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Residents raise questions about petition rules and ask council to fund lighting on 16 Mile/Metro Parkway

2943553 · April 1, 2025
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Summary

Two residents used the communications portion of the meeting to question the city's internal 'express activities' policy on soliciting in city buildings and to ask that the council consider funding street lighting for a dark stretch of 16 Mile/Metro Parkway; administration and council responded on procedure and budget planning.

Two residents addressed council during the communications-from-citizens segment: one questioned an administrative policy governing "expressive activities on city grounds," and another requested the council add lighting on 16 Mile/Metro Parkway (Van Dyke to Utica) to the upcoming budget.

Ken Nelson raised concerns about an administrative order titled "express activities on city grounds," describing restrictions on where petitioners may table or solicit signatures in city facilities and questioning whether the…

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