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Ypsilanti Water Street citizen committee adopts consensus process, schedules meetings and requests remediation briefing
Summary
A newly formed citizen RFQ committee in Ypsilanti agreed to use a fist-to-5 consensus tool and a rotating facilitator model, set a schedule of meetings through August, and asked technical consultants to present updated brownfield remediation maps before finalizing the RFQ.
A citizen committee charged with drafting a request for qualifications (RFQ) to guide redevelopment of Ypsilanti’s Water Street site agreed Thursday to adopt a fist-to-5 consensus process, a rotating facilitator model and a meeting schedule stretching through August, and asked environmental consultants to brief the group on remaining site contamination.
The committee, created under a city resolution and tied to the community benefits ordinance (CBO), met at Ypsilanti City Hall and on Zoom. Katie Jones, the city’s economic development, equity and strategic communications staff liaison, told the group the committee must meet at least six times within 180 days and circulated a draft RFQ and maps showing remediation work to date.
“We did have maps that show what has been remediated, and we can bring that to the next…
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