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Public commenters highlight diaper bank distribution, Mott Park access trail and boat-launch lighting request
Summary
Flint — Several residents and nonprofit volunteers used the public-comment period to report neighborhood improvements and ask for small, targeted city assistance.
Flint — Several residents and nonprofit volunteers used the public-comment period to report neighborhood improvements and ask for small, targeted city assistance.
Phil Schultz, founder of the Flint Diaper Bank, told the council the organization has distributed large quantities of diapers over 13 years and continues to meet high local demand. “In the last 13 years, we provided 14,000,000 diapers free of charge to the Flint community,” Schultz said. He reported that 2023 distributions were about 1,200,000 diapers, 2024 totaled about 1.3 million, and that the Diaper Bank was due to drop off another 400,000 diapers to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan “tomorrow” at a cost to the bank of $52,000. Schultz said recipients pay nothing and that private donors and service providers cover overhead: “You give me 13¢, I put a diaper on the street,” he said.
From the Mott Park neighborhood, Chad Slosher recounted a project funded with ARPA dollars that added a paved, accessible pathway to the park in October 2024. The trail gives residents with mobility challenges improved access to amenities including a hockey court, basketball and tennis courts, a bicycle garden and the playground. Slosher said a neighbor with cerebral palsy used the path for the first time on Oct. 28, 2024.
Kieran Munzinger, who has maintained the city-owned Kursley boat launch for more than two years, asked the council to install a streetlight on pole number 0299234 and to place “closed at dusk” signs. Munzinger said she had checked with Consumers Energy and believes the city owns and pays for the pole; she estimated the annual power cost for a light at $28 per year and asked the council to approve small funding for the light and signs to deter overnight camping and illegal dumping.
Council members thanked speakers, noted the requests and said staff would follow up where appropriate. The Diaper Bank’s distribution numbers were presented during public comment and no city appropriation was requested at the meeting.
