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Votes at a glance: Key outcomes from the Feb. 18 Ann Arbor City Council meeting
Summary
Roll call of principal motions and outcomes from the Feb. 18 meeting, including approvals for land use, brokerage services, bike-lane enforcement, a downtown liquor license, and postponements on municipalization study items.
The Ann Arbor City Council took the following formal actions at its Feb. 18 meeting (selected items and outcomes):
- Consent agenda (with exceptions): The council approved the consent agenda with the exceptions of CA 15 and CA 8. (Motion approved; specific roll call for consent items recorded in the minutes.)
- CA 15 — Brokerage services for city-owned real estate (Cline lot and 415 West Washington): Motion to approve a professional services agreement with CBRE and appropriate $700,000. Moved by Council Member Malek; seconded by Council Member Adena. Outcome: approved.
- CA 8 — Increase purchasing authority for construction contract (East Medical Center Bridge rehabilitation and widening): Motion to increase purchasing authority by $1,600,000 (new total $13,807,881.33). Moved by Council Member Briggs; seconded by Council Member Cornell. Outcome: approved.
- B 1 — Ordinance amendment to public market advisory commission (title 1 administration): Moved by Council Member Disch; seconded by Council Member Watson. Outcome: approved.
- DS 1 — Robertson Homes annexation (6.3 acres at S. Church/Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.): Moved by Council Member Disch; seconded by Council Member Gazzi. Outcome: approved.
- DS 2 — Vacate Cornwall Place; release utility easements and approve utilities transfer agreement with University of Michigan: Moved by Council Member Disch; seconded by Council Member Gazzi. Outcome: approved.
- C 1 — Rezoning (Hickory Way 3, 1146 S. Maple Road) to PUD for a 39-unit affordable, all-electric building: Moved by Council Member (second by Council Member Adena). Outcome: advanced/approved to second reading (motion passed at this meeting).
- DC 1 — Professional services agreement for an electric grid valuation and municipalization study (NewGen): Moved by Council Member Iyer; seconded by Council Member Briggs. Outcome: postponed at vendor request (motion to postpone moved by Council Member Disch; seconded by Council Member Medina).
- DC 2 — Staff authorization to prepare for potential acquisition of DTE assets and litigation planning: Moved by Council Member Disch; seconded by Council Member Medina. Outcome: postponed (motion to postpone moved by Council Member Disch; seconded by Council Member Watson).
- DC 3 — Enhanced enforcement of bicycle lane ordinances and engineering solutions: Moved by Council Member Eckman; seconded by Council Member Kornell. Outcome: approved (council directed staff to prepare enforcement plan, data metrics, outreach materials, and quarterly reports).
- DC 4 — Recommendation to issue a downtown development district liquor license to Recess Cafe LLC (208 S. Ashley Street): Moved by Council Member Watson; seconded by Council Member Disch. Outcome: approved.
- Closed session under MCL 15.268(h) to discuss a privileged and confidential memo: Motion to go into closed session moved by Mayor Cornell; seconded by Council Member Briggs. Roll-call vote recorded in the minutes and carried; the council reconvened in open session later in the meeting.
- Clerk’s report of communications, petitions and referrals: Motion to approve moved by Council Member Disch; seconded by Council Member Redeema. Outcome: approved.
Where the transcript recorded detailed roll call (closed-session motion): individual council members recorded a "Yes" vote during the roll call to enter closed session; the motion carried.
Notes: Some items (for example CA 6, CA 12, CA 14 referenced during the consent vote) required an eight-vote threshold; the minutes record 11 council members present and those items met the required majority. For items postponed (DC 1 and DC 2), the administration will return the items after the vendor resolves a subcontractor conflict, per staff statements.
