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Wayne County committee receives parking‑deck reports and approves amendments to environmental assessment contracts tied to EPA grant
Summary
Wayne County’s economic development committee received consolidated operating reports for the Guardian Building and First Street parking deck and approved amendments to environmental assessment vendor contracts to continue activities funded by an EPA assessment grant.
Wayne County’s economic development committee voted to receive consolidated monthly operating reports for the Guardian Building and the First Street parking deck, covering July 2023 through April 2025, and to approve amendments to professional services agreements with environmental assessment vendors to continue projects funded under an EPA assessment grant.
Lucius Anthony, assistant director for economic vitality, told commissioners the county was awarded a $1,000,000 EPA assessment grant and issued an RFP to select vendors to perform environmental testing and site assessments as projects are submitted. Anthony said six vendors were qualified under the RFP and that the county divided the available funds among them — describing an initial allocation of roughly $136,000 per vendor — and that two firms (AKT Peerless and a second vendor named in the record as "Pension") have been the most active in bringing projects forward.
Anthony listed a range of projects supported by the grant: housing and mixed‑use development, cafés and restaurants, and some community‑use facilities. He cited named projects funded under the program, including the Freedom House of Detroit and the Detroit City Football Club stadium project, and noted projects outside Wayne County in Inkster, Canton (a landfill site), Garden City and Meadowbelt.
The committee approved two related items (amendments to AKT Peerless and the other vendor’s agreement) by motion with no recorded opposition. The operating reports were accepted for the record. Commissioners did not engage in an extended debate on the environmental contracts during the meeting.
Discussion versus decision: staff presented program background and project examples (discussion) and commissioners voted to receive the operating reports and approve contract amendments to continue assessment activities under the EPA grant (formal action).
Clarifying details included in the record: county staff described a $1,000,000 EPA assessment grant, an RFP that qualified six vendors, and an initial fund division of roughly $136,000 per vendor; AKT Peerless and the vendor referred to in the transcript as "Pension" were identified as the most active vendors bringing projects forward; operating reports covered July 2023 through April 2025 and were consolidated into a single receiving file.
The committee moved to the next agenda items after approving these actions.
