Thursday, August 8, 2024

Ann Arbor City Council Preview: August 8, 2024

 


Gentle reader, tonight is a special Thursday edition of #a2Council. Here's the agenda

The evening kicks off with a healthy, 22-item consent agenda. CA-1 is a street closure for Game Watch 2024 on September 21 and October 4. 

There are no public hearings of ordinance second readings on the agenda this evening. There is one ordinance first reading. C-1 is the first reading of the E Stadium/Washtenaw TC1 Rezoning. This will rezone portions of Washtenaw and Stadium TC1, Ann Arbor's new-ish transit oriented zoning district. 


The Stadium portion of the TC1 zone.


This is great to see. Hopefully we can see even more areas zoned TC1 in the coming months. 

There are 3 resolutions on the agenda this evening. DC-1 is a resolution to work with DTE to convert streetlights to LED streetlights. DC-2 is a resolution asking the administrator to work with MDOT to negotiate on transferring state-owned trunklines to Ann Arbor. This is good because it MDOT has stymied important street safety improvements. DC-3 is a resolution to accept grant a $1m grant from the EPA to develop a "Model Regional Resilience Network with Resilient Infrastructure in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County." Neat.