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Council approves appointments, demolition orders and traffic changes; weekend noise permit for CSO work approved for one year
Summary
The Lansing City Council took a series of actions Tuesday night that included appointments, property demolition orders, parking and traffic rule updates, funding for a community event and a one-year limited weekend noise permit for CSO construction work.
The Lansing City Council took a series of actions Tuesday night that included appointments, property demolition orders, parking and traffic rule updates, funding for a community event and a one-year limited weekend noise permit for combined sewer overflow (CSO) construction work.
Key votes at a glance
- Appointment: Michael Malik Brown was appointed to the Lansing Public Media Authority for a term to expire June 30, 2025. Vice President Carter moved the appointment; the motion passed with all members present (unanimous).
- Consent appointments: Linda Sanchez Gazela was appointed as a citizen retiree member of the Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees for a term to expire 06/30/2025 as part of the consent agenda (passed unanimously).
- Make-safe or demolish orders (resolutions): Councilwoman Pelle Vaniglo presented four resolutions ordering long-neglected properties to be made safe or demolished with 60-day deadlines: • 2407 Dunlap Street — motion moved and passed (vote recorded as "passes"). • 108 South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard — Vice President Carter recused because of a partial ownership interest; the council approved the 60-day make-safe-or-demolish order (vote 6–1; Councilmember Jackson recorded as opposed). • 3134/3031 Viking Road (transcript lists both addresses; the resolution was moved and passed) — passed unanimously. • 1212 Parkview Avenue — council approved the 60-day make-safe-or-demolish order (vote 7–1).
- Community funding: The council approved a substitution and then the resolution to award $1,000 to Lansing Bridal (the committee had recommended $1,000; the typical maximum is $500). The resolution passed unanimously.
- Traffic control orders (items 16–25): The council approved a package of traffic control orders to adjust on-street parking, add yield and stop signs, and document post-construction parking regulations across multiple streets. Items included changes on West Ionia Street, North Grand River Avenue, West Genesee Street, Strathmore Road, Wakefield Avenue, South Capitol Avenue (temporary removal of parking for a construction logistics plan), Bayview/Thacken Drive (yield sign), Fairfax/Cooper (yield sign), Regent/Elizabeth (stop sign) and Tranter/Tanner Street (parking side change). Motions were made by Councilmember Brown and approved by the council (no roll-call opposition recorded in the transcript for these items).
- Act 51 street certification: The council approved updated Act 51 street certification that adds approximately 685.56 feet of certified streets (passed).
- Noise special permit (item 27): The council approved a noise special permit for Hoffman Brothers to perform Saturday/weekday work on the CSO-19 combined sewer overflow project limited to one year rather than the originally requested two-year blanket waiver. Councilmembers debated the frequency and duration of weekend noise waivers; the motion passed 7–1 (one council member stated they would vote against weekend work due to noise impacts).
- Ordinance adoption: The council voted to repeal an older ordinance that made entering a restroom designated for the opposite sex a misdemeanor (chapter 684.04). The ordinance repeal was adopted on a roll-call vote, 8–0, and the council voted to give the repeal immediate effect.
- Ordinance introduction: The council introduced (first reading) an ordinance to permit fireworks on June 19 (Juneteenth) from 11 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. The ordinance was read by title and referred to the Committee on City Operations; a public hearing was scheduled for May 5.
What it means: The meeting combined routine administrative actions (traffic control orders, Act 51 certification) with items that attracted public attention (property demolition orders, noise waivers and the repeal of a decades-old ordinance). The one-year limitation on the CSO weekend noise permit reflects committee discussion that multi-year blanket waivers should not be automatic and may be revisited.
Votes and roll-call detail are recorded in the meeting minutes and in the actions list below.
