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GOOD MORNING. WE WILL CALL THE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER AT 8 A.M. IT'S VERY SHORT
[1. Resolution confirming City Manager Washington’s appointment of Brooke Oosterman to the Grand Rapids Housing Commission.]
DOCKET HERE. FIRST WE HAVE THE A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING CITY MANAGER WASHINGTON'S APPOINTMENT OF BROOKE OSTER MEN TO THE GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING COMMISSION. SO MOVED AND SUPPORTED ANY CONVERSATION ON THAT APPOINTMENT. I'LL JUST ADD ONE, MR. CHAIR. YES, COMMISSIONER.THANK YOU. I'LL JUST ADD MISS OSTERMAN HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON OUR BROWNFIELD AUTHORITY, WAS PREVIOUSLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING NEXT, AND HAS TAKEN A NEW ROLE ON AT THE Y MCA WORKING IN CHILDCARE, WHICH I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME MAY THINK, OH, GOSH, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO HOUSING? BUT WE KNOW THAT HOUSING, CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION ARE, YOU KNOW, LARGEST EXPENSES FOR FAMILIES. SO I'M GLAD THAT MISS OSTERMAN ACCEPTED CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT AND WILL SERVE ON THAT BODY. AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY, WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY. SO I KNOW THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO GET THAT SEAT FILLED AFTER I THINK. PAT MILLS SENIOR SERVED ON FOR MANY YEARS. BUT BUT DID I THINK TERMED OUT OR RESIGN? I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW BUT SERVED A VERY LONG TIME. SO THANK YOU. GREAT HISTORY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ROBIN'S ALL SET. OKAY. ALL THOSE
[2. Discussion on the current Board and Commission Vacancy List - May 20, 2025]
IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND NOW, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR DISCUSSION ON CURRENT BOARD VACANCY AND COMMISSION LIST HERE, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES A FEW QUESTIONS. I HAVE A APPOINTMENT FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. THEY ARE A MEMBER OF THE ACLU, AND THERE WERE A FEW CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED WITHIN A FEW DEPARTMENTS HERE AT THE CITY, AND JUST WANTED TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHETHER WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ACLU APPOINTMENT. OR I CAN ALWAYS SORT OF GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIND ANOTHER, BUT I DID. I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS MORE. I'D LIKE IT MORE TO BE ON THE ORGANIZATION RATHER THAN ZEROED IN ON THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL. THE CONCERNS WERE, SINCE THE ACLU IS ACTIVELY SUING THE CITY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT WANT TO INFRINGE UPON COURT PROCEEDINGS WITH, HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THEIR ORGANIZATION ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN, BUT I BELIEVE, ESPECIALLY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT I HAD PICKED UP WILL, YOU KNOW, BE VERY RESPECTFUL. AND OF COURSE, AS MUCH AS THEY COULD INFRINGE OR HAVE SOMETHING DIFFICULT HAPPEN, IT COULD GO THE OTHER WAY, RIGHT? WHERE THE ACLU COULD HAVE SOMETHING SAID OR, YOU KNOW, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY BOTH COULD BE PROFESSIONALS AND NOT SPEAK ABOUT THE CURRENT CASE, THE ACLU. THAT'S SORT OF HOW THEY DO THEIR ADVOCACY IS THROUGH COURT PROCEEDINGS. I BELIEVE THAT THE ACLU AND MYSELF HAVE WORKED ON SPECIFICALLY OUR UNARMED RESPONSES OR OUR CO-RESPONSE TEAMS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS VERY PROUD OF AND WANTS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND. SO THAT IS WHY I REALLY WANT THE ACLU AT THE TABLE. AS SOMEONE WHO CAN SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT IS WHAT YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ONE YEAR TENURES, AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THE ACLU COULD DO, IS TO HELP US WITH MEASURES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND TO RESPECTFULLY WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE AND ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY. SO WOULD LOVE YOUR THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON IF YOU WOULD SUPPORT SOMEONE FROM THE ACLU. AND IF THAT SEEMS LIKE A TOO MUCH OF A CHALLENGE OR SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT LIKE TO DO, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? SURE. I'M HAPPY TO GO FIRST. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, SO THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP. I THINK IT'S GOOD TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN A FORMAL SETTING. I WAS THINKING BACK, YOU KNOW, I WAS. AND I THINK THIS IS HARD BECAUSE YOU KIND OF SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUAL. WE'RE NOT SAYING THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, TO PROTECT THAT PERSON BECAUSE THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPOINTED. WE DO THAT FOR ANYBODY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY MAY OR MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAVE SOMETHING WITH THE CITY AND THEY HAVE HAD ARREARS AND HAVEN'T PAID IT. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BEATING AROUND THE BEATING AROUND THE BUSH, SO TO SPEAK. I WOULD SAY KNOWING THE INDIVIDUAL, I THINK STRONG COLLABORATIVE BACKGROUND FOR SURE HAVE APPRECIATED THEIR EFFORTS ON A NUMBER OF THINGS RELATED TO THE CITY THERE. ALSO, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WARD THEY LIVE IN, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL. I THOUGHT BACK TO A SITUATION THAT WAS A DIFFICULT ONE MAYBE ABOUT[00:05:01]
TWO YEARS AGO, AND WHERE WE DID HAVE SOMEBODY A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT THEY HAD SOME COURT PROCEEDINGS WHICH CREATED A SITUATION WHERE WE NEEDED TO REMOVE THE PERSON FROM THE BOARD, WHICH WAS CHALLENGING BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT IS PUBLIC. AND SO SOMETIMES WE ALLOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESIGN, SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT NOT CHOOSE TO DO THAT. I'VE BEEN REALLY IN THE SPIRIT OF KIND OF JUST WANTING TO BE CLEAR, KIND AND COMMITTED. AS MY MOM REMINDS ME. REMEMBER YOU SAID THAT? I DO THINK IT'S ABOUT TIMING. SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A WE DO HAVE SOME PRECEDENT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE. AND I KNOW THIS PERSON ISN'T THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON WHO IS FILING THAT LAWSUIT. RIGHT. AND, AND I MISTAKENLY THOUGHT IT WAS A DIFFERENT AGENCY, NOT THE ACLU. AND I THINK ANOTHER AGENCY DOES HAVE A LAWSUIT AGAINST US AS WELL. AND SO I WONDER IF IT'S IT MAYBE IT'S NOT A NO, BUT IT'S NOT. NOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THAT WILL GET RESOLVED. I HOPE IT DOES, BECAUSE I THINK TO YOUR POINT, SOMETIMES THOSE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS WHAT DOES CREATE THE BALL TO KIND OF GET THINGS MOVING TO SAY. I MEAN, HOPEFULLY YOU DO IT BEFORE THEN, BUT IF THERE IF THAT ISN'T HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHY PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY. AND WE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. AND IT'S WONDERFUL. SO I WONDER IF IT'S A COULD IT BE A NOT NOW COULD WE SEE WHERE THAT LANDS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, SEE WHERE THAT THE HALF OF THE YEAR TAKES US AND THEN REVIEW IT AT THAT TIME JUST I THINK, YEAH, JUST IN THAT SPIRIT OF BEING CLEAR, WE'VE HAD PROCEEDINGS IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE SAID NO TO PEOPLE OR REMOVE THEM. SO AS A PAST CHAIR, I'M A LITTLE I WANT TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THAT. SO THEN ANOTHER DECISION IN THE PAST IS NOT QUESTION KIND IS APPRECIATE THE INDIVIDUAL. WE ALL HAVE JOBS AND WE'RE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH PLACES. AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT LIKE THAT. AND I THINK BUT WE ARE RIGHT. LIKE WE ARE EXTENSIONS OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS IN MANY WAYS. AND THEN ALSO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT THIS PERSON COULD BE INVOLVED IN OTHER WAYS. I MEAN, I THINK MY QUESTION LAST WEEK AROUND THE TRAFFIC STOP STUDY, I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST HOW DO WE STAY ON ON TOP OF THIS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BASELINE? IT'S BEEN SOME TIME. AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TRAFFIC STOPS. AND BUT AS YOU TALKED ABOUT MORE UNARMED RESPONSES, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST COMMON WAY THAT PEOPLE INTERACT WITH OUR POLICE FORCE DOESN'T RESULT IN A DEADLY SITUATION? SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, MR. CHAIR, AND I'M HAPPY TO ELABORATE MORE. THANKS. YEAH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, AND JUST A REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND WE TALKED WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT WHO ALSO HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THIS. AND THERE IS NOT A RULE FOR THIS. SO YES, THAT HAS BEEN THE PAST SOME PAST CASES. BUT THERE WE WOULD BE BREAKING NO RULE. I WANT TO BE VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC THAT I WOULD, OF COURSE, NEVER PUSH FOR US TO NOT ABIDE BY OUR CHARTER OR RULES FOR COMMITTEES.SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE A LOT OF TIMES IN POLICY WHERE YOU'RE SORT OF LIVING IN GRAY AREA. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. THANKS, MR. CHAIR, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING FORTHRIGHT ABOUT THIS AND THE CONCERNS AND REACHING OUT TO THE CITY STAFF TO TALK THEM THROUGH IT. I THINK MY THOUGHTS ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT WE'RE AN EXTENSION OF OUR WORKFORCE IS, IS, YOU KNOW, JUST A REALITY. LIKE IT COULD BE THE BEST PERSON EVER. YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE ARE SOMEONE WHO'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY, PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IT IS ALWAYS TOUGH WHEN AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU WORK FOR, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM SERVING IN A PUBLIC CAPACITY, SOMETIMES HAS AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP OR COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH WITH THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BE SERVING. SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE CONCERNS, I THINK, OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SO I, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER CASES TOO, LIKE WE, WE TRY TO ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION WITH THOSE THINGS. I KNOW THE MAYOR ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HAS RECUSED HIMSELF FROM A VOTE WHERE MAYBE THERE'S NO DIRECT, YOU KNOW, CONFLICT OF INTEREST. BUT JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF TRYING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S TYPICALLY, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HOW WE TRY TO, TO OPERATE, YOU KNOW, IN FROM THE DAIS. AND SO I GUESS I WOULD BE NERVOUS ABOUT BRINGING SOMEONE ON THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT ALSO HAS ONGOING, YOU KNOW, LAWSUITS, LITIGATION, CONFLICT WITH THE CITY AS WELL. SO I THINK TO COMMISSIONER STACY'S POINT, TOO, LIKE IF IT'S SOMEBODY WHO YOU THINK PROVIDES SOME REALLY GOOD INSIGHT AND THINGS WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONSIDER WHERE ELSE MAYBE WE COULD FIND FOR THEM TO SERVE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. I'M HAPPY TO READ THROUGH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAYBE THE LAW DEPARTMENT HAD GIVEN YOU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF THAT WOULD, WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY. BUT I'D PROBABLY ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, I WOULD SAY SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS COMMITTEE, THE FOLKS WHO
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MAY HAVE DONE SOME REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE THINGS IN THE PAST, BUT THE CIVILIAN MEMBERS STILL SERVE IN A VERY ADVISORY ROLE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO A VOTE, THE ACTUAL VOTE WOULD BE, AS YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER YOURSELF, MAYOR LEGRAND AND MYSELF, AS IF THERE'S A FORMAL VOTE TAKEN. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A VERY ADVISING ROLE. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. AND IT SORT OF SOUNDS LIKE I DON'T THINK WE WOULD SUPPORT IN THIS MOMENT. RIGHT. MAYBE AT A TIME WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUING THE CITY IS SORT OF WHAT I HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER SASSY. RIGHT OF TIMING IS MORE OF IT. AND THEN ERRING ON OF COURSE CAUTION OF NOT WANTING TO REALLY ABIDE IN THAT GRAY AREA. SO BOTH FOR BOTH OF YOU, TIMING IS MORE OF THE THING OF NOT SAYING THAT SOMEONE COULD NEVER FROM THIS ORGANIZATION SERVE, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S ACTIVE PENDING LEGISLATION, YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH SOMEONE ELSE. I WILL SAY. THEN SORT OF BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR ME WITH MY APPOINTMENT. AND OF COURSE, I'M REALLY FOCUSING ON FOLKS WHO HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE, DIRECT BACKGROUND TO CAN REALLY ADD TO THIS, THIS COMMITTEE. AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE NO WOMEN ON THIS COMMITTEE. SO I AM ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR I THINK THOSE PERSPECTIVES ARE JUST VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT HAVE AN ALL MALE. IT'S VERY DIVERSE THAT BOARD. BUT I WAS LOOKING THESE PAST FEW TIMES AND I'M LIKE, WHO RESIGNED? OUR NEIGHBOR WHO RESIGNED WAS OUR ONLY FEMALE WOMAN APPOINTEE. SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES. AND YES, COMMISSIONER, I DON'T WANT TO. YOU WERE ON A FLOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE. THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE BODY. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT STRUCK ME THE OTHER DAY, AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR YOU, WHICH I KNOW SOMETIMES CAN BE HARD, BUT REALLY, SOMEBODY WHO IS A YOUNG PERSON, LIKE A TRULY, YOU KNOW, A YOUNG PERSON. NOT THAT YOU TWO ARE NOT YOUNG PEOPLE. FOR THE RECORD, JANESSA, NO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, ALL JOKING ASIDE, LIKE A LOT OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE IS REALLY IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THEY'RE SEEING THIS AND WHAT IS THEIR EXPERIENCE I THINK AFTER I KNOW YOU, YOU HAD A CONFLICT A LONG TIME CONFLICT, COMMISSIONER. BUT AFTER THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, I HAD HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ENGAGED, WHO WAS IN IN ONE OF THE PROTESTS, POST MISTRIAL AND WITH SOMEBODY WHO WAS DIFFERENTLY ABLED, USED A WHEELCHAIR. AND SO I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION AT SUMMIT WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCES? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT MY OWN PRIVILEGE AND LIKE, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT. AND SO I JUST OFFER THOSE TWO PIECES, AS YOU KNOW, OTHER SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY LIKE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT SOMEONE FROM THE WARD, YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINKING OF THAT MAKEUP. BUT I JUST THINK ALSO I'LL JUST MENTION THOSE TWO DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS AS WELL.YEAH, THAT IS GREAT. ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST UNIFYING COMMITTEES I THINK WE HAVE BECAUSE IT'S FOR EVERYONE. WE DID HAVE WITH ANDREW'S APPOINTMENT FROM COMMISSIONER BELICHICK, THERE WAS A YOUTH ADDITION THAT FEES UNDER 30. SO THAT FELT LIKE ALL RIGHT. BUT THESE ARE GOOD THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. ANYTHING ELSE COLLEAGUES. YES. YEAH. JUST ONE MORE THING TO ADD. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD COMMENT AND AWARENESS TOO.
I THINK ONE THING TOO, FOR ME, I, I MY, MY PERSONAL APPROACH I WOULD SAY IS SOMETIMES I TRY AND FIND PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A BACKGROUND IN SOMETHING. I THINK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WORK WITHIN A CERTAIN REALM OR, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION OR GROUP OF ORGANIZATIONS, SOMETIMES THERE'S LIKE A GROUP THOUGHT OR A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF FAMILIARITY BETWEEN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO ONE THING THAT I'VE FOUND A LOT OF VALUE IN IS, YOU KNOW, FINDING PEOPLE WHO I JUST THINK THEY HAVE GOOD SOFT SKILLS, GOOD VALUES, AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THE CITY AND TO SERVING. AND I THINK THAT I'VE FOUND A LOT OF BENEFIT IN HEARING THEIR PERSPECTIVES, BEING NEW, NOT HAVING ANY, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS BIAS OR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE HAS BEEN, BUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THINGS FROM A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND START FROM A LOWER LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING. I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES TOO HAS A LOT OF BENEFIT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT TO BE JUST AN APPROACH THAT YOU COULD ALWAYS TAKE TO. SO YEAH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. YEAH I THINK THE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THAT IS SOMETHING I 100% AGREE WITH OF THERE'S A SPACE FOR EXPERTS AND THERE'S A SPACE FOR ADVOCATES, SOMEONE WHO THIS DEEPLY CARES AND HAS THE ENERGY FOR. THAT'S THE BIG THING WITH ALL OF THESE BOARDS TOO, IS ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SERVE AND SHOW UP AND NOT MISS 50% OF THE MEETINGS? SO. SO LASTLY, THAT BRINGS US TO DISCUSSION ON CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCY LIST. AND I BELIEVE THE STAFF HAS SOME NOTES FOR US HERE. YES I DO, YES, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT VERY MANY APPOINTMENTS TODAY. YES, THERE'S A FEW IN THE PIPELINE, BUT I'M
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HOPING TO HAVE A FEW MORE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR JUNE. IT MIGHT NOT BE THIS NEXT MEETING. IT WILL PROBABLY BE LATER JUST WITH WORKING THROUGH VETTING AND PEOPLE ON LEAVE, AND WE'RE GETTING INTO VACATION SEASON. THINGS ARE KIND OF SLOWING DOWN, BUT I'M LOOKING AT FILLING THE HOPEFULLY MAKING APPOINTMENT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE NORTH COURT AND MICHIGAN STREET CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITIES, HOPEFULLY. I ALSO JUST SORT OF FOLLOW UP TO OUR DISCUSSION LAST WEEK ON THE LAND BANK AUTHORITY, THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME MORE CLARIFICATION ON THE TIMELINE AFTER THE JUNE 10TH MEETING. AND THEN I DID CREATE A SEPARATE BOARD ON OUR ONLINE APPLICATIONS SO PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR THAT SEPARATELY NOW. AND I WORKED WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE LIKE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, JUST TO SORT OF GET SOME BACKGROUND. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START TO GET SOME INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS. OR IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN START REFERRING PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR JUST THAT BOARD IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. WONDERFUL. AND I KNOW FOR THE YOU SAID FOR BROWNFIELD THAT ONE IS FOR THE LAND BANK. THE LAND BANK. YES. SO THE LAND BANK, I KNOW WE SPECIFICALLY ARE GOING TO WARD BY WARD. ALSO THINK OF APPOINTMENTS TOO. SO I'LL REMIND FOLKS TO START THINKING OF THAT AS YOU ALL CAN CONNECT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES. AND I WILL CONNECT WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE THIRD WARD TO START THINKING OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY PROJECT. SO THANK YOU. MISS. ANY OTHER UPDATES? YES, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE KENT HOSPITAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE A THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AUTHORITIES WHERE WE IT TYPICALLY IS A, A STAFF MEMBER. AND SO I KNOW WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER HAD THEY COMPLETED THEIR PIF. OKAY. SO THEY'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE VETTING. JUST SKIPPED OVER THAT THAT APPOINTMENT SHOULD BE AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. WONDERFUL.THE NEXT OKAY AGENDA. LET ME SCROLL DOWN JUST A AND THEN WHAT DOES THE MAYOR, MISTER CHAIR, MISS BOSCO, IS THERE A NAME FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT IS BEING VETTED RIGHT NOW TOO? NOT THAT I'VE HEARD. OKAY. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW APPLICANTS THAT WE'VE JUST HAD OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY. OKAY. THERE WAS A NAME THAT I FORWARDED, AND IT WAS PROBABLY A MONTH AGO. MISTER CHAIR, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING WITH THE NAME. I THINK THEY'VE COMPLETED THE PIF. I THINK THEY. YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME GOOD EXPERIENCE TO SERVE ON THAT BODY. BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NAMES THAT THE MAYOR'S VETTING. BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
YES, PLEASE. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. YEAH. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ANOTHER.
THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT THAT ONE MAKES SUCH COMMUNITY BASED, SORT OF OUT FRONT DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE SEE VERY FREQUENTLY. SO I KNOW WE'D WANT ALL OF THOSE VACANCIES FILLED AS SOON AS WE CAN. GREAT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, STAFF AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. WE WILL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.