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Meeting Name: Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/8/2015 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Committee of the Whole
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15-3349 11. OrdinanceStatus of City Planning Commission submitting 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. 3, to show a PD (Planned Development District) zoning classification where a B4. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED 11-25-14)   Not available
15-3350 12. ContractStatus of Finance Department/Purchasing Division Contract No. 2901672 - No Funding - To Provide an Amendment to the Development Agreement at 21310-94 W. Grand River - Contractor: Grand River & Six Mile, LLC, Location: 22443 Plymouth, Detroit, MI 48239 - Contract Period: Upon Receipt of Written Notice to Proceed through January 1, 2017 - Contract Amount: $0.00. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (CONTRACT WAS HELD BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT BENSON DURING THE RECESS PROCEDURE OF DECEMBER 16, 2014 AND RELEASED.)(THIS CONTRACT WAS APPROVED AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND PLACE ON FILE)   Not available
15-3351 13. Communication or ReportStatus of Council Member Mary Sheffield submitting memorandum on Boydell Development Proposed Rehabilitation of Wayne State University Shapero Hall, 1110 Rivard St. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 11-20-14)   Not available
15-3352 14. Communication or ReportSubmitting report relative to Proposed Master Plan Amendment, Rosa Parks Neighborhood, Cluster 6. (RECOMMEND APPROVAL) (Related to No. 68) (The City Planning Commission at its regular meeting of November 20, 2014 voted to recommend approval of the Proposed Master Plan Amendment.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3353 15. OrdinanceSubmitting report and Proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 61 (Zoning) of the 1984 Detroit City Code to provide the following definitions and zoning district specifications relative to petroleum coke (pet coke) and bulk solid material storage yards and cross-referencing to related provisions in Chapter 22 of the 1984 Detroit City Code. (FOR INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AND THE SETTING OF A PUBLIC HEARING?) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3354 16. OrdinanceSubmitting report relative to Ordinance Combining Citizens’ District Councils and Community Advisory Committees. (President Pro Tem George Cushingberry, Jr., requested the Legislative Policy Division to draft an ordinance to combine Citizens’ Districts Councils with Citizens’ Advisory Councils.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3355 17. OrdinanceSubmitting report relative to Creation of an Ordinance establishing a Vacant Property Registry. (On November 4, 2014, Council Member Castaneda-Lopez requested that the Legislative Policy Division provide an opinion on the feasibility of implementing a vacant property registry for the City of Detroit based specifically on the recommendations outlined in a proposal titled: The Restoring Our Communities Initiative: Strategies for Fighting Blight in Detroit.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3356 18. Communication or ReportSubmitting report relative to Detroit Land Bank Process for bundling parcels along with Wayne County Treasurer. (On October 27, 2014, the Legislative Policy Division was requested by Council Member Castaneda-Lopez to produce a memorandum setting forth the process taken by the Office of the Wayne County Treasurer, in concert with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, in the unprecedented bundling of over 6,000 parcels of tax foreclosed residential and vacant properties within the City of Detroit for the county’s annual second round property auction.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3357 19. Communication or ReportSubmitting report relative to Notice Requirements and Posting of Signs related to Tax Abatement Hearings. (Prior to the Council’s Winter Recess, in a meeting of the Planning and Economic Development Committee, Council Member Scott Benson asked the Legislative Policy Division (LPD) to report on the statutory requirements of public notice related to tax abatement public hearings and to evaluate whether the posting of certain signs at the petitioner’s development sites should be required.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3358 110. Communication or ReportSubmitting report relative to the Monthly Report on Short Term Lease Agreements - August 2014. (Pursuant to the resolution approved by your Honorable Body dated July 23, 2013, granting the Planning and Development Department (P&DD) the authority to enter into short term lease agreements that charge rent of less than $25,000 and include a lease term of up to 30 days, submitted herewith P&DD’s monthly report on such leases entered into in August 2014.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3359 111. ResolutionSubmitting reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale-Vacant Land-4040 and 4046 Wesson, to Southwest Housing Solutions Corporation, for the amount of $3,574.00. (Purchaser proposes to use the vacant lots as a buffer to their existing facility.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3360 112. ResolutionSubmitting reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 13177, 13171, 13165 and 13159 McDougall to Zahanara Begum for the amount of $1,200.00. (Offeror proposes to use the parcels for the creation of an urban garden.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available
15-3361 113. ResolutionSubmitting reso. autho. Surplus Property Sale - 2656, 2662, 2668 and 2676 Anderdon, to Northeast Guidance Center, for the amount of $2,000.00. (Offeror proposes to clean-up the property and create greenspace to enhance their nearby wellness complex located at 2900 Conner.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELO PMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 1-8-15)   Not available