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Votes at a glance: Committee of the Whole actions on March 13, 2023
Summary
Summary of motions and committee actions taken at the Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole meeting on March 13, 2023, including property sales, contract extensions, rezonings and resolutions.
The Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole took a series of procedural and substantive actions on March 13, 2023. The committee was operating on an abbreviated schedule and moved multiple items to formal session (with or without recommendation), received several reports, and removed one item from the agenda. Below is a concise record of those actions as recorded in committee.
Key committee actions (motions moved and adopted with no recorded objections):
- Line item 5.1: Send to formal with recommendation to approve (Tool bank contract — Motor City Grounds Crew colleagues). Motion moved and forwarded.
- Line item 5.2: Bring back in one week (CDBG NOF / community development block grant overview and public service funding recommendations). Motion moved and forwarded to be re-noted for next week.
- Line item 5.3: Initially deferred to end of agenda; later motion made to bring back in two weeks (property sale at 19427 and 19435 West Warren, District 7). Committee directed staff to arrange petitioner discussion and return in two weeks.
- Line item 5.4: Send to formal without recommendation (easement interests for Detroit Charge Ahead DC fast charging). Forwarded to formal session to allow additional data collection before final action.
- Line item 5.5: Removed from the agenda (property sale at 7619 and 7639 Mack); may return with revised language.
- Line item 5.6: Receive and file (memorandum on methods to address security concerns at senior buildings; law department response provided March 11).
- Line item 5.7: Bring back in two weeks (questions concerning sale by Detroit Land Bank Authority to Resurrection CDC). Motion moved and forwarded.
- Line item 5.8: Receive and file (comprehensive report on Detroit Land Bank Authority). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line items 5.9 and 5.10: Send to formal with recommendation to approve (NEZ and related development items on Livernois). Motion moved and adopted; docket lead corrected to HRD.
- Line item 6.1: Send to formal with recommendation to approve (contract 6004378-A1 extension of time for trash-outs and board-ups to prepare residential properties for rehab). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line item 6.2: Send to formal for introduction and to set a public hearing (ordinance amendment concerning parcels along McGraw Street). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line item 6.3: Receive and file (memo for member Whitfield Callaway). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line item 6.4: Send to formal with recommendation to approve (Legislative Policy Division resolution urging anti-speculation legislation). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line item 6.5: Receive and file (report on land bank operations). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line item 6.6: Send to formal with recommendation to approve (property sale; applicant Dyno Electric Inc.). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line item 6.7: Send to formal with recommendation to approve (property sale at 13809 Joseph Campau). Motion moved and adopted.
- Line item 6.8: Send to formal with recommendation to approve (property sale at 17152 and 17156 Wyoming). Motion moved and adopted.
Meeting close: The committee suspended member reports and adjourned to reconvene for the HRD budget hearing as noticed.
