Committee advances Clemente Park grant application and moves event permits, contract extensions to formal session

A Detroit City Council Neighborhood Community Service Standing Committee meeting advanced a Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) trust fund grant application for Clemente Park and referred four other items to the council's formal session for consideration.

The committee voted to move agenda line 6.5, an authorization to submit a fiscal year 2025 MDNR trust fund grant application for Clemente Park seeking $400,000 with a required $400,000 city cash match (total project cost $800,000), to formal session with a recommendation for approval. The committee also moved petitions to hold community events (lines 6.1 and 6.2) and two contract amendments (lines 6.3 and 6.4) to formal session with recommendations for approval.

The grant request for Clemente Park was presented by staff from the City's General Services Department. Vice Chairwoman Angela Whitfield Callaway asked how Clemente Park was selected for the $400,000 matching grant and what criteria and other parks were considered. Alex Weatherup of the General…