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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/9/2014 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
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15-0127 11. ResolutionCushingberry, Jr., reso. autho. Application for 164 Homestead Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Certificates for Various NEZ-H Approved Areas within Phase I and Phase II List# 2014-01. (The Applications have been reviewed and recommended for approval by the Finance Assessments Division.)   Not available
15-0128 12. ContractSpivey, reso. autho. Contract No. 2896489 - 100% City Funding - To Provide Parts, Service and Repair for Ford Vehicles/Trucks -Contractor: Jorgensen Ford, Location: 8333 Michigan Avenue, Detroit 48210 - Contract Period: August 1, 2014 through July 31, 2017 - Contract Amount: $836,494.44/3 yrs. GENERAL SERVICES (This contract is for a One Time Purchase)   Not available
15-0129 13. ContractSpivey, reso. autho. Contract No. 2897449 - 80% State, 20% City Funding - To Provide (20) Ford Trucks with Snow Blades -Contractor: Gorno Ford, Location: 21111 Allen Road, Woodhaven, MI 48183 - Contract Amount: $893,100.00. GENERAL SERVICES (This contract is for a One Time Purchase)   Not available
15-0130 14. ContractSpivey, reso. autho. Contract No. 2821494 - 100% City Funding - To Provide Computer Programming, Coding and Analysis -Contractor: Futurenet Group, Inc., Location: 12801 Auburn Street, Detroit, MI 48223 - Contract Period: July 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014 - Contract Amount: $14,071,350.00. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (Amendment #4 is for extension of time only)   Not available
15-0131 15. ContractSpivey, reso. autho. Contract No. 2821496 - 100% City Funding - To Provide Computer Programming, Coding and Analysis -Contractor: Computech Corporation, Location: 30700 Telegraph Road, Suite #4555, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 - Contract Period: July 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014 - Contract Amount: $7,223,000.00. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (Amendment #4 is for extension of time only   Not available
15-0132 16. ContractSpivey, reso. autho. Contract No. 2821501 - 100% City Funding - To Provide Computer Programming, Coding and Analysis -Contractor: CW Professionals, LLC, Location: One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226 - Contract Period: July 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014 - Contract Amount: $8,200,000.00. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (Amendment #4 is for extension of time only)   Not available
15-0133 17. ResolutionSheffield, reso. autho. To extend grant agreement with the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources-Trust Fund Grant for improvements at Lipke Playfield. (An extension will allow the Recreation Department to properly complete the repairs and improvements to Lipke Playfield as stated in the original agreement.) (REPORTED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE ON 9-18-14)   Not available
15-0134 18. ResolutionSheffield, reso. autho. To extend grant agreement with the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources-Trust Fund Grant for improvements at Patton Park. (An extension will allow the Recreation Department to properly complete the repairs and improvements to Patton Park as stated in the original agreement.) (REPORTED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE ON 9-18-14)   Not available
15-0135 19. ContractLeland, reso. autho. Contract No. 2895160 - 100% Federal Funding - To Provide Public Service Homeless Activities - Contractor: Community & Home Supports, Inc., Location: 2111 Woodward Avenue, Suite 608, Detroit, MI 48201 - Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015 - Contract Amount: $200,000.00. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Not available
15-0136 110. ResolutionSubmitting reso. autho. Contract No. 2889954 - 100% City Funding - To Provide Body Armor (Tactical Entry Vests) - Contractor: Michigan Police Equipment Co., Location: 6521 Lansing Road, Charlotte, MI 48813 - Contract Amount: $358,900.00. POLICE (This contract is a One Time Purchase)   Not available
15-0137 111. ContractSubmitting reso. autho. Contract No. 2896279 - 20% State, 80% Federal Funding - To Purchase 31 Heavy Duty Diesel Transit Coaches and Capital Spare Parts - Contractor: New Flyer LLC, Location: 711 Kernaghan Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba MC, R2C 3T4, Canada - Contract Period: August 1, 2014 through July 30, 2015 - Contract Amount: $13,800,000.00. TRANSPORTATION   Not available
15-0138 112. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 840 W. Baltimore. (A special inspection on August 13, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0139 113. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 9134 Chamberlain. (A special inspection on August 18, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0140 114. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 6218 Greenview. (A special inspection on August 11, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0141 115. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 16197 Kentucky. (A special inspection on August 22, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0142 116. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 7226 Lamphere. (A special inspection on August 18, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0143 117. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 95 Melbourne. (A special inspection on August 13, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0144 118. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 16319 Lahser. (A special inspection on July 19, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0145 119. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 5566 Lakewood. (A special inspection on August 22, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0146 120. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 14800 Spring Garden. (A special inspection on August 22, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0147 121. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to DEFERRAL OF DEMOLITION ORDER on property located at 11814 Wilshire. (A special inspection on August 12, 2014 revealed the building is secured and appears to be sound and repairable. Therefore, it is recommended that the demolition order be deferred for a period of three months subject to conditions of the order.)   Not available
15-0148 122. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to response to DEMOLITION ORDER for property located at 17361 Albion. (A special inspection on August 20, 2014 revealed that the building is vacant and open to trespass or not maintained; therefore it is recommended to PROCEED WITH DEMOLITION as originally ordered.)   Not available
15-0149 123. Dangerous BuildingsSubmitting report relative to response to DEMOLITION ORDER for property located at 2507 Buchanan. (A special inspection on May 6, 2014 revealed that the building is vacant and open to trespass or not maintained; therefore it is recommended to PROCEED WITH DEMOLITION as originally ordered.)   Not available
15-0150 124. Communication or ReportSubmitting report relative to DWSD Affordability, Collection Rules and Procedures. (Council President Jones recently directed the Legislative Policy Division to analyze and report on the prospects for applying a Water Affordability Plan by Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.)   Not available
15-0151 125. ResolutionBenson, reso. autho. Permission to accept an increase in funding, a Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI), Detroit Eastern District Initiative (DEDI) Grant from the Detroit Crime Commission. (The Detroit Police Department received $365,721.96 in grant funding, with no required match, from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance to the BCJI DEDI. In addition, the Detroit Police Department received an increase of $3,716.04; Federal Award #2012-AJ-BX-0002; Appropriation #13591.)   Not available
15-0152 126. PetitionBenson, reso. autho. Petition of Ford Field (#335), request to hold the “Lions Pregame Tailgate” on Brush St. and Adams St. outside of Ford Field on 8/9/14, 8/22/14, 9/8/14, 9/21/14, 10/5/14, 10/19/14, 11/9/14, 11/27/14, 12/7/14, and 12/14/14 with various times each day and temporary street closures.   Not available
15-0153 127. PetitionBenson, reso. autho. Petition of Third New Hope Baptist Church (#124), request to allow the vacation of the alley right-of-way for the construction of a new parking lot for the church in early Spring 2014.   Not available
15-0154 128. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for water pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 37, as amended. (The application number 2-6310 is missing the following required elements: Plans, drawings or photos, showing the location of the equipment, schematics, detailed itemized list of machinery and equipment or a breakdown of building costs.)   Not available
15-0155 129. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3784 is missing the following required elements: Plans, drawings or photos, showing the location of the equipment, detailed itemized list of machinery and equipment or a breakdown of building costs, and a better narrative description describing the pollution control process from beginning to end.)   Not available
15-0156 130. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3783 is missing the following required elements: detailed itemized list of machinery and equipment or a breakdown of building costs, and a better narrative description describing the pollution control process from beginning to end.)   Not available
15-0157 131. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3782 is missing the following required elements: detailed itemized list of machinery and equipment or a breakdown of building costs.)   Not available
15-0158 132. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3781 is missing the following required elements: detailed itemized list of machinery and equipment or a breakdown of building costs, and a narrative description.)   Not available
15-0159 133. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3778 is missing the following required elements: a better, single page, breakdown of machinery and equipment.)   Not available
15-0160 134. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3779 is missing the following required elements: a better, single page, breakdown of machinery and equipment.)   Not available
15-0161 135. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3776 is missing the following required elements: detailed itemized list of machinery and equipment or a breakdown of building costs.)   Not available
15-0162 136. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3777 is missing the following required elements: better breakdown of machinery and equipment is required.)   Not available
15-0163 137. Communication or ReportState of Michigan, Department of Treasury - Submitting report relative to receipt of an application for air pollution control exemption certificate for Marathon Petroleum Company LP for property located at 1300 Fort Street, in the City of Detroit under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, Part 59, as amended. (The application number 1-3775 is missing the following required elements: Plans, drawings or photos, showing the location of the equipment, detailed itemized list of machinery and equipment or a breakdown of building costs.)   Not available
14-1279 138. ContractCushingberry, Jr. reso. autho. Contract No. 2872963 -100% City Funding - To Provide Printed Envelopes - Contractor: Husky Envelope Products, Inc., Location: 1225 E. West Maple, P.O. Box 868, Walled Lake, MI 48390 - Contract Period: November 1, 2014 through November 30, 2015 - Contract Amount: $50,000.00. FINANCE (Contract Renewal) (REPORTED OUT OF BUDGET, FINANCE AND AUDIT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 09-03-14 WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION PENDING REPORTS.)   Not available
14-1169 139. ContractSpivey, reso. autho. Contract No. 2819571 - 100% City Funding - To Provide Weed, Grass Cutting and Debris Removal - Contractor: Brilar, LLC, Location: 13200 Northend Avenue, Oak Park, MI 48237 - Contract Period: May 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014 - $1,510,000.00 - Contract Amount Not to Exceed: $3,828,000.00. GENERAL SERVICES (Contract for Extension of time and Increase of Funds for three (3) years with 1 additional 1 year renewal option.) (PULLED FROM THE FORMAL SESSION ON 9-9-14 AND DIRECTED TO POSTPONE UNTIL 9-16-14)(RELATED TO LINE ITEM #5)   Not available
15-0058 140. ContractSpivey, reso. autho. Contract No. 2895797 - 100% City Funding - To Provide Printing Services of Various Forms for Election Activities -Contractor: Nationwide Envelope Specialist Inc., Location: 21260 W. Eight Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075 - Contract Amount: $29,923.56. ELECTIONS (This contract is for a One Time Purchase)   Not available
14-1235 141. OrdinanceLeland, an ordinance to revise land use provisions and procedures in the 1984 Detroit City Code, primarily in Chapter 61 (Zoning), but also in Chapter 3 (Advertising and Signs), and Chapter 55 (Traffic and Motor Vehicles). These revisions are prompted by recent changes in the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Detroit City Charter and by recent development trends, etc., laid on the table July 29, 2014. (SIX (6) VOTES REQUIRED FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON THE EIGHTH DAY AFTER PUBLICATION) ROLL CALL   Not available
14-1243 142. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Transfer of City-Owned Real Property to Michigan Land Bank. (PULLED FROM THE FORMAL SESSION ON 9-16-14)   Not available
15-0072 143. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. A Corrective Resolution relating to Line Item 89 of Regular Session Agenda dated July 22, 2014. (On July 22, 2014 your Honorable Body approved, with a waiver, the Declaration of Surplus and Transfer of Property from the Planning and Development Department to the Economic Development Corporation of the City of Detroit and U.S. Coast Guard (Line Item #89), which was a joint request by the Recreation, Finance, and Planning Development Departments (the “July 22 Resolution”). Following such approval, a scrivener’s error was discovered in the legal description of the parcel described as “Parcel 40” in the July 22 Resolution.)   Not available
15-0066 144. ContractLeland, reso. autho. Contract No. 2878361 - 100% Federal Funding - Facade Program - To Provide Improvements along Woodward Avenue between West Seven Mile Road and West Nevada Street - Contractor: Woodward Avenue Action Association, Location: 30947 Woodward Avenue, Suite 200, Royal Oak, MI 48073 - Contract Period: April 30, 2014 through October 30, 2015 - Contract Amount: $50,000.00. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Not available
15-0067 145. ContractLeland, reso. autho. Contract No. 2893845 - 100% Federal Funding - To Provide Emergency Shelter and Homeless Prevention - Contractor: Cass Community Social Services - ES & HP, Location: 11850 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit, MI 48206 - Contract Period: October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015 - Contract Amount: $200,000.00. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Not available
15-0068 146. ContractLeland, reso. autho. Contract No. 2893872 - 100% Federal Funding - To Provide Direct Legal Assistance, Legal Information Workshops, Seminars and In-Service Training, Contractor: Legal Aid & Defender Association, Inc., Location: 613 Abbott Street, Detroit, MI 48226 - Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015 - Contract Amount: $200,000.00. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Not available
15-0069 147. ContractLeland, reso. autho. Contract No. 2894808 - 100% Federal Funding - To Provide Emergency Shelter Rehabilitation - Contractor: Cass Community Social Services - Rehabilitation, Location: 11850 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit, MI 48206 - Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015 - Contract Amount: $80,000.00. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Not available
15-0070 148. ContractLeland, reso. autho. Contract No. 2895436 - 100% Federal Funding - To Provide Emergency Shelter Services for Youth - Contractor: Matrix Human Services, Location: 120 Parsons, Detroit, MI 48201 - Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015 - Contract Amount: $105,032.10. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Not available
15-0073 149. Public HearingLeland, reso. autho. Public Hearing for Brush Park Rehabilitation Project Development: 284 Eliot - to Michael Kelemen and Constrance Kelemen, for the amount of $42,000.00. (Offeror proposes to construct a multi-family residential building.)   Not available
15-0074 150. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale Adjacent lot Sale to Existing Commercial/Industrial Business Development: Parcel 611; generally bounded by Chrysler Freeway (I-75), Victor, Dequindre & Modern - to Caramagno Foods Company, for the amount of $18,750.00. (Offeror proposes to demolish the structure at their own expense, remove all debris and create a greenspace buffer for their nearby food warehousing and storage facilities located at 14255 Dequindre.)   Not available
15-0075 151. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 19367 Ashton, to Saundra Davis, for the amount of $4,200.00. (Purchaser proposes to rehabilitate the property for use as a “Single Family Residential Dwelling”.)   Not available
15-0076 152. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 3351 Buena Vista, to Joy Ellen Rushing, for the amount of $2,000.00. (Purchaser proposes to rehabilitate the property for use as a “Single Family Residential Dwelling”.)   Not available
15-0077 153. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 12368 Kentucky, to Dwight U. Mayes, for the amount of $4,900.00. (Purchaser proposes to continue using the property as a “Single Family Residential Dwelling”.)   Not available
15-0078 154. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 17930 Maine, to Dominique Cecilia Alexander, for the amount of $4,900.00. (Purchaser proposes to continue using the property as a “Single Family Residential Dwelling”.)   Not available
15-0079 155. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 356 Newport, to Carnal Tanksley, for the amount of $4,200.00. (Purchaser proposes to rehabilitate the property for use as a “Single Family Residential Dwelling”.)   Not available
15-0080 156. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 5420 Springswell, to John Tiberius Lup, for the amount of $5,600.00. (Purchaser proposes to continue using the property as a “Single Family Residential Dwelling”.)   Not available
15-0081 157. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 15434 Wabash, to Vallorie Johnson, for the amount of $4,200.00. (Purchaser proposes to rehabilitate the property for use as a “Single Family Residential Dwelling”.)   Not available
15-0082 158. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale-Vacant Land - 4241 Fischer, to Perfecting Triumphant Church, for the amount of $300.00. (Purchaser proposes to fence and maintain the property to enhance the adjacent church located at 4251 Fischer.)   Not available
14-1175 159. ResolutionLeland, reso. autho. Approving Brownfield Plan of the City of Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for the 711 West Alexandrine Redevelopment Project.   Not available
13-0729 160. Communication or ReportReport on approved proceedings from the Emergency Manager.   Not available
13-0730 161. Communication or ReportReport on approval of proceedings by the Mayor.   Not available