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Meeting adjourned at 1:23.

Council members are announcing events in their districts now.

Resolutions 26.1-26.8 approved.

There are four items about approving closed sessions on July 1st. They approved all of these with a roll call.

Item 21.28 would schedule a closed session on Tuesday, July 1st at 3 p.m. They approved with roll call.

21.22-21.27 approved.

Approved 21.17-21.21 with discussion. Santiago Romero wondered why they aren't working with Detroit at Work to offer CDL trainings. The contract they are discussing focuses more on heavy duty specialty equipment rather than CDL certifications.

The date of the contract on 21.16 has changed.

Now reviewing contracts 21.6-21.21

21.1-21.5 approved, various events in the city.

This motion failed. Santiago Romero recommended they deny given a pending lawsuit.

19.9-19.11 approved.

Continued

Items 19.1-19.8 approved

Items 18.16-18.19 approved.

This item was postponed again too.

Onto 18.14. Pro Tem Tate said he received concerns about the resolution and asked for another one week postponement. This was also postponed last week.

This is going to get postponed to next week.

They don't know how many units will be new and how many preserved.

Their current strategy launching for 2040 is to create 3,000 new units and preserve another 10,000. They estimate the section 108 program can get the city about 1,000 units (a mix of new and preserved units) with the $75 million they're looking to borrow.

Council member Coleman Young II asked how this fits in the overall plan to reduce the housing availability gap.

LeBeau said they see a greater demand for units than they can create, so they're trying to be more aggressive with their development strategy.

Rebecca LeBeau with Housing and Revitalization said there is a deadline with the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) to apply for loans for the section 108 program by July 1st. HUD asked them to demonstrate an interest in using this money. They don't want to go past that deadline.

Santiago Romero wants to postpone the vote on 18.13 for one week to continue to get some questions answered.

Items 18.1-18.11 approved.

She also asked about 18.4. She has concerns about trying to find shelter for homeless residents. Terra Linzner with the HRD department said they haven't been able to get ahold of somebody Santiago Romero sent. The resident sent over was struggling to find shelter on a Sunday.

18.1-18.11 up for vote. Santiago Romero asked about 18.3, why the contract is increasing by $3 million. John Truong with the Housing and Revitalization Department said the increase is due to solar needs for the project that were already pre approved. pub-detroitmi.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...