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          OKAY. GOOD MORNING. WE WILL CALL THE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER AT 8:02 A.M. WE JUST HAVE 
          [1. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Max Benedict to the Uptown Corridor Improvement Authority]
A FEW ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING, STARTING FIRST HERE WITH A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING MAYOR LEGRAND'S APPOINTMENT OF MAX BENEDICT TO THE UPTOWN CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY. 
          SO MOVED. ANY COMMENTS ON MR. BENEDICT? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I, I THOSE OPPOSED. IT 
          [2. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Max Benedict to the Uptown Business Improvement District]
CARRIES. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND RESOLUTION CONFIRMING MAYOR LEGRAND'S APPOINTMENT OF MAX BENEDICT TO THE UPTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SUPPORT COMMENTS ON THAT, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. YES, I'LL ADD A COMMENT. MR. BENEDICT IS ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THIRD COAST. 
          HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY ACTIVE. I KNOW IN THE MICHIGAN STREET CORRIDOR AND ALSO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MERRYWOOD WITH SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO I APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN AN EXPANDED ROLE IN THIS CORRIDOR. THANKS I AGREE. OKAY. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          AYE, AYE. MOTION CARRIES THOSE OUT. THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. AND LASTLY, 
          [3. Resolution approving the City Commission's appointment of Richard Wendt to the Grand Rapids Building Authority]
THIS IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY COMMISSION'S APPOINTMENT OF RICK. WENT TO THE GRAND RAPIDS BUILDING AUTHORITY. SO MOVED. SUPPORT COMMENTS COLLEAGUES OKAY. SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND NOW WE'LL LOOK OVER OUR CURRENT BOARD AND 
          [4. Current Board and Commission Vacancy List - May 13, 2025]
COMMISSION VACANCY LIST. MISS BOSKER, ARE THERE ANY STANDOUTS? I THINK THAT WHAT I PRIORITIZED THIS WEEK IN RELAYING TO THE MAYOR IS JUST TO REVIEW WHERE WE STAND WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE VACANCIES THAT WE LIKE TO FILL, HOPEFULLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. NEXT WEEK, WE'RE PLANNING TO FILL THE HOUSING COMMISSION VACANCY, AND I'VE ALSO GOT ON MY LIST TO JUST WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND WORK ON FILLING THOSE VITAL STREETS OPENINGS AS WELL. YES, THERE'S TWO. THERE'S. ONE VACANCY AND ANOTHER ONE SPOKE TO THE MAYOR ABOUT SOME OF THESE VACANCIES YESTERDAY AT OUR 1 TO 1. AND HE IS FIELDING A FEW FOLKS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BOSKER. ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEAGUES OR STAFF? MR. CHAIR, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE GET ANY FIRST WARD APPLICANTS FOR MOBILE GR YET? I PUT OUT I PUT OUT SOME FEELERS. SO WE DID GET ONE YESTERDAY, WHICH I TURNED OVER TO THE MAYOR TO LOOK AT. I THINK IT'S JUST THE ONE THAT WE HAVE SO FAR. OKAY, I WILL DO SOME FOLLOW UPS THEN. THANKS. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL. YES, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MY BAD FOR NORTH QUARTER, MISS BOSKER, I THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTIVE PIPS FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, WE DO HAVE ONE THAT THE MAYOR IS LOOKING AT. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE FINAL WORD. SO HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THAT. 
          GREAT. OKAY. IN TIME FOR ONE OF THE NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS. BUT THERE WILL STILL BE ONE VACANCY AFTER THAT. GREAT. WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH OUR CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A REBRANDING OVER THERE IN NORTH QUARTER, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT FROM SOME BUSINESSES. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WE FILLED UP ONE OF THE BUSINESSES. AND SO I EXPECT THAT WE MIGHT SEE HOPEFULLY AN INCREASE IN SOME PIPS AS WELL AS PEOPLE BECOME MORE AWARE OF THAT. AND THEN THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR MEETING WITH THE MAYOR. I KNOW THE ONE NAME THAT I SHARED RELATED TO BROWNFIELD. YOU KNOW, OUR BODY. WE DID HAVE TO RESCHEDULE ONE MEETING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM WITH ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. AND SO GETTING BACK TO A FULL BOARD WOULD BE WOULD BE REALLY GREAT. SO THANKS SO MUCH. AND THEN DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE? I GUESS MY LAST THOUGHT IS, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION SENT OUT BY THE MAYOR TO OUR CURRENT BROWNFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAND BANK AUTHORITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BIFURCATED. THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD. PATRICK BIFURCATED LAND BANK AUTHORITY. I WANTED YOU TO FEEL PART OF THE GROUP, AND I'M JUST KIDDING. AND SO. I KNOW THAT THERE WE JUST HAD A MEETING. WE JUST HAD A MEETING. I THINK WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE IT'S TOTALLY SEPARATED. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GO TO THOSE MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF INTEREST THERE WAS, BUT DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON SEEDING THOSE LAND BANK NAMES? I DO NOT, I'M NOT AWARE. OKAY, I CAN I'LL MAKE A NOTE AND REACH OUT AND JUST SEE. OKAY. AND MAYBE IF WE COULD SEE 
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IF THERE'S ANY CURRENT PDFS, BECAUSE I DID ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE BOARD TO JUST FILL OUT ANOTHER PIFF, BECAUSE THEN THEIR APPOINTMENT TIME WOULD BE A DIFFERENT TIME OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, I THINK I BELIEVE THAT APPOINTMENT WOULD BE FOR ONE YEAR. SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO CLARIFY THE LENGTH OF THE TERM. I'VE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE JUST TO REAPPLY SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A BATCH, SO THEN WE CAN ALL SEE IT TOO, AS THE MAYOR MOVES FORWARD. 
          AND THEN MAYBE, MR. CHAIR, WE CAN IF YOU COULD ALSO TALK TO THE MAYOR AND JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT INTEREST MIGHT BE. SO I THINK THERE WAS SOME AND YEAH, JUST EXCITED TO KIND OF GO TO THAT NEXT STEP. THANK YOU. YES, IT'S A GOOD REMINDER. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE OF HOW, AS YOU SAID, JULY. AND WE HAD A GOOD WE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH OUR CURRENT BODY. WE'VE GOT AN ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD. WE'VE GOT A LOGO. I MEAN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF APPOINTMENTS, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY. IF THERE'S SOME EXPECTATIONS ON THE MAYOR'S SIDE OF WHEN THAT WOULD BE SEATED. SO THANKS FOR ANYONE ELSE COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT. WELL YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD MORNING AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE
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