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Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee

March 16, 2017 ·10:00 AM Final

Committee of the Whole

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Agenda — 34 items

  1. 1 Mr. Andre Gilbert Assistant City Council Committee Clerk
  2. A. ROLL CALL
  3. B. CHAIR REMARKS
  4. C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  5. D. 10:05 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING – RE: Petition of American Community Developers, Inc., request for Establishment of Neighborhood Enterprise Zone in the area bounded by Sproat street to the north, the west Fisher Service Drive to the south, Cass Avenue to the west and Woodward Avenue to the east, in accordance with public act 147 of 1992. (related to petition #1356) (American Community Developers; All Taxing Units; Finance and Planning and Development Departments; and City Council Legislative Policy Division)
  6. E. 10:35 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING – RE: Proposed Ordinance to amend Chapter 61 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, ‘Zoning,’ commonly known as the Detroit Zoning Ordinance, by amending Article XVII, District Map No. 39 to show a PD (Planned Development District) zoning classification where R1 (Single-Family Residential District) and B4 (General Business District) zoning classifications are currently shown on three parcels commonly identified as 18051 Mack Avenue, 4437 and 4443 Radnor Avenue, all generally bounded by Cornwall Avenue To the north, Radnor Avenue to the east, Mack Avenue to the south and Marseilles Avenue to the west. (Board of Zoning Appeals; City Council Legislative Policy Division; Buildings Safety Engineering and Environmental, Law, and Planning and Development Departments)
  7. F. 11:05 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING – RE: Proposed Ordinance to amend Chapter 61 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, ‘Zoning’, commonly known as the Detroit Zoning Ordinance, by amending Article XVII, District Map No. 2, to modify the provisions of the existing SD5 (Special Development District, Casinos) zoning classification established by Ordinance 24-06, as amended by Ordinance 05-10, and by Ordinance 30-11, for the particular properties included in the Greektown Casino, LLC casino complex located at 555 east Lafayette Avenue, 1200 St. Antoine Street, and 500 Macomb Street to enable the rebranding of the casino complex as the JACK Detroit Casino And Hotel. (Legislative Policy Division, Board of Zoning Appeals, Building Safety Environmental and Engineering, Planning and Development, and Law Departments)
  8. 8 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  9. 1. Status of Planning and Development Department submitting report relative to Petition of Bert Dearing, Jr. (#1385), request to obtain a permanent outdoor café in the parking spaces provided in front of Bert’s Marketplace Theatre located at 2727-2739 Russell St. Detroit Michigan 48207. (The Outdoor Café area will be located in the parking spaces front of the establishment in the public right-of-way along Russell St. This request is being made to add an amenity to the existing establishment and the newly updated Historic Eastern Market.) (PULLED FROM THE FORMAL SESSION AGENDA ON 3-14-17) 15-5640
  10. 2. Status of Planning and Development Department submitting reso. autho. to amend the Detroit Master Plan of Policies to include a zoning table that relates zoning with the Future Land Use map from the Master Plan. (Master Plan Change #15) (Approval by your body and subsequent adoption by City Council of this resolution would accommodate changes in the Master Plan of Policies that would create a zoning table that would equate each future land use designation from the Master Plan with a corresponding zoning classification from the Detroit Zoning Ordinance.) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-9-17) 15-5641
  11. 3. Status of Council Member Gabe Leland submitting memorandum relative to O’Shea Park Improvement Budget. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-9-17) 15-5642
  12. 4. Status of City Planning Commission submitting report relative to Request of Olympia Development of Michigan, LLC to amend Article XVII, District Map No. 3 of the Detroit Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 61 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, by showing a B5 (Major Business District) zoning classification where a B4 (General Business District) zoning classification currently exists on certain parcels generally bounded by Woodward Avenue, the Fisher Freeway Service Drive, Clifford St., and Henry St. (FOR INTRODUCTION AND SETTING OF A PUBLIC HEARING) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-9-17) 15-5643
  13. 5. Status of Historic Designation Advisory Board submitting report relative to Petition of Midtown Detroit, Inc. (#1304), request to designate the former Stanley Hong’s Mannia Café at 265 East Baltimore as a City of Detroit Local Historic District. (We have received the Clerk’s referral of this petition requesting the historic designation of the property located at 265 East Baltimore. It has been placed on the Historic Designation Advisory Board’s list of pending request to be handled in the order received.) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-2-17) 15-5644
  14. 6. Status of Historic Designation Advisory Board submitting reso. autho. to conduct studies to determine whether the Stanley Hong’s Mannia Café located at 265 East Baltimore Avenue meets the criteria for historic designation and to issue appropriate reports in accordance with the Michigan Local Historic Districts Act and Chapter 25, Article II of the 1984 Detroit City Code. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-2-17) 15-5645
  15. 7. Status of Historic Designation Advisory Board submitting reso. autho. appointments of Cleophus Bradley and Jeff Kidorf as ad hoc members of the Historic Designation Advisory Board in connection with the study of the Stanley Hong’s Mannia Café as a proposed Historic District. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-2-17) 15-5646
  16. 8. Status of Housing and Revitalization Department report relative to request for report on Use of $500,000 in CDBG Funds Allocated to Senior Home Improvement in 2016. (The Housing & Revitalization Department (H&RD) is responding to a memorandum received from Council Member Janee’ Ayers dated February 1, 2017, concerning the above-referenced subject.) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 2-23-17) 15-5647
  17. 9. Status of Law Department submitting Proposed Ordinance to amend Chapter 50 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Public Places by amending Article VII. Opening, Closing, Extending, Widening, Vacating, Naming and Renaming of Streets and Assigning Secondary Names to Streets, Division 3. Secondary Naming of Streets, by reallocating duties of the Historic Designation Advisory Board and the Housing and Revitalization Department to the Legislative Policy Division and reducing the amount paid under Section 50-7-41, Procedure, from six hundred and sixty five dollars to four hundred dollars to reflect the decreased amount of work to verify petition signatures for the City Council initiated process. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 2-23-17) 15-5648
  18. 18 NEW BUSINESS
  19. 19 OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT Submitting the following Office of Contracting and Procurement Contracts:
  20. 10. Submitted as: Contract No. 6000420 - REVENUE - To Provide a Lease Agreement for Property Located at 19974 Oakfield, Detroit, MI 48235, for Staging Construction Equipment - Contractor: Imperial Construction Co., Location: 1305 Helen, Detroit, MI 48212 - Contract Period: Upon City Council Approval through January 31, 2017 - Total Contract Amount: $1,425.00 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Should read as: Contract No. 6000420 - REVENUE - To Provide a Lease Agreement for Property Located at 19974 Oakfield, Detroit, MI 48235, for Staging Construction Equipment - Contractor: Imperial Construction Co., Location: 1305 Helen, Detroit, MI 48212 - Contract Period: Upon City Council Approval through March 10, 2017 - Total Contract Amount: $1,425.00 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5649
  21. 21 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
  22. 11. Submitting report relative to Request of the City Planning Commission and the Planning and Development Department for the adoption of a “Master Plan-Zoning Table” to reconcile the Master Plan of Policies and Article XVII of the 1984 Detroit City Code, Chapter 61, Zoning (Master Plan Change #15) (RECOMMEND APPROVAL) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5650
  23. 23 HISTORIC DESIGNATION ADVISORY BOARD
  24. 12. Submitting reso. autho. Establishment of a Secondary Street Name for Isaiah (Ike) McKinnon. (Reasonable grounds for a secondary street sign for Isaiah McKinnon has been provided.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5651
  25. 13. Submitting reso. autho. Establishment of a Secondary Street Name for Phillip Aquilla Brooks, II. (Reasonable grounds for a secondary street sign for Phillip Aquilla Brooks, II has been provided.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5652
  26. 14. Submitting reso. autho. On behalf of 607 Shelby Detroit, LLC requesting extension of a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate at 607 Shelby, Detroit, MI in accordance with Public Act 210 of 2005. (Petition #119). (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5653
  27. 27 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
  28. 15. Submitting reso. autho. Amendment to Sales Resolution Surplus Property Sale: 19422 Hull. (On November 25, 2014, your Honorable Body authorized the sale of the above captioned property to Douglas F. Thompson. The property consists of a single family residential structure on an area of land measuring approximately 6100 square feet and zoned R-1 (Single Family Residential District). The Offeror, Mr. Thompson, proposed to renovate the dwelling.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5654
  29. 16. Submitting reso. autho. Amendment No. 1 to the Lease, the addition of condition (g) to the Option to Purchase, and the cancellation of sale for two of the Properties. (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5655
  30. 17. Submitting reso. autho. Cancelling the Detroit Land Bank Authority sale of 2249 E. Hancock. (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-16-17) 15-5656
  31. G PUBLIC COMMENT
  32. a. Members Reports
  33. b. Visiting Member Reports
  34. c. General Public