Planning commission approves revised Oct. 3 minutes after removing 10% public-parking language

The Eastpointe Planning Commission on March 6, 2025, voted to approve revised minutes for its Oct. 3, 2024 meeting that remove a previously recorded requirement that the applicant provide a 10% public-parking allocation. The commission’s action was taken by roll call and passed with four yes votes and three abstentions.

The correction matters because the planning commission’s record will be forwarded to city council for reconsideration. The city attorney and staff said city council intends to move to reconsider the Oct. 3 matter once the planning commission’s corrected minutes are in the record.

A staff member who reviewed the earlier record said the special-land-use request originally was tabled in June 2024, returned to the commission and then approved with conditions on Oct. 3, 2024. According to that account, the minutes approved earlier this year mistakenly added language requiring a 10% public-parking contribution and expansive restrictions on vehicle parking that the planning commission had removed before council action.

The city’s building official, Mr. Myers, told the commission there remain outstanding compliance issues with the applicant unrelated to the minutes correction; he reported the city has issued citations for off-site gravel parking and said citations would continue while the city pursues enforcement and any needed court action. "We will now accelerate that even more until we get in front of the judge," Myers said, describing a plan of escalating tickets if violations continue.

Commissioners debated whether to approve the revised minutes tonight and then forward that action to city council so council could reconsider its earlier approval with the corrected record in hand. One participant identified as the city attorney told the commission, "I think that the appropriate course of action is approving the revised minutes tonight. I believe that this issue then is gonna come back before the city council once these minutes have been approved," and said a council member planned to move for reconsideration.

The vote on the revised Oct. 3 minutes recorded: Ms. Linsky (yes), Commissioner Moody (yes), Commissioner Hall Raiford (abstain), Commissioner Stokes (yes), Commissioner Sasek (abstain), Commissioner Michelle Naylor (yes), and Chairman Jeremy DeHaan (abstain). The motion passed. Earlier in the meeting the commission also approved the minutes of the Jan. 2, 2025 meeting by unanimous roll call.

The amended minutes will be sent to city council as the commission’s recommendation; council is expected to address the matter at its next meeting.