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Committee actions: motions to bring items back, contract referrals and property sales — summary of Planning & Economic Development committee outcomes
Summary
The Planning & Economic Development committee scheduled multiple items for follow‑up, advanced two brownfield termination resolutions to formal and referred several contracts and property sales to formal with recommendations to approve.
The Detroit City Council Planning & Economic Development standing committee took a series of procedural and substantive actions on agenda items including scheduling several items for follow‑up, advancing two brownfield terminations to formal, and sending multiple contract and property sale items to formal with recommendations to approve.
Key outcomes:
- Line item 5.1 (community land trust ordinance request from Council Member Leticia Johnson): motion to bring back in two weeks; no objections recorded.
- Line item 5.2 (request for a comprehensive report on the Detroit Land Bank Authority from Council Member Mary Waters): motion to bring back in one week; no objections recorded.
- Line item 5.3 (request for anti‑speculation injunction/resolution from Council Member Angela Whitfield Calloway): motion to bring back in two weeks; no objections recorded.
- Line item 5.4 (request to draft historic designation advisory board review ordinance from Council Member Gabriela Santiago Romero): motion to bring back in two weeks; no objections recorded.
- Line item 5.5 (Detroit Land Bank Authority quarterly report, second quarter FY 2025): scheduled for May 1; no objections recorded.
- Line item 6.1 (Contract 6045221‑A1 — ARPA‑funded extension for Landlord Repair for Second Floor Apartments program): motion to send to formal with recommendation to approve (time only); no objections recorded.
- Line item 6.2 (Contract 6006958 — city‑funded tool bank to support Serve Detroit): motion to discuss and bring back in one week with amended contract materials and documentation about vendor capacity and funding; committee recorded no objections.
- Line item 6.3 (2025–26 CDBG Neighborhood Fund, Opportunity Fund, and public service funding recommendations): motion to bring back in one week for further review; no objections recorded.
- Line items 6.4 and 6.5 (DBRA requests to terminate East Jefferson/Uniroyal and Stone Soap brownfield plans): committee approved sending both terminations to formal with recommendations to approve; no objections recorded.
- Line item 6.6 (property sale of 19427 and 19435 Westmore): motion to bring back in one week to allow council member discussion with developer; no objections recorded.
- Line item 6.7 (easements for the Detroit Charge Ahead initiative): motion to bring back in one week for clarifications; no objections recorded.
- Line item 6.8 (property sale 4841 MacGregor): motion to approve and send to formal with recommendation to approve; no objections recorded.
- Line item 6.9 (property sale at 7619 and 7639 MAC with restrictive covenant): motion to bring back in one week for a legal clarification; no objections recorded.
- Line item 6.10/6.11 (Detroit Land Bank Authority property sale to Working Roots Development, bounded by Remington, Charleston and Danbury): motion to approve and send to formal with recommendation to approve; no objections recorded.
Procedural notes: Most motions were handled by unanimous consent language (“seeing no objections, that action shall be taken”) rather than recorded roll‑call votes. Several items were rescheduled to allow staff to provide additional documentation or to let council offices consult with developers and departments.
Ending: The committee adjourned after member reports and the motions above. Multiple items will return to committee or proceed to formal session as noted.
