF PROPERTY VALUE DETERIORATION DETRIMENTAL TO THE STATE ECONOMY. IT FURTHER STATES THAT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS ARE NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE THE CAUSES OF PROPERTY VALUE DETERIORATE AND OUR ORDINANCE PARROTS THAT LANGUAGE STATING ITS PURPOSE TO HALT PROPERTY VALUE DETERIORATION AND TO ELIMINATE THE CAUSES THAT DETERIORATION. CAN ANYBODY AROUND THAT TABLE SUGGEST WITH A STRAIGHT FACE THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM OF PROPERTY VALUE DETERIORATION AND ENORMOUS DENHA DISTRICT? THERE MAY HAVE BEEN BRIEF TIMES DURING A FORTY THREE YEAR EXISTENCE WHEN PROPERTY VALUES DECLINE BUT THAT CERTAINLY HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE IN RECENT MEMORY IN RECENT YEARS PROPERTY VALUATION IN THE DEED A DISTRICT HAS SOARED BY A BILLION DOLLARS OR MORE. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF A DECLINE WHICH JUSTIFIES THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF A TEFT TO SUBSIDIZE THE DOWNTOWN WHICH HAS BY FAR THE HIGHEST PROPERTY VALUES IN THE CITY. I QUESTION WHETHER THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF SPENT BY THE D.A. OVER ITS FORTY THREE YEARS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH OF THE DOWNTOWN. IF ANYONE CAN EMPIRICALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT IT HAS I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. IF THE DENHA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOOD HEALTH OF DOWNTOWN, TODAY'S DOWNTOWN SHOULD BE THANKED SERVICE AND WOUND DOWN. IF ON THE OTHER HAND DOWNTOWN HASN'T BEEN MADE HEALTHY AFTER

FORTY THREE YEARS THAT SHOULD BE WOUND DOWN BECAUSE IT HASN'T WORKED HOW MANY MILLIONS MORE MIGHT BE SPENT ON PROJECTS THE PUBLIC HASN'T ASKED FOR OR EVEN ASKED IF THEY WANTED SOME OF WHICH LEAVING THEM SCRATCH THEIR HEADS ABOUT THE PURPOSE? I'M STILL LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN FIGURE OUT TAKING OUT SOME CURBS ESTATE AND LIBERTY HAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE CITY AT VERY GREAT COST. TAKE THAT MONEY OR SHOULD I SAY LEAVE THAT MONEY SO IT CAN BE USED FOR WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD FIND MORE USEFUL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS REBECCA ARENDSE. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS REBECCA ARUN'S. I'M A WARD ONE RESIDENT A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M HERE ADVOCATING FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS I GUESS A WEEK AGO I WENT TO A RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN RIGHT THERE OFF LIBERTY IN MAINE AND THERE ARE THREE BOXES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOR A DECADE COVERED WITH GRAFFITI AND STICKERS AND HAVE BEEN NONFUNCTIONAL FOR THAT MUCH OF TIME AT LEAST. AND I ASKED THE OWNER WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REPORT THIS CLICK FIX? HE'S LIKE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN HE SAID SOMETHING TO STOP ME. HE'D RESIGN HIMSELF TO THEIR PRESENCE. THAT RESIGNATION IS A PROBLEM. I EMAILED A DAY THREE DAYS AND A RESPONSE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I THEN FORWARDED THE CONCERN TO CITY COUNCIL. YOU THE MAYOR, MAINSTREAMERS, LEADERSHIP AND AGAIN NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. THERE'S A PATTERN OF UNRELIABLE RESPONSIVENESS AND A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AGENDAS AND MEETING MINUTES ARE SPARSE AND RECORDINGS OR TRANSCRIPTS ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY AVAILABLE. FOR EXAMPLE, MAIN STREET BURS HAS A YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF MEETINGS WITH NO LINKS. THERE IS NO ANNUAL REPORT FOR TWENTY TWENTY FIVE.

THE LAST REPORT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND IN THAT REPORT THEY SAID ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS ALLOCATED TO SIDEWALKS SWEEPING LAST YEAR. SO IF YOU GO TO NICHOLS' YOU'RE GOING TO HATE ME BUT YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO UNSEE THIS. SOME SPOTS ARE EVERYWHERE AND THIS ADDS TO A SENSE OF DECAY. WE HAVE WEEDY MEDIANS. WE HAVE UNKEMPT GRAFFITI IS MUSHROOMING EVERYWHERE AND TEN YEARS AGO I DID A PROJECT THAT IS QUALITATIVE I'M SORRY QUANTITATIVE TO SEE IF WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THIS BLIGHT AND IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. NOW I'M DOING A QUALITATIVE STUDY. I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO MANY BUSINESS OWNERS AND COLLECTING THEIR STORIES. FRANKLY THEY'RE NOT HAPPY. THEY DON'T FEEL SUPPORTED. THEY CALL THE EMAIL OFTEN THEIR CONCERNS ARE NOT MET. WHAT WE NEED IS WHAT WE KNOW SOCIAL WORK IS PROCESS AND OUTCOME EVALUATION. WHERE ARE WE ASKING THE STAKEHOLDERS IF THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING MET? THIS SHOULD BE DONE A MINIMUM OF ONCE PER YEAR SO I SUGGEST THAT YOU JOIN ME IN MY QUALITATIVE STUDY BEFORE YOU GIVE THE DDA MORE MONEY AND LET'S TAKE ANONYMOUS SURVEYS OF ACTUAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND SEE IF THEY'RE PLEASED WITH THEIR SERVICES PROVIDED I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROGRESS WHERE IT EXISTS MICROBE POLICING AND MOVEMENT ON THE UNARMED RESPONSE MATTER, CHIEF ANDERSON HAS BROUGHT EVIDENCE BASED IDEAS WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIS SERVICE BUT AGAIN AT A MINIMUM THERE SHOULD BE ANNUAL BEST PRACTICE PROCESS AND OUTCOME EVALUATIONS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING THE STATED GOALS BEFORE ASKING FOR MILLIONS MORE IN PUBLIC FUNDS.

LET'S HAVE TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE RICHARD STOLLAR, SZULC G FONZO W RETIRED PROFESSOR I YES.

I'M SORRY SIR. CAN YOU CAN YOU CALL OUT FOR A QUICK SEC? WE HAVE WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE STANDING IN THE ROOM. CAN YOU PLEASE SIT DOWN SO FOLKS BEHIND YOU CAN CAN NEVERTHELESS THE RULES OF THE BODY REQUEST THAT PEOPLE SIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. MY APOLOGIES. PLEASE CONTINUE. YOUR TIME WILL BE YOURS. RETIRED PROFESSOR WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR TWENTY EIGHT YEARS. I'M AN ADVOCATE WITH THE LOCAL GRASSROOTS GROUP MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO MORE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF OUR EUROPEAN NEIGHBORS AS WELL. NOTARIZED AGENTS OF IMMIGRATION ,CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ICE AND CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL CBP ENGAGING IN SURVEILLANCE AND RACIAL PROFILING, SNATCHING PEOPLE THEY SUSPECTED THE IMMIGRANTS OFF OUR STREETS FROM SCHOOL PARKING LOTS, HOSPITALS AND COURTHOUSES. ORPHANAGES ARE REFUSED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, USE EXCESSIVE FORCE AND JUDICIAL WARRANTS FOR THESE DETENTIONS. THEY MOVES AROUND RAPIDLY FROM ONE TO ANOTHER AROUND THE COUNTRY MAKING IT HARD FOR LOVED ONES TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND FOR LAWYERS TO REPRESENT THE COUNTRY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS ONE IN SIX RESIDENTS OF AN ABORIGINAL IMMIGRANT, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE LIVING IN FEAR AND CONTRARY TO THE HATEFUL RHETORIC COMING FROM WASHINGTON, CRIME RATES ARE MUCH LOWER. THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION DENHA MILLION U.S. CITIZENS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE AFRAID TO GO TO WORK TO SCHOOL TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OR TO SHOW UP FOR COURT DATES WHEN PROCLAIMING ITSELF A WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR IMMIGRANTS BUT EXPLICIT POLICIES TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN RESOURCES OR FACILITIES TO FURTHER GENDER, RACE AND EVERY CITY COUNCIL TO BAN RACE FROM MUNICIPAL WORKERS

OR FROM CITY PROPERTY FOR ITS OPERATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOLS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, CITY INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM SHARING INFORMATION WITH OR DETAINING INDIVIDUALS BASED SOLELY ON THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS WITHOUT JUDICIAL. AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS DONE THIS THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TWENTY TWENTY FIVE BY SIX WHICH ALSO COUNTS RESOURCES TO HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS COOPERATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY BUSINESS FAITH ORGANIZATIONS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM THREATS CAUSED BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY DEPLOYMENT. I SEE EVIDENCE PROACTIVE AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND POLICIES OUR AND WILL BE THE STRONG ENFORCEABLE DISAPPEARED EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES LIKE THE GERMANS LOOKED THE OTHER WAY IN THE 1930S AND 40S UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PETER XTINA . THERE WERE SOME PHRASES ABOUT WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THESE DAYS I HEAR MIXED USE BUT HERE PLACEMAKING I HEAR SECOND DOWNTOWN AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THOSE THREE GOALS .

ONE AND THERE IS A CONTRAST TO MY MIND BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY FANTASY TO ME IRBER S AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN YESTERDAY IT'S BASICALLY A HUGE PARKING LOT WITH A COUPLE OF OFFICE BUILDINGS. THERE'S NOTHING THERE. IT WOULD HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.

THERE ARE SOME PRETTY DRAWINGS. THE BIG BUILDINGS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS ON THE DRAWING BOARD BUT THOSE PRETTY SKETCHES AREN'T REALITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IF EVER.

THE OTHER ONE IS REALITY THAT REALITY IS THE REIMAGINED BRIARWOOD. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN BRIARWOOD. THERE'S THIS HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH HUNDREDS OF UNITS AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT WITHIN A ONE MINUTE WALK FROM THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS IS A EMERGING SUPERMARKET THAT WILL BE OPEN WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS. THE STOCK ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING TO PHOTOGRAPH I TOOK A FEW WEEKS AGO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE SHORT WALKING DISTANCE SIX RESTAURANTS AT STREET LEVEL, A STEAKHOUSE, A PIZZA PARLOR, TWO CHINESE RESTAURANTS, A MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND A MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT WITHIN THE BRIBER BRIARWOOD SITE ITSELF THERE IS ROOM FOR MORE HOUSING AND ALSO A ROOM WITHIN THE MALL FOR MORE EVOLUTION IN THE KINDS OF SERVICES AND GOODS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED THAT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF APARTMENT DWELLERS ON THE SITE. THERE ARE MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO CROSS ANY BUSY STREET. THE FANTASY PROJECT AABA S REQUIRES MASSIVE SUBSIDIZATION AS I CAN BEST I CAN TELL NO TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOLS, THE EIGHTY FOR THIRTY YEARS AND THEN TO BUILD THOSE PARKING STRUCTURES AS MUCH AS A QUARTER BILLION BILLION NOT A MILLION A QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE PUT AT RISK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REALITY OF OUR FIREWOOD THERE IS LITTLE OR NO SUBSIDIZATION

GOING ON. I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY TIFFANY BROWNFIELD RELIEF ANY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT INSTEAD THERE WILL BE A MAYBE IMMEDIATE TAX REVENUES TO THE CITY, THE SCHOOLS, THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, CHRISTINA MONTAGUE YOU APPEAR UNTIL OUR SIXTH TO RAISE YOUR HAND. OH, S OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHUCK RHEEM . GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT I'M RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL IN THE THIRD WARD NEXT YEAR AND THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE AND THE MAIN REASON I'M DOING THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL ALSO SO THAT WE CAN DEFEAT THE EXCESS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AND TAKE OUR CITY BACK. OUR CITY FACES A SERIOUS THREAT FROM THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. I SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S GOALS OF FLEXIBILITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT THIS PLAN WON'T ACHIEVE THEM.

WE ALL REALLY KNOW THAT INSTEAD OF AFFORDABILITY IT WILL BRING GENTRIFICATION, HIGHER PRICES AND MUCH HIGHER TAXES IN OUR POPULATION IS STAGNANT. IT SAYS THAT IN THE REPORT. YET CITY COUNCIL PROPOSES TO MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR HOUSING UNITS. AND WHAT ABOUT THE TREES REDUCING SETBACKS ON RESIDENTIAL FLATS WILL MAKE LAND MORE VALUABLE TO DEVELOPERS RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF TREES, HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.

THIS WILL BE THE BULLDOZER MAGNET WHEN WE REDUCE SETBACKS, TAXES WILL RISE SHARPLY TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BENEFITS DEVELOPERS AND FUTURE RESIDENTS WITH NO BENEFIT FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS. WE NEED A BALANCED PLAN THAT WELCOMES GROWTH WITHOUT DESTROYING WHAT MAKES TREE CITY SPECIAL. WHAT IS BULLDOZED CANNOT BE RESTORED WITH YOUR HELP IN TWENTY TWENTY SIX WE CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE OUR CITY BACK AND I'VE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO ORGANIZING THIS WEB SITE. CHOUKRI SAVE TREE CITY CHOUKRI AND SAVE TREE CITY DOT COM AND IF YOU GO THERE YOU WILL GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A REALLY THOROUGH ANALYSIS. EVERY MAJOR ANALYSIS OF THIS CLUB IS THERE ON THIS WEB SITE . PLEASE CHECK IT OUT IF YOU DO THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THIS PLAN AND YOU WILL DEMAND A POSITIVE PLAN AND A REVISION OF THE PLAN THAT TAKES THE HEALTH OF TREES AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY INTO ACCOUNT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT BEAUTY IS KARMA BAILEY . GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ANN ARBOR. I ATTENDED ANN ARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I RECENTLY GRADUATED IN THE CLASS OF TWENTY TWENTY FIVE ALL THROUGHOUT MY YOUTH I WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS THAT INCLUDES BASKETBALL, SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, REGULAR SWIMMING LACROSSE TRACK FIELD, YOU NAME IT. BUT EVEN WITH PLAYING ALL THESE SPORTS, THE ONE THAT I CONNECTED WITH THE MOST WAS FIELD HOCKEY. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT AFTER STARTING MY FIRST PRACTICE IN NINTH GRADE AFTER MANY, MANY HARD SEASONS OF HARD WORK I ENDED UP BEING RANKED NUMBER ONE GOALIE IN MICHIGAN DURING MY SENIOR SEASON AND THIS HONOR WAS IN THREE CATEGORIES. I CREATED SO MANY LIFELONG CONNECTIONS WITH PLAYERS AND COACHES BUT EVEN THOUGH I HAD SO MUCH LOVE FOR MY TEAM, I NOTICED A LACK OF REPRESENTATION FOR MARGINALIZED GROUPS WITHIN OUR PROGRAM. SO THIS IS THIS PROBLEM BECAME A PASSION FOR ME TO TARGET AND CHANGE CARMAKERS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION I FOUNDED AND UNDER MY ORGANIZATION OUR CREATE A FREE FIELD HOCKEY CLINIC THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN ANN ARBOR. MY MISSION IS TO TARGET KIDS FROM THE AGES FIVE TO 17 WITHIN UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS TO BE INVOLVED IN MORE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SPORTS INCLUDING FIELD HOCKEY FROM THE SIXTH GRADE TO TWELFTH GRADE ON HONOR ROLL IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS HONORED IN THE ANNUAL FREEDOM FUNDS GALA DINNER FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS FROM TEN TO TWELVE

GRADE STUDENTS I MAINTAIN A 3.0 OR HIGHER GPA WE'RE ABLE TO ATTEND BECOMING A LAWYER OR A FAMILY COURT ATTORNEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM AND BECAUSE OF THIS I CHOSE TO ATTEND CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY DURING MY FALSIES Y FULL YEAR TO STUDY SOCIOLOGY WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF SOCIAL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. EVEN WITH ALL THESE ACCOMPLISHED WITH MANY MORE TO CERTAINLY COME I WILL NEVER GET OVER THE OVERWHELMING FEELING OF THOSE ONLY JUDGING MY CHARACTER BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE. BEING A BLACK WOMAN MEANS BEING STEREOTYPED DUE TO FALSE INFORMATION SPREAD ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY AND BEING A BLACK GIRL SOLELY RAISED BY HER FATHER MEANS SEEING HIM PULLED OVER COUNTLESS TIMES DUE TO A PRECONCEIVED BIAS. HIS SKIN COLOR SEEING MY DAD IN THE BACK OF A COP CAR MAKES ME QUESTION THE TRUE MORALITY OF THE ANN ARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A LITTLE GIRL DESERVED BETTER TO SEE HER FATHER IN HANDCUFFS. THIS IS WHY MY MESSAGE TO YOU ALL TODAY IS SUPER IMPORTANT. I WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTY WITH HONOR. SO MY CHALLENGE FOR THE APD IS TO ESTABLISH A BETTER POLICY FOR THE OVERPOLICING OF BLACK RESIDENTS IN ANN ARBOR AND MAYBE THEN ONE LESS BLACK GIRL WILL SEE HER FATHER IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TEACHER MONTEGUT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL AND MR. ADMINISTRATOR. MY NAME IS TEACHER MONTAGUE AND I AM PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM THAT HOLDS THE ANN ARBOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN FESTIVAL AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION THAT TAKES PART ON THE FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE AT THE CORNER OF EAST END AND NORTH FOURTH AVENUE. THIS FESTIVAL WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY THE VISIONARY LUCILLE HALL PORTER IN NINETEEN NINETY SIX

IS A TIME HONORED TRADITION THAT BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO COMMEMORATE THE RICH HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN ANN ARBOR FROM THE NINETEEN THIRTIES TO THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES AND ST. WAS A THRIVING HUB OF BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES AND OUR FESTIVAL SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE VIBRANT CULTURE CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT ONCE FLOURISHED IN THIS AREA. AS A COORDINATOR I DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE BEING FORCED TO RELOCATE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS OR POSSIBLY IN LIEU OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY EVENT THAT BEGAN JUST LAST YEAR . I AM URGENTLY REQUESTING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION BE POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER JUNE THE 6TH. TWENTY TWENTY SIX ARE NEARLY THIRTY YEAR OLD EVENT AS MOVING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION WOULD UNDERMINE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAYING TRIBUTE TO OUR TRAILBLAZING ANCESTORS AND THE VERY REASON WHY MRS. PORTER CHOSE THIS HISTORIC BLACK BUSINESS DISTRICT LOCATION IF POSTPONEMENT IS NOT POSSIBLE I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE DATE IN JULY OR AUGUST ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE SO THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR HERITAGE IN THE SAME LOCATION WITH THE SAME PASSION AND DEDICATION THAT HAS DEFINED OUR FESTIVAL FOR DECADES. THANK YOU TO THE NAACP, MY CLUB SISTERS AND BESTIVAL FAMILY FOR STANDING WITH ME THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING . THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS T.J. BAILEY . GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS T.J. BAILEY. I GREW RIGHT HERE IN ANN ARBOR AND THIS CITY HAS SHAPED THE PERSON I AM TODAY. I WAS RAISED IN A BIG FAMILY AS THE OLDEST OF TEN CHILDREN WHICH MEANT I LEARNED RESPONSIBILITY EARLY. I'VE ALWAYS HAD ABOUT SCHOOL SPORTS WORK AND FAMILY AND THAT HAS TAUGHT ME DISCIPLINE, LEADERSHIP AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWING FOR OTHERS. I'M A SECOND YEAR STUDENT AT MONASH UNIVERSITY DOUBLE MAJORING IN MARKETING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. I CURRENTLY HOLD A THREE POINT FIVE OVERALL GPA. I HAVE EARNED A SPOT ON THE DEAN'S LIST AND I'M ON PACE TO GRADUATE A YEAR EARLY WITH TWO DEGREES ALONGSIDE MY ACADEMICS I'VE STARTED TWO BUSINESSES. THE FIRST WAS A CLOTHING BRAND CALLED STAR WHICH I BUILT AND CLOTHES WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL TODAY I OWN AND OPERATE OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE FITNESS AND FASHION BASED CLOTHING BRAND WITH THIS BUSINESS NINE PERCENT OF ALL EARNINGS GO TOWARDS FUNDS CHARITIES, DONATIONS AND CAUSES. I TRULY BELIEVE BUSINESS SHOULD HELP PEOPLE AND NOT JUST MAKE MONEY. GIVING BACK IS ALWAYS A MATTER TO ME. I MENTOR YOUNGER ATHLETES, TRY TO BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL IN MY COMMUNITY AND CARRY MYSELF IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS RESPONSIBILITY AND PURPOSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING ESPECIALLY YOUNG KIDS WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY WANT TO BECOME. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE OF MY STORY THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED. GROWING UP I WATCHED MY FATHER BE STOPPED AND HARASSED BY POLICE MORE THAN I CAN COUNT SEEING HOW THE CHILD INSTILL FEAR IN ME AND THAT'S A FEAR SHARED BY MANY BLACK MEN AND FAMILIES. THOSE EXPERIENCES DON'T DISAPPEAR WITH AGE SUCCESS OR EDUCATION. EVEN NOW, DESPITE MY GRADES, MY BUSINESSES AND THE LIFE I'M BUILDING, I STILL FACE MOMENTS WHERE MY APPEARANCES SPEAK LOUDER THAN MY CHARACTER CREDENTIALS. MY LABEL OTHERS AS A GOOD PERSON DON'T ALWAYS PROTECT ME FROM JUDGMENT BUT I REFUSE TO

LET THAT DEFINE ME. I KEEP PUSHING FORWARD BUILDING AND LEADING WITH INTEGRITY. MY GOAL IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY, BREAK STEREOTYPES AND SHOW THAT WE ARE MORE THAN WHAT PEOPLE ASSUME WHEN I FIRST SEE US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIANNE CARONE

WHO IS IT? MARY AMPARA GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU WILL HEAR FROM OTHERS TONIGHT AND I THOUGHT I'D BE GOING AFTER THEM SO TRY TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. WE HAVE HEARD FROM RICH DOLLARS ALREADY AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT HE HAS SAID AND WHAT OTHERS WILL SAY SO WELL ABOUT HOW TO MAKE OUR CITY AS WELCOMING AND PROTECTING OF OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR CRUEL AND UNUSUAL AND EVEN ILLEGAL FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AGAINST VERY VULNERABLE PEOPLE. I WANT TO CALL OURSELVES AND ALL OF YOU OUR GOVERNOR GOVERNING OFFICIALS TO BE OUR BEST SELVES AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS TO RESIST THE EVIL OF THOSE WHO COME FOR THE IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I ASK MYSELF I ASK ALL OF US AND I ASK IN PARTICULAR CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT AND THE MAYOR WHO DO WE STAND WITH IF WE STAND AS WE SAY WE DO WITH FAIRNESS, KINDNESS, LEGALITY AND COMPASSION, WE WILL DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO SET AND ENACT POLICIES TO SAY NO, NOT IN OUR CITY TO ICE SAYING NO TO ICE NOT IN OUR CITY. THERE ARE THREE WAYS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT AND THE FIRST ONE MOST IMMEDIATE ONE WE CAN SAY NO, YOU CAN MAKE THIS

HAPPEN AND WE'LL HELP YOU NO TO ICE IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS FOR ANY REASON THAT FACILITATES THEIR CAPTURING, DETAINING AND DEPORTING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS . THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO HELP THEM EVEN IF SOMEONE HAS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. WE ALSO URGE YOU TO ADOPT A NO MASKS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR CITY. ALL OFFICERS, WHOEVER THEY ARE SHOULD SHOW THEIR FACES AND THEIR IDENTIFY BADGE NUMBERS AS OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE. WE JUST HEARD ABOUT CHICAGO SO WE KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE. LET'S ENFORCE OUR OWN LAWS AGAINST ANY ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF ICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES INCLUDING DISAPPEARING AND OR ARRESTING PEOPLE WITHOUT A WARRANT NOT FOLLOWING DUE PROCESS AND THROWING PEOPLE TO THE GROUND, BEATING THEM UP OR OTHERWISE INJURING THEM. LET OUR POLICE OFFICERS TELL ICE TO GO AWAY IN THESE INSTANCES AND ARREST THEM IF THEY DON'T WE HAVE WITNESSED THEIR BRUTALITY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I SAID HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY. SO WHERE IS AN ARBOR STAND?

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA SANTER'S G AS A TRUSTEE IN DEXTER TOWNSHIP. I LIVED IN ANN ARBOR FOR THIRTY FOUR YEARS AND WORKED FOR U OF M SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK. I'M SPEAKING FOR MIRA MOVEMENT FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ACTION, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. MANY OF US HAVE TWENTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ADVOCATING FOR POLICY THAT PROTECTS OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY FROM INCREASED AND INHUMANE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S PROTECTIVE STANCE IN SUPPORT OF ALL IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS. ICE HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY MAKING UNLAWFUL ARRESTS.

THEY HAVE NEVER PRESENTED A LEGAL WARRANT READ ANYONE THEIR RIGHTS WERE HONORED DUE PROCESS DESPITE POLICY S CITY AND COUNTY COOPERATION WITH ICE, NUMEROUS SYSTEMS ARE COMPLICIT IN THESE INHUMANE AND UNLAWFUL ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DISAPPEARING. OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18TH AT ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK MIRROR RECEIVED A VIDEO OF TWO IMMIGRATION AGENTS ESCORTING A SMALL BLACK WOMAN OUT OF THE ANN ARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT CITY HALL.

WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED CHIEF ANDERSON WHO WAS RESPONSIVE. HE QUICKLY INVESTIGATED INFORMED US THAT ICE USED THE ANN ARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW THE TARGETED WOMAN TO GO TO THE BATHROOM THIS HAS CONFUSED THE COMMUNITY AND BROKEN TRUST. IN FACT, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THIS EXPLANATION. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE ANN ARBOR POLICE DID NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THE LAWFULNESS OF THIS ARREST OR TRY TO STOP IN ANY WAY. INSTEAD THEY COMPLIED WITH ICE TO OFFER BATHROOM SERVICES WE CAN NOT STATE TO ICE. WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE. WE WON'T COOPERATE WITH YOU BUT COME AND USE OUR TOILET. THE CITY HALL HOUSES MANY SERVICES AND ICE ACTIVITY COULD HAPPEN IN ANY OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. SO FAR THERE ARE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF LOCAL POLICE, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES LACKING PROACTIVE POLICIES TO RESIST UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. IN MANY WAYS WE ARE UTTERLY UNPREPARED FOR THIS ATTACK ON OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND LACK A COORDINATED RESPONSE.

WE ASKED THE MAYOR OF ANN ARBOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO JOIN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO EXPAND YOUR POLICIES TO PROHIBIT ICE FROM ENTERING ANY MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS OR USING ANY OF OUR LOCAL RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT THEIR BRUTAL, UNLAWFUL AND INHUMANE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN CHICAGO BY MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON AND COOK COUNTY AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE DEEMED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS ICE FREE ZONES. SO WE KNOW IT CAN BE DONE AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO IT HERE AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PETER HIGH COUNCIL MEMBERS ADMINISTRATOR TONY, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT. PETER, HOW ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION? BUT TONIGHT I'M SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF WINTER SNOW REMOVAL ON SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS IS A IS AN EVERY YEAR ISSUE FOR ME AND I THINK FOR ALL OF US.

BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE TWO STORMS WE'VE HAD IN DECEMBER HAVE LEFT SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS ALONG CYO CHURCH IN VERY BAD CONDITION WALKING FROM CHURCHILL TO SEVENTH STREET SHOULDN'T GENERATE 10 C CLICK FIX TICKETS. BUT ON SATURDAY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I DID IT THREE THOSE TEN WERE FOR SNOW ON CROSSWALK APPROACH RAMPS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEARED BY PROPERTY OWNERS THE OTHER SEVEN, HOWEVER, ARE PLACES THAT SHOULD BE CLEARED BY THE CITY. THOSE WERE TWO REFUGE ISLANDS WITHIN ZION CHURCH FOR APPROACH RAMPS THAT WERE BLOCKED BY WINDOWS IN THE STREET LEFT BY SNOW PLOWS AND ONE 600 FOOT LENGTH OF SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE AAPS GREENVIEW NATURE AREA THAT IS CLEARLY MARKED AS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR MAP OF SIDEWALKS SNOW REMOVAL THAT ONE APPEARS NOT TO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED AT ALL THIS WHOLE WINTER SEASON. SO FOUR DAYS AFTER THE LAST SNOW THESE AREAS ARE STILL NOT CLEARED. IT WAS CHALLENGING FOR ME TO GET THROUGH THIS MESS THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE WITH ANY MOBILITY ISSUES AND WHEELCHAIR USERS NO CHANCE AT THIS COLD THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THOSE PLACES UNTIL THE FALL LATER ON THIS WEEK. SO ADMINISTRATOR TONY, DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THAT SIDEWALK AND CROSSWALK SNOW REMOVAL IF YOU DON'T THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO ASK FOR FOR SOMETHING MORE OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WHAT I SAW BEFORE THE THE HIGHER THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED WAS THAT THE CREWS WERE OUT THERE WERE REALLY HUSTLING BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH APPARENTLY TO

TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. SO MY USER EXPERIENCE THIS THIS WEEKEND REALLY INDICATES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU NEED AND THAT YOU'RE MISSING SOMETHING. AND WHAT'S PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTING IS THAT SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS FOR WHICH I SUBMITTED TICKETS AFTER THE FIRST STORM OF THIS YEAR WERE EITHER CLEARED AFTER MY TICKET WAS SUBMITTED AND THEN NOT CLEARED AFTER THE SECOND STORM OR ELSE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN CLEARED AT ALL A SINGLE TIME THIS YEAR. AND ALL OF THESE SPOTS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR CITY RESPONSIBILITY.

SO THAT'S THE END OF MY STATEMENT TO YOU GUYS. THIS NEXT PART IS DIRECTED AT PEOPLE HERE IN THE ROOM AND LISTENING AT HOME. I'M SURE THAT THIS UPCOMING THOUGHT I'M HOPING THAT IT FIXES MOST OF THIS BUT I'M GOING TO BE AT THE CORNER OF CYO CHURCH AND GREENVIEW ON SATURDAY AT 2:00 P.M. BECAUSE I THINK THE ONLY WAY I'M GOING TO GET THIS FIXED SO I DON'T HAVE TO WALK IN IT ANYMORE IS TO DO IT MYSELF.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN ME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY GRISWOLD. GOOD. GOOD EVENING. I WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO LAST WEEK AND I COME BACK EXTREMELY HOPEFUL FOR HOW THINGS CAN BE DONE AND HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE PEDESTRIAN CRASH RATE ESPECIALLY FOR FATALITIES. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT I WENT TO AN OPEN HOUSE SIMILAR TO THE OPEN HOUSE THAT WAS BEING HELD IN ANN ARBOR EXCEPT THE OPEN HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS STAFFED BY ABOUT A DOZEN PROFESSIONALS WHO WERE ENGINEERS AND URBAN PLANNERS WHO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PROCESSES AND SOLUTIONS. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND ONE OF THE ENGINEERS MENTIONED THAT THE MAYOR THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, A CITY SEVEN TIMES THE SIZE OF ANN ARBOR AND I KNOW WE HAVE A WEAK MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE A CITY SEVEN TIMES THE SIZE OF ANN ARBOR WHERE THE MAYOR TRULY CARED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND I WAS TOLD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT THE MAYOR WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRASH RATE AND ABOUT EXPECTATIONS FOR VISION ZERO AND HE WOULD BE ISSUING A DIRECTIVE TODAY AND I HAVE THAT DIRECTIVE HERE AND I JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS ABOUT IT. IT'S CALLED THE SAFE STREETS INITIATIVE FROM DAY ONE I'VE SAID MY TOP PRIORITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT MEANS ALL KINDS OF SAFETY NO MATTER HOW YOU GET AROUND THE CITY WALKING, BIKING, DRIVING OR RIDING TRANSIT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO WITHOUT FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE AND THEN HE GOES ON AND ON IF WE WANT SAN FRANCISCO TO BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN

BUILD THEIR LIVES FROM RAISING YOUNG CHILDREN TO AGING WITH DIGNITY, SAFE STREETS HAVE TO BE A CITYWIDE PRIORITY. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE MAYOR WHO'S TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS. IT IS NOT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY EVEN THOUGH PETER HOKE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AND MANY OTHERS IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND SOMETIMES I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO MAYORS AND TO COUNCILS ONE THAT CAN DO WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH ALL OF YOUR PROJECTS AND YOUR AAA RATINGS AND YOUR AWARDS THAT YOU'RE WINNING AND A SECOND ONE THAT JUST DOES BASIC SERVICES QUIETLY DELIVERING SAFE SIDEWALKS, SAFE STREETS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I WANT TO IN HERE WITH THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS GOING TO CREATE SAFE STREETS INITIATIVE WORKING GROUP SO HE'S NOT JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND HE'S GOT THE 100 DAY PLAN. HE'S GOT THE SIX MONTH PLAN AND I AM CONVINCED THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET DONE AND SAN FRANCISCO IS GOING TO BE A BETTER PLACE ALSO YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN YOUR TWENTY TWENTY FOUR CRASH DATA YET. THE MAYOR HAS SEEN THE DECEMBER 2ND CRASH. IT'S ALREADY ON THEIR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT FEATURES BUNDAMBA SOCIETY HAS TOLD ME THAT IF YOU GET A DEGREE IF I STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, IF I GET A JOB AND PAY MY BILLS THAT I WILL BE TREATED BETTER, THAT I WILL EXCEL AND BE RESPECTED AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO SOCIETY. I HAVE DONE ALL OF THAT AND I'M STILL GETTING TARGETED. I'M STILL GETTING PROFILED. SO WHAT IS A PERSON TO DO THAT STUFF CAN CARRY THROUGH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES? QUESTION HOW MANY YOU EVER SEE ANY EVICTION NOTICE OR HAD YOUR LIGHTS AND YOUR GAS DISCONNECTED AND HAD TO SLEEP IN THE CAR WITH YOUR CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER NOT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT BUT BECAUSE THE POLICE CONTINUE TO STOP YOU STOP YOU STOP YOU STOP YOU AND OVERCHARGE YOU WITH TRAFFIC CRIMES FORCING YOU TO SPEND EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU ARE TO STAY FREE AND BE PRESENT AS A FIVE KIND OF CRAZY RIGHT? SO I KIND OF ANN ARBOR AS A TEAM SO IMAGINE COMING TO ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST AFFLUENT BEAUTIFUL, DIVERSE, INNOVATIVE, PROGRESSIVE AND SAFEST CITIES AS AN 18 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT WITH BIG DREAMS IMMEDIATELY BECOMING A TARGET UNDER ATTACK BY POLICE IN THEIR

POLICIES AND HAVE BEEN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS STRAIGHT MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN EDUCATION CAREER BUSINESS IS DERAILED BECAUSE I'M BLACK AND I THINK I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AND I'VE BEEN A LAW ABIDING TAXPAYING CITIZEN FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. I UNDERSTAND THE EFFORTS AUDIENCE AND ATTORNEYS ARE IN PLACE TODAY WHICH IS GREAT BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT HAVE SUFFERED AND LIVED IS NIGHTMARE OF INJUSTICE AND HAD THEIR LIVES TAKEN AWAY FROM WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THERE WAS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF HARM THAT OCCURRED RIGHT HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN AND THE CITY THAT WE LOVE PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THERE A BLACK MAN RIGHT NOW THAT DO NOT WANT TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY THAT OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THERE ARE BLACK MEN AND WHOLE FAMILIES THAT LEFT THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR TO HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THOSE SOME GASIFIER DR. SARABIA IS FINE. HE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BLAINE COLEMAN.

YEAH, YOU DID A DECENT JOB OF PRONOUNCING IN ITS SUBURBS FANI.

I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT ANYONE WATCHING TONIGHT TO THINK THAT IT'S HOPELESS TO GET PALESTINIAN LIBERATION. IT'S NOT IT TOOK UNTIL JUST THIS THING IT TOOK UNTIL NINETEEN SIXTY THREE FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TO FINALLY BE FORCED INTO OH I SEE DARMA BACHMANN IS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE ROOM IT TOOK UNTIL NINETEEN SIXTY THREE FOR THE ANN ARBOR CITY COUNCIL TO FINALLY APPROVE A FAIR HOUSING LAW IT TOOK UNTIL THE LATE 1980S FOR THE ANN ARBOR CITY COUNCIL TO FINALLY BE FORCED INTO APPROVING A BOYCOTT OF APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. SO THESE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ARE IMPOSSIBLE CAN HAPPEN IF YOU KEEP PUSHING. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT THIS GENOCIDAL STATE OF ISRAEL IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOREVER.

APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA PROVED THAT VIOLENTLY RACIST GENOCIDAL STATES DO NOT LAST LONG NOT ANYMORE.

IN FACT, LAST MONTH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT APPROVED A DIVESTMENT RESOLUTION AGAINST ISRAEL BECAUSE EXPLICITLY BECAUSE OF THE GENOCIDE THAT ISRAEL IS COMMITTING ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, NOTABLY IN GAZA. SOMETIME LATER THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT DECIDED TO VETO THAT DIVESTMENT RESOLUTION BUT HE IS NOT ABLE TO VETO AWAY THE ACTUAL FACT THAT ISRAEL IS COMMITTING A GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS AND IN THE CASE WAS A CITY COUNCIL HERE WITH YOUR POLITICAL SUPPORT, IT'S A SHAMEFUL THING YOU GOT TO STOP IT. YOU OUGHT TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT SAYS SIMPLY SEE WE ARE IT SAYS WE ARE AGAINST MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SUCH A RESOLUTION FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS IN THE ANN CITY COUNCIL IN THIS ROOM IT'S TIME THAT YOU APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION AND STOPPED BEING SO OBVIOUSLY COMPLICIT IN ITS GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE . WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA BY ISRAEL. THANK YOU FOR THEIR COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL N HARRISON. THANK YOU, MEIR. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE

COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT CAME UP FOR COMING THIS EVENING TO SPEAK AND REQUEST THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOWNTOWN FIRST OF ALL NOT BE DISPLACED NEXT YEAR.

AND I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL WILL NOT HAVE TO MOVE LOCATIONS NEXT YEAR. THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL STILL HAPPEN AND YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER THIS EVENING IN THE LATEST UPDATE BUT IT WILL BE DONE IN PHASES ALLOWING THE WORK TO HAPPEN OR CONTINUE AROUND THE WEEKEND OF JUNE THE 6TH THOUSAND TWENTY SIX.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ADMINISTRATOR TONY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ADMINISTRATOR TAHANI AND STAFF FOR BEING VERY HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND FOR ALLOWING THIS WONDERFUL TRADITION TO CONTINUE.

SO THANK YOU FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL WE HAVE THE FORCE TO CONSENT TO JANDAMARRA MOTION. PLEASE APPROVE THE CONSENT GENDA MOVE BY COUNSEL FOR IA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DENHA DISCUSSION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA CATHERINE JERMOLUK. I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE PULL TWO ITEMS SEET 15 AND SEE A 16 BOTH RELATED TO THREE FIFTY S FIFTY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER I'M SORRY COUNCILOR WATSON JUST ONE QUICK NOTE ON C ONE I WANT TO THANK THE CONSTITUENTS THAT REACHED OUT TO SEE AMALEK AND I AND UM SPOKE ABOUT NEEDS AT THE SENIOR CENTER OF COUNCIL MEMBER DENHA AND I THEN HOSTED A LISTENING SESSION AT THE ARBOR SENIOR CENTER WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AND DURING THAT TIME JOSH LANDEFELD, OUR SUPERVISOR ALSO HEARD FROM CONSTITUENT THAT THEY WANTED TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO ALLOCATE THIS THIS SENIOR MILLAGE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY TO A NEW STAFFER AND THAT FILLS BOTH A CONSTITUENT IN THE COMMUNITY NEED. BUT ALSO IT JUST JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT OUR PARK SYSTEM AND OUR CITY IS INVESTING IN OLDER ADULTS SERVER DISH. I WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT I CAN DO THIS. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE TO SEE TOPOLSKI TWENTY ONE OR JUST SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HEARD THINGS ABOUT IT EARLIER.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK SPEAK THANK YOU. OK I WASN'T SURE SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THERE WILL BE WE WILL BE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES AND ADOPT AN AMENDED TIF PLAN. IT'S COMPLICATED SO WE WILL PUT THAT OUT IN WRITING AND WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING ACCURATE. THAT'S MY COMMITMENT AS IT IS OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMITMENTS ON COUNCIL.

BUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE ANN ARBOR HAS NO PROBLEM PROPERTY VALUES. IT'S TRUE THAT THAT WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL AS A CITY BUT THIS PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE DDA BOUNDARIES NORTHWARD WOULD HELP OUT WITH AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT COULD USE CONSIDERABLE HELP IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DDA CAN AND DOES.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT. WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT IF YOU THAT WE SHOULD ODDLY THAT WE SHOULD DISMANTLE THE DDA AND SPEND THAT MONEY AS WE WISH. I WANTED TO JUST MENTION A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN PRETTY EFFECTIVE THAT THE DDA HAS DONE .

THEY HAVE THEY HAVE SUPPORTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITH A LOT OF MONEY. THEY DID CONTRIBUTE A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE PURCHASE OF LARRY TERRACE AND ONE POINT TWO DOLLARS MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DUN BOUGHT TOWER THAT IS MONEY THAT IS NOT IN THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND WOULD NOT BE IN THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IN THAT MAGNITUDE IF THE DDA IF WE SIMPLY STOPPED HAVING THE DDA CAPTURE THE TIF THAT IT CAPTURES THE OR NOT IMMEDIATELY IN THE IN THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND THE DDA HAS AFFECTED THE TRANSFORMATION OF FIFTH IN DETROIT AND THE RESTORATION OF TWO WAY TRAFFIC ON FIRST AND ASHELY WHICH HAS LOWERED SPEEDS AND REDUCED CRASHES. THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT NOT A BOUTIQUE PROJECT OF THIS COUNCIL BUT A BASIC SAFETY PROJECT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS CITY WHO CANNOT AFFORD OR CHOOSES NOT TO EMIT CARBON THROUGH THE USE OF A VEHICLE.

THE DDA ALSO IN ITS PLAN WHICH IS BASED ON QUITE A LOT OF OUTREACH BOTH TO DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS AND TO RESIDENTS WILL IT'S PLANNING TO CREATE AND MANAGE THE DOWNTOWN SERVICE TEAM TO KEEP DOWNTOWN CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED. THAT'S NOT EVEN THE HALF OF WHAT'S IN THE REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA.

SO I'M HOPING THAT EVERYONE WILL MAKE ENOUGH FOR A REALLY INFORMED ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS QUESTION OF DDA EXPANSION AND I THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER I DENHA THANK YOU MAYOR. I WAS ALSO RAISING MY HAND TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON SEEI ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON ALREADY COVERED SOME OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ADDING THIS FULL TIME STAFF PERSON TO THE SENIOR CENTER I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NOT SIMPLY FROM THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH THROUGH EXECUTING THE SENIOR MILLAGE BUT ALSO IN ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT I'VE HAD AT THE SENIOR CENTER WHICH WHICH ALL THREE WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS KIND OF COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY EXPERIENCED WITH OUR OUR STAFF AT THE SENIOR CENTER NOT BEING FULL TIME KIND OF BEING A TEMPORARY STAFF THAT THAT CHURN THAT MAY COME WITH THAT IN STAFFING AND HOW IMPORTANT KIND OF THOSE LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS ARE FOR OUR SENIORS. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP. I KNOW THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE STILL EXPRESSING THEIR DESIRE AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT LONG TERM MAKING SURE THAT OUR SENIOR CENTER STAFF IS IS FULL TIME, THAT THEY CAN BE CONSISTENT AND SERVE THE SENIOR POPULATION HERE IN ANN ARBOR YEAR ROUND. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THIS WORK BUT ALSO SAY THAT I THINK WE WE CAN STILL DO MORE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE STAFFING POSITIONS ARE OUR PERMANENT THANK YOU.

FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ZIMMER BRIGS, THANKS.

A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS REGARDING C TWENTY ONE REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S E AND PLAN TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES FOLKS CAN FIND THAT PLAN LINKED TO OUR AGENDA OR ON THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION SHARED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS LEADING UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 2ND HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO DIG INTO THAT AND START SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS AND WITH US REGARDING THAT AND THEN ALSO JUST DRAWING FOCUS ATTENTION TO A13 THE BOARD OF VIEW GUIDELINES FOR POVERTY EXEMPTIONS, EXEMPTIONS FROM PROPERTY TAXATION. SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS SOMETHING WE ADOPT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS REVIEWING WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR FOR FOLKS THAT CAN GET RELIEF FROM THEIR PROPERTY TAX PROPERTY TAXES EITHER 100 PERCENT, 75 PERCENT, 50 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT BASED ON INCOME AND ASSETS AND THOSE HAVE BEEN EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.

SO ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE WHAT THOSE GUIDELINES ARE AND CERTAINLY REACH OUT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS IF THEY ARE SEEKING RELIEF COUNCIL BRACKMAN.

I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT C21, WHICH I WAS GOING TO PULL THE ITEM WHICH YOU KNOW, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS A RESOLUTION OF A STATEMENT OF INTENT. SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THIS AND WEIGH IN. BUT WHAT I WANTED JUST SAY THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID IS HOPEFULLY DOWNTOWN BELONGS TO ALL OF US. IT'S A MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT OF TOWN AND I THINK THAT NEEDS INVESTMENT. ANOTHER PART OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED BY THE PLAN IS TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT THE CAPTURE HAPPENS RIGHT NOW IT'S RATHER FLAT AND WE ALL KNOW THAT COSTS DON'T STAY FLAT JUST IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ANNUAL SALARY INCREASES WOULD NOT EVEN BE COVERED . SO THAT IS TO SAY THAT I THINK INVESTING IN OUR DOWNTOWN IS VERY WORTHY. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DOWNTOWN THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MENTIONED PUBLIC ART PROJECT PUBLIC RESTROOMS WITH THE THROWN THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THIS MEETING RELATED TO THE TRANSIT CENTER AND FOURTH AVENUE, THE BIKEWAYS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN THAT YOU KNOW HAVE PEOPLE FULLY SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC AND NOT TO MENTION KNOW MAJOR REVITALIZATION PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE SEEN A CORNER GO FROM NOT ONLY UNSAFE BUT KIND OF INHOSPITABLE TO BE IN. AND THE ONE THAT ALWAYS COMES TO MY MIND IS THE ONE WHERE BLANK SLATE IS ON THE CORNER. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY IN LIBERTY. MAYBE IT'S VASTLY IMPROVED AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE ALL THE TIME AND IT'S LIVELY AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR DOWNTOWN. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT FOR THE DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 15 16 OPPOSED THE CONSENT GENDER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 15 AND 16 HAS APPROVED THE 10 COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT ALL VOTED IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE THE SATISFYING THE EIGHT VOTE REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO 10 TO ONE THANK ONE 10 C A 19 PARDON ME 18 IF I'D COME ON TIME I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY READING GLASSES. WE NOW COME TO SEE A RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUN AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE NRA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT THREE FIFTY S FIFTH AVENUE MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MALIK SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OF DENHA DISCUSSION PLEASE A COUNCIL MEMBER MALIK.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A QUITE COMPLEX PROJECT. OUR AGENDA WILL BE A VERY EXCITING ONE AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE A STAFF INTRODUCTION TO HELP US OUT AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PROJECT. I BELIEVE MISS HALL IS ONLINE AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT PERHAPS WOULD PROMPT THIS DISCUSSION. SO MISS HALL, COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS ARE FINANCED ESPECIALLY ONE OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND I GUESS IN PARTICULAR WITH THIS PROJECT COULD YOU HIGHLIGHT OUT OF THE NUMEROUS SOURCES OF FUNDING HOW MUCH OF IS LOCAL? AND THEN IF I MAY I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION THAT I MIGHT JUST ASK RIGHT AWAY FOR YOU BUT NOTING THE HIGH EXPENSE OF THE PROJECT OVERALL, WHAT ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES TO THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN WITH THIS? YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU DO THIS PROJECT IF IT WERE OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN FOR INSTANCE OR NOTING THE HIGH COST?

COULD YOU PURCHASE UNITS SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR LESS MONEY?

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCILMAN THERE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PART OF THE CITY'S EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY AVAILABLE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE HISTORY OF OUR RECENT HISTORY. IT'S A FOR THE PUBLIC IT'S THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY APARTMENTS ALL OF THEM WILL BE AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS UNDER EIGHTY PERCENT OF MEDIAN INCOME OR LAST THERE WILL BE A THIRD RESERVE FOR HOUSEHOLDS 30 PERCENT OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THEN THE REST WILL BE AT 60 PERCENT AND 70 PERCENT RMI AND 80 PERCENT BY THE APARTMENTS ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANNENBERG HOUSING COMMISSION THROUGH A NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND RELATED MIDWEST IS OUR DEVELOPER THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT WITH. THE FINANCING IS VERY COMPLICATED RELATED TO THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT. IF WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT EVEN JUST FIVE YEARS AGO IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT FORTY PERCENT LESS EXPENSIVE WHICH IS PRIVATE COWBIRD HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE LABOR MARKET AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND IN ADDITION RECENTLY NEW TARIFFS HAVE ALSO INCREASED COSTS. UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE COST OF LABOR MATERIALS IN OUR MARKETPLACE. THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME ON ITS MARKET RATE. THE FLOATABLE WE DON'T GET ANY DISCOUNTS FROM ARCHITECTS OR ENGINEERS. WE DISCOVER OUR MATERIALS.

WE ACTUALLY END UP PAYING MORE FOR LABOR BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PAY A LIVING WAGE COMPARED TO MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS. THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS LONG IN GENERAL THIS ONE'S ESPECIALLY LONG SITE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BUT IT'S LONG AND GENERAL IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S COMPLICATED PARTICULARLY WITH THE FARMHOUSE. ONE THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND USUALLY IS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPETE FOR FUNDING FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY. DID DROPPED IN TWENTY TWENTY AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET WHICH THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS THAT WHO PASSED WITH SEVENTY FOUR PERCENT APPROVAL THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO DEVELOP A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF FUNDING IS THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT WHICH IS AN IRS PROGRAM, NOT A WHOLE PROGRAM.

IT TYPICALLY PAYS FOR 40 TO 60 PERCENT OF A PROJECT. THE STATE IS THE ONE WHO ADMINISTERS TAX FUNDING AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PRIORITIES THAT THEY PUBLISH EVERY TWO YEARS. FOR THOSE OF US COMPETING FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING RIGHT NOW AND FOR MANY DECADES THEY HAVE PRIORITIZED AND GIVEN POINTS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE NEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION JOBS SERVICES R GROCERY STORE PARKS, ET CETERA . AND EVERY TIME WE'VE APPLIED FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN AND ALWAYS BETTER THAN OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE PRIORITIES AT THE STATE LEVEL WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ACCESS TO JOBS AND SERVICES AND IF WE DID AND SCORE COMPARED TO OTHER APPLICANTS WE WOULD GET NO MONEY AT ALL. WE AT OUR MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO THIS ONE WHICH WE CALL SEWICKLEY WHICH IS THAT STATE STREET AND SECOND CREEKSIDE CAUGHT ON THAT WE APPLIED FIVE TIMES BEFORE WE ARE FUNDED BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN AND AND THEY DID NOT SCORE VERY WELL. SO IF THE CHOICE WAS BETWEEN BUILDING IN THE DOWNTOWN OR NOT BUILDING HOUSING AT ALL FOR THE HOUSING I ALWAYS CHOOSE TO BUILD THE DOWNTOWN YOU SAW FIT OF THAT TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN PRO DEVELOPMENT. EIGHTY SIX MILLION CAME FROM LOW TECH FUNDING WHICH IS ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS WE'RE APPLYING FOR 10 OR MORE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES ALL OF WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, DIFFERENT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND THEY ALL AT ALL COSTS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ALL OF THAT THIRTEEN

MILLION ABOUT FORTY THREE MILLION IS LOCAL FUNDS, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LOCAL ONES . SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A UNIT AND LOCAL FUNDING WHICH TO ME IS A BARGAIN. YOU DEFINITELY COULD NOT ACQUIRE A PROPERTY FOR THAT MUCH DEFINITELY BUILD IT FOR THAT MUCH AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OF FUNDING SOURCES SO THAT WE CAN USE LOCAL FUNDS FOR THAT. I GET FINANCING. WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO LEVERAGE LOCAL FUNDS SPREAD ACROSS AS MANY DEVELOPMENTS AS POSSIBLE NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS STAY OUT OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION BUT OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT DO HOUSING AS WELL. ONE ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDING SOURCE WILL BE REQUESTING IN JANUARY IS A MILLION DOLLARS IN CLIMATE MORTGAGE FUNDS TO HELP MEET THE CITY'S CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS. IT WILL COST ROUGHLY SEVEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL THE ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES THE ELECTRIC BUILDING WITH GEOTHERMAL. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THE DIRECT COST IS NOT THE ONLY ADDITIONAL COST. THERE ARE OTHER COSTS RELATED TO OUR FUNDING SOURCES BUT THIS WILL HELP THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND WILL HAVE LONG TERM OPERATING POSITIVE IMPACT IF WE HAD UNLIMITED AND UNRESTRICTED FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL PROBABLY MAKE SOME DIFFERENT CHOICES ABOUT LOCATION AND DESIGN OF OUR PROPERTIES IF WE ONLY USE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE GONE WE CAN DO THAT BUT IT'S A TRADEOFF AS WE WOULD BUILD A FRACTION OF WHAT WE CAN BUILD BY USING OTHER LEVERAGE RESOURCES AS FAR AS BUILDING IN THE DOWNTOWN I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IF WE HAD IF WE WERE TO DO THREE HUNDRED AND THREE APARTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN WE WOULD FIRST HAVE TO FIND LAND. WE DO HAVE A FEW CITY OWNED PROPERTIES OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING

BUT BETWEEN THOSE SITES WE WOULD MAYBE BUILD ABOUT 50 UNITS TOTAL AND IT'S THE DENSITY AND LIMITATIONS OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN THAT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF UNITS WE GAMBLE. SO I NEED TO COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL VACANT PROPERTIES TO BUILD BACK TO GET TO THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY APARTMENTS OR I CAN COMPETE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ACQUIRE EXISTING PROPERTIES WHICH IS A STRATEGY I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO RIGHT NOW AND AS NEW CONSTRUCTION GETS MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE IT SHOULD MAKES ACQUISITION MORE ATTRACTIVE FINANCIALLY. BUT IT IS HARD TO FIND A SELLER WHO IS WILLING TO WAIT WHILE WE SPEND TWO YEARS SECURING OUR VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER. WE WOULD OTHERWISE NEED TO HAVE LIKE FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK FOR EXAMPLE TO DO A QUICK ACQUISITION, QUICK ACCESS TO CAPITAL WHEN WE DO BUILDING DOWNTOWN OUR TARGET POPULATION IS NOT LARGE FAMILIES. IT TENDS TO BE SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS WHO WORK FOR THE CITY WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BE RELIANT ON VEHICLE THAT IS MORE OFTEN PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNGER OR PEOPLE WHO CAN WHO CANNOT AFFORD A VEHICLE OR CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE A VEHICLE. PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION I HAVE 50 PLUS OLDER CROWD. WE ARE VERY MUCH CAR DEPENDENT SO IT IS VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE USED TO HAVING AN AVERAGE HAND ON THEIR CARS TO IMAGINE THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN WITHOUT A VEHICLE. BUT BELIEVE ME THERE ARE AND THEY THEY WILL BE MOVING IN THESE LOWER COST APARTMENTS THE DOWNTOWN FOR FAMILY HOUSING WHEN THERE'S FAR MORE PEOPLE WE NEED TO BUILD LARGER UNITS WE NEED TO BUILD AND LOWER DENSITY AREAS OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN THEY

HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING PER UNIT COST WILL LIKELY BE SIMILAR BECAUSE WE'LL BE BUILDING LARGER UNITS. WE WILL LOSE THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE OF HAVING HIGH DENSITY HOUSING. WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN THERE'S MORE ASPHALT, MORE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT YOU HAVE TO SPREAD OVER FEWER HOUSEHOLDS. WE DO HAVE OTHER SITES WE PLAN ON BUILDING THESE FAMILY APARTMENTS ARE THERE IN THE PIPELINE THOSE WHAT YOU TAKE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS TO GET FROM CONCEPT TO MOVING JUST LIKE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I WOULD JUST LIKE SAY THAT THE SALES PRICE THERE WAS A DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE COST OF BUYING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME VERSUS WHAT IS COSTING FOR THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT BY SAYING IT'S A SORT OF SIMPLISTIC VIEW TO LOOK AT SIMPLY THE SALES PRICE OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF MANY COST OF DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COST. WHAT IS ALL THAT DUE DILIGENCE THAT IT IS NOT PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE SO YOU HAVE TO GET A SURVEY TYPE WORK IF THERE'S CLOSING COSTS, LEGAL FEES THE SECOND YEAR AND YOU RENOVATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, IT IS REALLY RARE FOR THE HOUSE TO BE IN PERFECT CONDITION SO WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RENTAL INSPECTIONS AND ALL OUR VENDOR INSPECTIONS AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO ADD RENOVATION TO OUR COST. WE HAVE TO DO LEAD BASED PAINT RADON AND ASBESTOS TESTING AND IF WE NEED TO THEN WE HAVE TO DO REMEDIATION WHICH ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND WE LIKE TO EXCEED THEM SO IF THERE'S A HOMEOWNER BUYING A PROPERTY THEY CAN CHOOSE WHEN OR IF OR DO THEY WANT TO EVEN DO ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING? DO THEY WANT TO MAKE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS? DO THEY WANT TO MAKE RENOVATIONS?

WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF HOUSING WE'RE DOING. THE OTHER ADDITIONAL COSTS WE HAVE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES ARE CAPITAL RESERVES. WE COME BUYERS DO NOT HAVE TO DO WHEREAS THE HOME BUYER CAN SPEND YOUR TIME LOOKING FOR A REALTOR LOOKING FOR A HOME, FINDING THEIR FINANCING, DOING ALL THEIR LEGAL PAPERWORK ETC. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE TO DO THAT INCLUDING OURSELVES . SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST AS WELL. SO IF YOU ADD UP ALL THESE ACTUAL COSTS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ACQUIRE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME FOR EXAMPLE FOR RENT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH CLOSER AND COST TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE DOING AT 350 SOPWITH AND WE'D HAVE TO DO THAT THREE HUNDRED THIRTY TIMES TO GET THREE HUNDRED THIRTY APARTMENTS WHICH MEANS WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BUY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO I THINK THAT ACQUIRING EXISTING MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS IN THE FUTURE AND ADDING ALL THESE ADDITIONAL COST WILL PROBABLY BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

THE NEW CONSTRUCTION DEFINITELY BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN BUYING A SINGLE FAMILY OR SMALL PROPERTIES. THE HARD PART IS HOW RARE IT IS FOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES TO COME OUT INTO THE MARKETPLACE FOR US TO QUICKLY ACQUIRE THEM. SO IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE CITY TO HAVE CITY OWNED ANY KIND OF PUBLICLY OWNED PARCELS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COMPETE FOR. WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING COSTS AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO PUT OUR FINANCING TOGETHER. HELP I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS COME REMEMBER MALIK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXTENSIVE ANSWER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OUR CITY .

THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION OF 015 ALL IN FAVOR OR OPPOSE ITS APPROVE A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT ALL VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THUS SATISFYING EIGHT VOTE REQUIREMENT TO SEE A SIXTEEN RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT TO THREE FIFTY S FIFTH AVENUE MOVE BY COUNCILMAN MALIK SEPARATE COUNTS MEMBER DENHA DISCUSSION PLEASE OF THE EIGHTEEN SIXTEEN THANK YOU OR FAVOR OPPOSED IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. WE HAVE BEFORE US THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER ONE TWENTY TWENTY FIVE HAVE MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE HE HAD ONE DISCUSSION PLEASE OF THE MINUTES IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED THE MINUTES APPROVED SEE WHAT AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER TWENTY SIX SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TITLE TO THE CODE OF THE CITY BANABA MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GESHE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER A DENHA DISCUSSION PLEASE OF C ONE OR IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED ITS APPROVED DC ONE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE 2026 COUNCIL CALENDAR MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER A DENHA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON DISCUSSION PLEASE OF DC ONE S APPROVED TWO RESOLUTION CALLING ON CONGRESS TO REQUIRE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO AWARD ELIGIBLE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM RENEWALS FOR TWELVE MONTHS AND SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GHAZI EDMAN DISCUSSION PLEASE OF TWO THOUSAND SEVEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M PROUD TO HAVE MY NAME ON THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STAKES ON THIS ISSUE COULD NOT

BE HIGHER AND OUR COMMUNITY WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE FASTEST RISING RATE OF HOMELESSNESS THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY HAS EVER SEEN WITH A DISPROPORTION AND IMPACT ON OLDER ADULTS AND ON SINGLE ADULTS WITH CHILDREN. CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING IS NOT ABSTRACT AND WASHTENAW COUNTY OVER FOUR HUNDRED FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING CHILDREN, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED BECAUSE OF THESE FEDERAL MANY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ANN ARBOR HOUSING COMMISSION AVALON HOUSING AMONG MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. IF RENEWALS ARE DELAYED OR SHORTENED THESE HOUSEHOLDS ARE VERY REALISTIC. THEY MAY RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SIMPLY CANNOT MAKE UP THIS FUNDING STREAM. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE IT CLEAR ABOUT WHY WE ARE HERE.

HOMELESSNESS DID NOT EMERGE OVERNIGHT. IT IS NOT THE RESULT OF INDIVIDUAL FAILURE. IT IS ONE OF THE MANY NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OF HISTORIC DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING POLICIES AND EXCLUSIONARY ZONING PRACTICES THAT HAVE CONSTRAINED THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF HOUSING THAT WE CAN BUILD AND RESULT IN THE HOUSING WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE BEING EXORBITANTLY EXPENSIVE FOR THE REST OF US. THIS ISN'T HYPOTHETICAL. IT IS BACKED BY A MULTITUDE OF RESEARCH. THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO VIEW THIS RESOLUTION AS CONNECTED TO OUR OTHER WORK THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IN THIS CITY OR TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AS A REMINDER THE WINDOW FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN ENDS JANUARY 5TH. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS CONNECTED TO HOMELESSNESS. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE RESIDENTS AWARE THAT I RECENTLY PROPOSED IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TO EXPLICITLY CONNECT HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING AND SECURITY TO LAND USE AND PLANNING DURING TOMORROW NIGHT'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER LISA DISH WILL INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE INTO THE CLUB HOMELESSNESS AS AN OUTCOME OF HOUSING SCARCITY RISING COSTS AND DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AND MUST BE ADDRESSED AS A LAND USE AND AFFORDABILITY ISSUE. THANK YOU ALL I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR FEDERAL ACTION ON THIS ISSUE WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES AND OUR OWN LOCAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER DENHA . THANK YOU MAYOR TAYLOR. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO MAYOR AND HIS CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD THAT WE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYSELF.

THANK YOU COUNCIL AND IA YOU . YEAH, BRIEFLY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BOGOSIAN ONE FOR YOUR REMARKS AND REALLY FOR CONNECTING HOMELESSNESS TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR LAND-USE PLAN AND AND THANK YOU MAYOR TAYLOR AND OTHERS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I'D LIKE TO BE OUT AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. COUNCILMAN HARRISON, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WITH STABLE HOUSING I THINK YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT STABLE HOUSING ACTUALLY MEANS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING STABILITY CREATES A FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CAN MAINTAIN CAN MAINTAIN STEADY EMPLOYMENT WHETHER OR NOT WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEY'LL SLEEP TONIGHT.

THEY COULD ACCESS MEDICAL SERVICES CONSISTENTLY MANAGE CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND GET THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT THEY NEED. AND FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN STABLE HOUSING MEANS MEANS THAT KIDS CAN STAY IN THE SAME SCHOOL, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THEIR EDUCATION INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE TRAUMA OF DISPLACEMENT WHEN SOMEONE HAS A ROOF OVER THEIR THEY'RE NOT CYCLING THROUGH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR SURVIVAL RELATED OFFENSES. THEY'RE NOT IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A STABLE ADDRESS AND AREN'T FORCED INTO SUCH SITUATIONS THAT CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT 300 PEOPLE LOSING HOUSING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BREAKING THE CONNECTIONS THEY BUILT TO JOBS DOCTORS, SCHOOLS AND STABILITY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HUD FUNDING IS DESIGNED TO DO TO GET PEOPLE HOUSED AND SUPPORTED SO THEY CAN REBUILD THEIR LIVES. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PROGRAM. THE CONTINUUM OF CARE HAS BEEN A LIFELINE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IN IOWA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE WORK OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE HAS DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE AND WE CANNOT LET THIS CRITICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM COLLAPSE. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CO-SPONSORS OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO IT.

THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER JOSH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR ELOQUENCE AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION ON FAVOR.

SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON THIS LAST WEEK IN THE MEETING OF THE URBAN COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, A STAFFER FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM THE CONTINUUM OF CARE WAS PRESENTING ON THE CUTS AND ON THE IMPACTS TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO CLOSE THEIR SLIDE SHOW AND SAY WE JUST GOT NOTICE THAT CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL MEAN NONE OF THESE SLIDES ACTUALLY APPLY.

THAT'S HOW STARK THE REORGANIZATION THAT'S COMING DOWN FROM HUD IS AND HOW PRICKET IS THE SITUATION OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS IS RIGHT NOW AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF REITERATE, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM ISN'T RUN BY ONE AGENCY. YOU KNOW IT'S A BIG PARTNERSHIP. AVALON HOUSING THE SHELTER ASSOCIATION S.O.S COMMUNITY SERVICES OZONE HOUSE MICHIGAN THE ABILITY PARTNERS SAFE HOUSE, THE ANIBA HOUSING COMMISSION AND OTHERS THEY ALL DELIVER ESSENTIAL HOUSING AND CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. AND WHEN THIS FUNDING IS DISRUPTED IT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE NETWORK AND THE CITY IS DONE AS BEST IT CAN TO KIND OF BOLSTER THIS ORGANIZATION.

WE DID ALLOCATE A MILLION DOLLARS AND WE CALLED IT A RESPONSE TO THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND SOME THAT WAS TO HELP SHELTER DIVERSION THROUGH THE SHELTER ASSOCIATION AND OUR SCHOOLS. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALL ALONE. I MEAN THE MAGNITUDE OF CUTS IS ABOUT THREE POINT FOUR DOLLARS MILLION AND SO WE REALLY HOPE THAT OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS WILL HELP CHANGE THE COURSE HERE BECAUSE IT COULD BE A REALLY DRASTIC IMPACT THAT HURTS SO MANY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON FAVOR OR OPPOSED IT IS APPROVED DC THREE RESOLUTION APPROVED 2026 COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DENHA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MALLIK DISCUSSION PLEASE OF DC THREE COUNCIL EARLIER THAN BRICKS AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER DISH SO MUCH FOR HER DEDICATION AND WORK ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS OUR LIAISON.

SHE IS INDEFATIGABLE UH THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT SHE SPENDS DIGESTING THESE ISSUES, WORKING ON THEM, UNDERSTANDING THEM AND THEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THEM TO HER COLLEAGUES INTO THE BROADER COMMUNITY IS JUST IT'S IT BOGGLES MY MIND SOMETIMES AND DO WE ALL OCCASIONALLY GET SOMETHING MIXED UP HERE AND THERE? SURE. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER DISHES SHE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST TO TO CORRECT THE RECORD WHEN WHEN SOMETHING'S BEEN MISCOMMUNICATE IT SO UM AND AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DENHA FOR YOUR WORK AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US SO THAT THINKS COUNCIL CALCIUM BRICKS I WAS GOING TO DO JUST AS COUNCIL MEMBER I DID WHICH I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER DESH FOR HER INCREDIBLE SERVICE ON PLANNING COMMISSION THAT IS IT IS ONE OF OUR IT IS OUR MOST TIME CONSUMING COMMISSION BY FAR AND IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LIFT TO CARRY ALONG WITH HER DAYJOB ,HER COUNCIL JOB, HER OTHER COMMISSIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF REPORTING THAT YOU DO BACK HERE TO US AT COUNCIL ABOUT EVERY ITEM AND THE AMOUNT OF SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WITH STAFF AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IA JUST SAID REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE SERVING AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS A WE HAVE WE ALL HAVE A GREAT DEBT TO OFFER FOR DOING THIS WORK ALSO THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER DENHA FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVING AGAIN ON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, ROTATING COUNCIL MEMBER ACKMANN HAS IS ROTATING OFF SO I'M ROTATING BACK ON AND

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING A NEW COMMISSION RECREATION ADVISORY COMMISSION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A SERVING COUNCIL MEMBER MALCOLM, FURTHER DISCUSSION WILL SHOOT FOR MY PART I WILL YIELD TO NO ONE IN MY PRAISE FOR THE BEATIFY DISH . YOU KNOW, PLANNING COMMISSION IS INDEED A IT IS A LABOR OF LOVE AND SHE LOVES IT AND WE WE DELIGHT AND ARE MADE BETTER AS A GROUP Y HER PRESENCE ON IT. SO THANK YOU AND TO I WOULD LIKE TO OF COURSE THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR TIMUR DENHA FOR TAKING THE LABORING OR ON THE THE APPOINTMENT PROJECT THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED PROJECT CONTRARY TO EXPECTATION COORDINATING THE SCHEDULE OF ELEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 30 SOME ODD PLUS COMMISSIONS IS IS NOT IS A FAIR BIT OF WORK. IT'S NOT A LOT OF FUN AND NEVERTHELESS HE HAS DONE IT AND AGAIN DONE IT ABLY IN A WAY THAT YOU AGAIN REDOUNDS TO THE BENEFIT OF US ALL.

SO THANK YOU.

FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER I'M SORRY THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG MEETING SO JUST JUST BY WAY OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY WE ARE ON THE BUDGET AND LABOR COMMITTEE TAKING A BIT OF A DEEPER APPROACH. THE COMMITTEE FOR A LONG TIME OPERATED IN MORE OF AN AD HOC WHENEVER WE HAD A LABOR ISSUE TO DISCUSS AND WE ARE NOW MOVING TO IN THE NEW YEAR TO A MONTHLY SET SCHEDULE AND DELVING IN TO TOPICS RELATED TO BUDGET AND LABOR ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT CHANGE GOING FORWARD FOR THE DISCUSSION.

WELL FAVOR I'LL POST IT IS APPROVED DC FOR RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE REMOVAL OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SIGNS IN AFFIRMING CITY COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE AND EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC SAFETY MOVE BY COUNCILOR HARRIS AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER IA DISCUSSION OF DC FOR COUNCIL REHEARSING OH I WAS AT A POINT SORRY COUNCILOR ER THANK YOU KNOW AGAIN. OK SO THIS RESOLUTION REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ITS AT ITS CORE IT'S ABOUT ALIGNING THE MESSAGES THAT OUR CITIZENS IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES WITH WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE APPROACH PUBLIC SAFETY TODAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SIGNS STILL STAND ACROSS THE HARBOR REALLY COME FROM A DIFFERENT ERA. THE PROGRAM THEY REFERENCE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. THE HOTLINE NO LONGER FUNCTIONS AND THE SIGNS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO ANY CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY OF THE CITIES YET THEY REMAIN POSTED THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORHOODS CONTINUING TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT NO LONGER REFLECTS OUR VALUES OR OUR PRACTICES.

I SUSPECT THAT MANY OF US MYSELF INCLUDED DON'T EVEN CONSCIOUSLY NOTICE THESE SIGNS ANYMORE. THEY'VE BECOME FURNITURE JUST PART OF THE BACKGROUND I DRIVE PAST ON EVERY DAY ENTERING MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND BARELY REGISTERED IT UNTIL THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED TO ME. BUT FOR MANY OTHER RESIDENTS AND FOR VISITORS TO OUR CITY PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, THOSE SIGNS ARE STILL VERY VISIBLE AND THE MESSAGE THEY SEND IS NOT ONE WELCOME BUT OF SUSPICION. WE KNOW FROM RESEARCH AND LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT APPROACH IS ROOTED IN SURVEILLANCE AND SUSPICION DON'T MAKE COMMUNITIES SAFER.

EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT SIGNS AND PRACTICES ROOTED IN CONSTANT VIGILANCE CAN ACTUALLY REINFORCE FEAR AND ERODE NEIGHBORLY TRUST PROMOTING THE MYTH OF SAFETY RATHER THAN SAFETY ITSELF. AND ARBER HAS WORKED INTENTIONALLY TO MOVE TOWARDS EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIES, CENTER TRUST RELATIONSHIPS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND OUR SINEAD'S SHOULD REFLECT THAT EVOLUTION. THIS RESOLUTION CAME FORWARD AFTER A RESIDENT APPROACHED ME WITH CONCERNS ABOUT IT ABOUT THE SIGNS WHICH I THEN BROUGHT TO CITY STAFF STAFF VERY QUICKLY REVIEWED THE STATUS OF THE SIGNS AND BOTH THE TRANSPORTATION AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AGREED THAT REMOVAL IS APPROPRIATE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 600 SIGNS CITY WIDE SO THIS WORK WILL TAKE TIME BUT IT'S NOW UNDERWAY IN SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARRISON. WE WORK TOGETHER ON THIS RESOLUTION AND WE DID THAT IN ORDER TO PUT THE ISSUE ON THE RECORD AND ALONG WITH A REASONABLE TIMELINE AROUND REMOVAL. SO AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT ENSURING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNICATE BELONGING RATHER THAN SUSPICION AND THAT OUR PUBLIC SPACES REFLECT THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO BUILD AS WE REMOVE THESE LEGACY SIGNS.

WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO INVEST IN BETTER WAYS TO KEEP RESIDENTS INFORMED, INCLUDING THE NEW INCIDENTS DASHBOARD THAT PROVIDES CLEAR UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BY WARD AND CITY WIDE. SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION FOR DISCUSSION. SIR HARRISON THANK YOU MAYOR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SCIENCE BEGAN APPEARING IN THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES NOT LONG AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT BUT IN OUR HAD ALREADY CHARTED A DIFFERENT COURSE. WE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST CITY IN MICHIGAN TO ENACT A FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRED IT.

THAT ORDINANCE EXISTED BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT RACES MARCHED, PROTESTED SIGN PETITION CARDS SAYING THEY WERE READY FOR HETEROGENEOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE PIONEERS IN SAYING THAT EVERYONE BELONGS AND YET AND IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SIGNS APPEARED HERE TO THE SAME SIGNS THAT TOLD PEOPLE WHAT WHO'S COMING IN? WE PREVIOUSLY SAID OPEN DOORS AND THEN WE PUT UP SIGNS THAT SAID SCRUTINIZE WHO WALKS THROUGH THAT? THAT WAS A STEP BACKWARD FROM OUR OWN VALUES THAT HISTORY MATTERS BECAUSE SIGNS DON'T JUST SIT THERE.

THEY SPEAK FOR MANY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THOSE SIGNS HAVE NEVER FELT NEUTRAL. THEY SIGNAL THAT UNFAMILIARITY ITSELF IS SUSPICIOUS THAT THEIR PRESENCE MUST BE JUSTIFIED, THAT BELONGING IS CONDITIONAL.

MANY OF US COULD NOT TALK ABOUT THIS CULTURE WITHOUT REMEMBERING TRAYVON MARTIN, A YOUNG BLACK TEENAGER WALKING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE IN YET PERCEIVED AS A THREAT SIMPLY FOR BEING THERE. THAT TRAGEDY DID NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION. IT HAPPENED IN A BROADER ENVIRONMENT THAT NORMALIZED SURVEILLANCE OVER RELATIONSHIP AND FEAR OVER FAMILIARITY.

AT THE SAME TIME THE ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH RUN DIRECTLY COUNTER TO WHO WE SAY WE ARE AS A CITY TODAY OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN EXPLICITLY CALLS FOR MIXED INCOME MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE INTENTIONALLY PLANNING COMMUNITIES WHERE RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE WHERE STUDENTS, SERVICE WORKERS, FACULTY FAMILIES AND RETIREES SHARE SPACE, WHERE PEOPLE WALK, VISIT FRIENDS, ATTEND OPEN HOUSES AND MOVE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH WAS BUILT ON AN OLD IDEA THAT HETEROGENEOUS NEIGHBORHOODS CREATE DANGER AND OPERAS BUILT ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT DIVERSITY CREATES STRENGTH AS A UNIVERSITY CITY ON FAMILIAR FACES ARE NOT AN EXCEPTION HERE THEY ARE THE NORM. PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD COME HERE TO LIVE WORKS, STUDY AND VISIT. OUR PUBLIC MESSAGING SHOULD REFLECT THAT REALITY.

A CITY SHAPED BY GLOBAL MOVEMENT CANNOT RELY ON SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO QUESTION WHO BELONGS.

THE CONVERSATION IS NOT ABOUT ABANDONING SAFETY. IT'S ABOUT REDEFINING PUBLIC SAFETY IS ROOTED IN SURVEILLANCE THAT IS ROOTED IN SURVEILLANCE CREATES FEAR PUBLIC SAFETY ROULET ROOTED IN COMMUNITY CREATES TRUST AS WE REMOVE SIGNS THAT HAVE LONG COMMUNICATED WARNING WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE THEM WITH MESSAGES. SAY SOMETHING BETTER WHEN PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME WALKING DOWN THE STREET VISITING FAMILY, LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE OR SIMPLY EXISTING IN PUBLIC. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT JUST MORE INCLUSIVE THEY ARE SAFER AND OUR POLED ON FAIR HOUSING ONCE BEFORE TONIGHT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEAD AGAIN. THANK YOU.

FURTHER DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR BRINGING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION TO THE TABLE. I'D LIKE TO BE EDITED SORRY ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AND I I DO NOT WANT TO PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE PRESENT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THE PAST IS IMPORTANT BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND FULLY WHY THIS RESOLUTION IS IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR EYED ABOUT WHAT ANN ARBOR IS TODAY. IT'S A PLACE THAT'S RIGHTLY LAUDED FOR ITS LIVABILITY GREAT RESTAURANTS, FABULOUS MUSIC SCENE OF ALL KINDS ALL THESE THINGS ARE TRUE.

IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT THAT ANN ARBOR RANKED AS THE EIGHTH MOST SEGREGATED ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED CITY IN THE U.S. ACCORDING TO A VERY WELL RESPECTED TUFTE STUDY BY TORONTO'S MARTIN PROSPERITY INSTITUTE, THE STUDY ALSO NOTES THAT WHERE YOU FIND ECONOMIC SEGREGATION YOU ALSO FIND SEGREGATION BY WHAT WE SHORTHAND AS RACE, OCCUPATION, EDUCATION AND MORE. NOW LET'S BE CLEAR THAT YOU CAN FIND SEGREGATION OF THIS KIND EVEN WHERE YOU DO NOT FIND ATTITUDES, DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES AND INTENT TO DISCRIMINATE.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SEGREGATION OF ANY KIND IS SOMETHING THAT MOST ANN ARBOR RESIDENTS TODAY WOULD CHOOSE OR ENDORSE. BUT IT IS NONETHELESS A FACT IN THIS CITY TODAY AND IT DOES SEPARATE GROUPS OF RESIDENTS IN PREDICTABLE WAYS AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SEPARATION AFFECTS WHAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE AS DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ALERTS PEOPLE TO WATCH OUT FOR DIFFERENCE WHICH IS A TROUBLING MESSAGE IN A CONTEXT OF SEGREGATION WHICH IS OUR CONTEXT. THERE IS A TERRIFIC TWENTY SIXTEEN LAW REVIEW ARTICLE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL EXCUSE ME OF LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE WHICH SPEAKS OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS IN THIS WAY WHILE POSITIVE IN THEORY ULTIMATELY THESE GROUPS LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN BUILT ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS INHERENTLY SUSPECT AND DANGEROUS NOW I THINK WE ARE FORTUNATE ANN ARBOR IS NOT AN INCUBATOR FOR VIGILANTE VIOLENCE SO THOSE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS DON'T HAPPEN HERE BUT THOSE SIGNS ARE STILL CALLING AS YOU AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BOTH SAID FOR A POLITICS OF SURVEILLANCE AND FEAR RATHER THAN WELCOMING AND THAT IS VERY MUCH AT ODDS WITH THE CITY THAT WE ASPIRE TO BE. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GARCIA . I THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST THANK COUNCIL MEMBER IA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD COUNCIL MEMBER HARRISON, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER DESH FOR PUTTING THIS AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AND RACIAL CONTEXT AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED IT IS APPROVED TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF A CLOSED SESSION TODAY. NO THANK YOU MAYOR. WE HAVE BEFORE US THE CORRECTION PART OF COMMUNICATIONS PETITIONS AND REFERRALS CAN HAVE OF MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVE THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT VISCOUNTS LOGISTICALLY COMFORTABLE HEGAZI ADMIN DISCUSSION ON FAVOR OR OPPOSED IT'S APPROVED.

DO WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS TODAY FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY? NO THANK YOU. IN THE ABSENCE OF PUBLIC COMMENT OVERFLOW MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN PLEASE MOVE BY COUNSEL NO. SECOND MY COUNSEL NEVER BRINGS DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED. WE'RE ADJOURNED