Monday, March 21, 2022

Ann Arbor City Council Preview: March 21, 2022

 


Gentle reader, tonight is the first #a2Council meeting of Spring. Here's the agenda, and here's the A2AF episode on the meeting. 

There's a modest, 10-item consent agenda. There are three street closings. CA-1, CA-2, and CA-3 are for the Burns Park Run, The Dexter-Ann Arbor Run, and the Mayor's Green Fair. If I were a gambling man, I would wager that CA-3 might be pulled. CM Ramlawi has mentioned in the past that he thinks the Mayor's Green Fair should be on the Library Lot. CA-9 is a resolution to approve the collective bargaining agreement with the Deputy Chief's CBA. Listen to A2AF for their comments on this. But tl:dr one of things that keeps us from having robust resident police oversight are the current contracts for the various AAPD CBAs. Seeing what is an essentially a continuation of the current contract come up in the consent agenda is disappointing.

There are no public hearings on the agenda and one ordinance first reading. C-1 is a routine township island annexation. 

Further down the agenda, there are 6 resolutions on tonight's docket. Of note, DC-3 is a resolution hiring current interim city administrator, Milton Dohoney Jr. as city administrator.  DC-5 is a resolution setting a public hearing on a tax exemption for Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments. Finally, DC-6 would close streets for cars some places downtown for the summer. This is based. 

And that's it. What items are you most looking forward to seeing? Hopefully we will see you there. The CTN stream starts at 7 pm. Make sure you follow the action on the #a2Council hashtag.


Monday, March 7, 2022

Ann Arbor City Council Preview: March 7, 2022


Gentle reader, tonight is the first #a2Council meeting for March. Here's the agenda, and here's the A2AF episode for the meeting. Make sure you check it out for the discussion of PUDs. 

The meeting kicks off with a short, 11-item consent agenda. Of note, CAs 1 through 3 are street closings for FoolMoon, The Monroe Street Fair, and FestiFools, respectively. CA-8 is for traffic calming along Northside Ave. You love to see it. 

There is one public hearing tonight, PH-1/B-1 is on some technical changes to the employee retirement system. This passed without discussion during first reading. 

There are two ordinance first readings on the agenda tonight. They are both great. C-1 is the PUD for the Old Y Lot. TL;DR here, it'll be a 20-story building with a good amount of subsidized units. You love to see it happen. C-2 is the first TC1 rezoning. 68 parcels in the State and Eisenhower area that will be rezoned in the new Transit Corridor zone. This is awesome, and I hope it is the first of many TC1 zonings we see. 

There are 4 resolutions on the agenda tonight. DC-1 is a resolution on the need for reliability improvements for upgrades to DTEs streetlights. DC-2 is the contract for replacing the Third and Mosley water main. DC-3 is a resolution to appoint a couple of folks to the Washtenaw Regional Resource Management Authority. DC-4 is a resolution to appoint Kevin McDonald as Interim City Attorney. 

And that's it. What items are you most looking forward to seeing? Hopefully we will see you there. The CTN stream starts at 7 pm. Make sure you follow the action on the #a2Council hashtag.