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Residents urge Detroit council to demand transparency in master-plan advisory process and raise concerns about solar projects

3763687 · June 4, 2025
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Multiple public commenters told the council they see the master-plan advisory process as nontransparent and said solar-project siting has caused displacement and environmental burdens in neighborhoods; callers asked the council to allow resident participation in advisory meetings and to explain land-swap and relocation policies.

Several residents used the public-comment period to press the council and planning staff for more transparency in the master-plan advisory group process and to raise concerns about solar projects and neighborhood displacement.

One caller said the planning department had been "willfully nontransparent" about who it was meeting with and why residents were not allowed to…

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