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Residents tell council planning process for master plan advisory group and solar projects lacks transparency

3763733 · June 9, 2025
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Summary

During public comment, multiple residents criticized the Planning Department’s master plan advisory update process and raised concerns about transparency in stakeholder meetings and the siting of solar projects; the council committed to share a Legislative Policy Division response and residents asked for more public access to advisory meetings.

Several Detroit residents used the Committee of the Whole’s public‑comment period to press city officials for more transparency in the master plan advisory update process and to question the siting and community impacts of city‑supported solar projects.

A speaker identified as "Miss Warwick" told council members the Planning Department’s response on the master plan advisory group was "totally unacceptable" and accused staff of being "willfully nontransparent about who they're meeting with." "Residents are stakeholders," she said, adding…

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