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Committee advances event petitions and $400,000 MDNR grant application to formal session
Summary
The committee moved petitions for two large public events and a $400,000 Michigan Department of Natural Resources trust‑fund grant application for Joseph Walker Williams Park to formal session with recommendations for approval.
The Neighborhood, Community Services Standing Committee moved multiple new‑business items — two event petitions and a grant application — to formal session with recommendations for approval.
The committee approved forwarding a petition to hold a Post Malone traveling tailgate at Ford Field on May 18, 2025. The petition lists setup and teardown windows and the event window from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on May 18, 2025. The committee also moved a petition from Detroit 300 Conservancy/DDA to hold DDP Park summer programming at Campus Martius Park, Cadillac Square and Grand Circus Park East beginning May 26, 2025; the petition specifies setup at 7 a.m., event hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and teardown dates through Oct. 5, 2025.
The committee also moved to formal session a request from the General Services Department to submit a Fiscal Year 2025 trust‑fund grant application to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources seeking $400,000 for improvements at Joseph Walker Williams Park and Recreation Center. The grant request lists a state share of 50% and a required city cash match of 50%, putting the total project cost at $800,000 as stated in the application summary.
Clerks read the petitions and staff summarized the dates, times and setup/teardown windows recorded on the petitions. Each item was moved to the Council's formal session calendar with the committee's recommendation for approval; the transcript records motions to move lines 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 to formal session and no objections on the audio record.
