Four separate properties on this agenda could be ordered demolished if their owners don’t act. That’s not a pattern you see every week.
The 3 items worth your attention
A new code section for supportive housing is back after being tabled. Item 2 (and its companion public hearing, item 7) would add Section 230.02 to City Code Chapter 230, directing city funding toward supportive housing services for residents experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Council will hear public comment first, then decide whether to move it forward.
The city is also holding public hearings on two redevelopment sites on the same night. Brownfield Plan #92 at 416 N. Cedar Street (items 4 and 6) would set up tax increment financing to fund cleanup and rehabilitation of what may be a contaminated site. A block away in spirit if not geography, Ron Holdings LLC is seeking an OPRA certificate for 418 Baker St. (items 3 and 5): a property tax exemption meant to spur rehabilitation of a structure the city considers obsolete.
A new independent internal auditor’s office is also up for public comment (item 8). The proposed Chapter 245 would create a standalone auditing function inside city government. No vote on the ordinance itself is on this agenda; this is just the hearing.
Roads & property
- Michigan Paving and Materials wants a noise special permit for after-hours curb, gutter, sidewalk, and pavement work on Kalamazoo St. Council will set a public hearing on it and could issue the permit the same night (items 20 and 21). If you live or work near that stretch, the hearing is your window to comment.
- The city is directing the owners of four properties to fix them up or tear them down: 920 Long Blvd. (item 13), 408 Norman St. (item 14), 1004 Cady Ct. (item 15), and 904 E. Kalamazoo St. (item 16). Noncompliance on any of them could end in demolition.
- Council is also looking at a change to its own meeting location going forward (item 18). Worth knowing before you plan to attend in person.
Where the money’s going
No dollar amounts were available in the source materials for any item on this agenda.
- Fire Department: two Homeland Security Grant Program awards, one for FY 2024 and one for FY 2025, both up for acceptance (items 22 and 23).
- Police Department: Byrne JAG federal justice grant (item 24), a National Criminal History Improvement Program grant for records systems (item 25), and a Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning grant for traffic enforcement (item 26).
- A CEDAM grant for the Michigan CSA Program Innovation and Sustainability Initiative, supporting food access and economic development (item 10).
- A State Historic Preservation Office Certified Local Government Grant flowing through the Old Town Commercial Association for historic preservation work in Old Town (item 11).
- Fire Department sole-source purchase from Impact Rescue for Holmatro vehicle extraction equipment, no competitive bid (item 27).
Also notable
- The CCLP non-supervisory labor contract covering July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026 is before Council twice: once as a mayoral transmittal (item 19) and once as a discussion item for action (item 12). The contract period is already mostly elapsed.
- The city would accept a State Historic Preservation Office grant on behalf of the Old Town Commercial Association, not directly for city operations (item 11).
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