Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee

Committee of the Whole

Agenda — 25 items

1. 1 Mr. Deonte Agee Assistant City Council Committee Clerk
2. 2 REVISED
3. A. ROLL CALL
4. B. CHAIR REMARKS
5. C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
6. D. 10:05 A.M. – PUBLIC HEARING – RE: 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 (Law Department and City Council Legislative Policy Division)
7. 7 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
8. 1. Status of Council Member James E. Tate Jr. submitting memorandum relative to Detroit Land Bank Authority/City’s Policy Regarding the Sale/Disposition of Land for Agricultural Purposes. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 2-9-17) 15-5301
9. 2. Status of City Planning Commission submitting report relative to request of SDG Associates on the behalf of their client, Greektown Casino LLC to amend Article XVII, District Map 2, of the 1984 Detroit City Code, Chapter 61, Zoning, and the provisions of the existing SD5 (Special Development District, Casinos) zoning classification established by Ordinance 24-06, which was subsequently modified by Ordinance 05-10 and also established by Ordinance 30-11 for property bearing the SD5 zoning classification within the area generally bounded on the north by Macomb, on the east by the southbound I-375 Service Drive, on the south by the Lafayette St. and on the west by Beaubien St and more specifically located at 555 East Lafayette Avenue: 508, 562, and 570 Monroe Street, 1041 Saint Antoine Street, 500 and 666 Macomb. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 2-9-17) 15-5302
10. 3. Status of Council Member James E. Tate Jr. submitting memorandum relative to Construction Project Signage requirements. (BROUGHT BACK AS ON 2-9-17) 15-5303
11. 11 NEW BUSINESS
12. 12 MAYOR'S OFFICE
13. 4. Submitting reso. autho. City of Detroit and Palace Sports & Entertainment Memorandum of Understanding. (The attached Memorandum of Understanding made by and between the City of Detroit and Palace Sports & Entertainment, LLC, related to the City of Detroit’s support for the Detroit Pistons relocation to the City.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 2-16-17) 15-5304
14. 14 HISTORIC DESIGNATION ADVISORY BOARD
15. 5. Submitting reso. autho. application to the National Register Nomination for HART PLAZA. (Attached for your review and approval is the amended resolution which removes Preservation Detroit as the fiduciary agent and places that responsibility with the Legislative Policy Division staff that serves the Historic Designation Advisory Board. And upon approval by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), which serves as the architectural history and cultural preservation arm of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) - the Director of the Legislative Policy Division will accept the Preservation Fund Grant on behalf of HDAB in the amount of $24,000 for the National Register Nomination of Hart Plaza.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 2-16-17) 15-5305
16. 16 HOUSING AND REVITALIZATION DEPARTMENT
17. 6. Submitting 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.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 2-16-17) 15-5306
18. 7. Submitting report relative to Senior Home Repair Grant Questions - Office of Council President Jones. (The Housing & Revitalization Department (H&RD) is submitting the following report in response to questions submitted by Council President Brenda Jones February 9, 2017.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 2-16-17) 15-5307
19. 19 MISCELLANEOUS
20. 8. Council Member Raquel Castaneda-Lopez submitting memorandum relative to Review of Pistons Deal Approved by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 2-16-17) 15-5308
21. 9. Council Member Mary Sheffield submitting memorandum relative to Status of MUFI Community Partnership Application. (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 2-16-17) 15-5309
22. E. PUBLIC COMMENT
23. a. Members Reports
24. b. Visiting Member Reports
25. c. General Public

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