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Community members and members of the groups that commissioned the mural said the artwork is an iconic, community-built piece and urged the council to block development or require preservation. “You just don't take, like, a Van Gogh painting and say, 'let's move it over here,'” said Bill Meyer, who helped organize the mural project and fundraising, stressing the mural’s cultural and community value.

The owner’s attorney and the property owner said there is no existing contract that permanently prohibits development of the lot. The owner’s representative said the Islamic Center had agreed to lease the parcel for a period (the attorney described a prior lease arrangement) but later chose to terminate the lease; the owner’s counsel told the council the prior agreement did not impose a perpetual restriction on building. The owner offered to work with community groups and said he was prepared to contribute to a replacement mural on a new facade or on another wall.

City staff from Community & Economic Development told the council their review found the proposed single-story building met the ordinance requirements for the site plan and the façade review; staff said the city’s separate agreement that had temporarily maintained the lot as leased is distinct from the site-plan determination. CED said it would like the parties to reach a solution that preserves public art, and it recommended approval of the building plans if the legal impediments could be resolved.

Council action and timing: After extended discussion and testimony from community members, the council voted to table action on Resolution 2025‑95 (the site plan for 8760 Joseph Campo) and directed city staff and the city attorney to review past agreements and to meet with the owner and community representatives. Council members set the item to return to the meeting scheduled for Aug. 26.

What residents said: Speakers described years of fundraising and volunteer work to create and maintain the mural; several recommended options such as reproducing the image on a vinyl banner, rebuilding a new painted mural on the new building facade, or finding another owner or lessee willing to preserve the wall. The mural’s original fundraiser and organizers warned that vinyl reproductions are vulnerable to vandalism and urged a permanent painted preservation. The Arts and Culture Commission signaled it can offer expertise and legal options to protect the mural as public art.

What developers said: The property owner’s attorney said the Islamic Center fulfilled its lease obligations for a period and then sought to end the lease more than a year ago. He told council that the owner has the right to develop the property now but that his clients were open to working on a replacement mural or other preservation measures.

Next steps: Council gave two weeks for the city attorney to review prior agreements, and for council members, Bill Meyer and other stakeholders to confer. Staff said they would report back at the Aug. 26 meeting, at which the council intends to take final action on the site plan.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Regular City Council Meeting, August 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The council heard competing arguments over a proposed one-story building at 8760 Joseph Campo that would sit in front of a well-known Yemeni mural, then voted to table the site-plan decision for two weeks so attorneys and community representatives can seek a solution.","taxTitle","Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan","taxId",70265,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6486442,"Hamtramck council approves migration to cloud-based BS&A system, OKs multiple park and parking contracts",2430,2020000,4450000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5579993-bfc2d34bb4c2b52992b4a8c718348c81&start=2020&end=4450","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5579993-bfc2d34bb4c2b52992b4a8c718348c81/thumbnail_2020000.jpg","/articles/6486442/Hamtramck/Wayne-County/Michigan/Hamtramck-council-approves-migration-to-cloud-based-BSA-system-OKs-multiple-park-and-parking-contracts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6486442-ff5ab1a1c2623bcca9a5e9a028e5aecc/orig.mp4?Expires=1775903259&Signature=dkZLahP6GvtaE8fgV17mEgegVlESS4zplnWtt3cJqw5EFwF0Y5Dfq4mMWPVBzGWKZHwnJmJFssR8nqYdgU8Zyb3HqyC8HY82ClG0Wr~VR8A~g1qujzYdja4VFRn5CeAZUdcTRpasdJTZc3xHccjOPDMl~~nIKRN128WJYhhnB3T8jIUXEBQE0U8HQWbUmexFUu~-19hVeutKruOiOHJ6qJt~8c3A5NpKS27DnjroxCTSB51zA8icr6pe5Ye4LFfPng-dTHwcIg-1VKs56404B4gKba5Ikdmaaod7m5xVAu3ZoJQaf1~~LTmlsf5lyPWzrTmXpgXVmxcKkGMh8cL3kg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Hamtramck — The Hamtramck City Council on Aug. 12 approved a contract to migrate the city's core municipal software suite (BS&A) from aging on-premises servers to a cloud-hosted subscription and separately approved a series of construction and engineering awards for Veterans Park and nearby streets.

City IT staff told the council the current .NET-based servers are reaching end-of-life and that continuing to defer migration increases the risk of failures and security gaps. “Support for that is officially ending next year,” the IT presenter said, urging the council to accept vendor concessions and the timing of an implementation window to begin training and data migration in September and October.

The migration package the council approved includes an initial net cost to the city of roughly $150,000 to be paid from the general fund and an ongoing annual subscription fee the presenter gave as about $92,007.06. Staff said they had located roughly $82,000–$83,000 in grant funding that would offset part of the up-front cost, and that the city’s current annual hosting/support costs run about $30,000–$40,000. The presenter said the vendor offered a one-time discount if the city approved the contract soon.

Why it matters: City operations — including income tax, building, code enforcement and assessing modules — rely on BS&A. Staff said migration would remove the need to maintain aging on-site servers, improve disaster recovery and move the city toward federal security standards that could become mandatory.

Council discussion focused on the total price, the proposed training hours and travel estimates the vendor included in the implementation budget. Council members asked how many staff would be trained, whether training could be centralized, and whether partner jurisdictions that use Hamtramck services (Highland Park was mentioned) would share in ongoing costs. Staff said those cost-sharing conversations would be pursued after contract approval.

Votes at a glance: The council approved the migration contract as Resolution 2025‑594. When the roll call was read, the clerk recorded Councilman Samiri: Yes; Councilman Ruffin: Yes; Councilman Sedman: Yes; Councilman Musa: Yes; Councilman Rafai: No. (Final tally reported by the clerk: approved.)

Other votes: The council approved a first-reading schedule and second-reading date for an amendment to parking provisions in the C-2 and CBD commercial districts (Resolution 2025‑94a), permitting more non–city-owned parking lots and allowing administrative relief for nonconforming setbacks; the council voted to approve multiple Veterans Park–related contracts (Resolutions 2025‑96 through 2025‑99) including award of concrete construction for parking lots and access road, and engineering/management services.

Park and streets package: City staff said Metropolitan Concrete submitted the low bid for the Veterans Park parking-lot and access-road construction at about $1,859,440.50 and that, with a 10% contingency, the construction total came to roughly $2,000,045.38. Staff told the council an overage of about $322,734.20 would be covered from an identified project fund; contractors told staff they planned to complete the work by Nov. 30. The Parks Conservancy indicated it would contribute to a separate tennis-court renovation project and a conservancy representative said the group expects to underwrite a portion of tennis-court improvements (the conservancy’s stated contribution in the meeting was approximately $66,666). Council approved awarding construction and engineering contracts and accepted the grant funding the city had obtained for the parking-lot work.

What the motions did and did not do: Council approved the BS&A migration contract and the Veterans Park construction/engineering awards at Tuesday’s meeting. The parking-amendment item was advanced to a second reading and public hearing. No council action at the meeting changed existing ordinance language; the parking amendment will return for a formal vote at second reading.

What’s next: Staff will move forward with vendor contracting and implementation planning for the BS&A migration; the city will pursue the cost-sharing conversations staff referenced with outside jurisdictions and proceed with bid awards and procurement steps to begin the Veterans Park and Dan Street work. The parking amendment will return for second reading and public hearing by the end of August.","The Hamtramck City Council approved a contract to migrate its municipal software to a cloud-based version of BS&A and voted to award contracts and funding for several Veterans Park improvements and a parking/access-road project. Council also advanced a zoning parking amendment to a second reading.","actionData","errors"]

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Council tables site plan for 8760 Joseph Campo after community pleas to save Yemeni mural

Hamtramck council approves migration to cloud-based BS&A system, OKs multiple park and parking contracts