Ann Arbor City Council Preview: July 21, 2025

 

Gentle reader, it's #a2Council Night in Ann Arbor. Here's the agenda. 

The night kicks off with a respectable, 21-item consent agenda. The first 6 items are street closures. CA-1 is for Ann Arbor Pride, CA-2 is for the UA Block Party, CA-3 is for Move-In, CA-4 is for Festifall, CA-5 is for GoBlueMix, CA-6 is for the Autumnal Green Fair. That's a lot of street closures!

CA-7 is the development agreement for the Braun Court mid-rise. CA-8 is the development agreement for the townhouses going in at 318 E Jefferson. 

There are 5 public hearings on the docket this evening. PH-1/B-1 is for some changes to the UDC. PH-2/B-2 incorporates changes to citizen participation rules for Planning Commission. PH-3/B-3 is for a routine township annexation for 5.9 acres at 255-371 Scio Church, 2180 Ann Arbor-Saline. PH-4/DB-1 is for the the site plan for the above address, which will be called 75 South Main. PH-5/DS-1 is for the first amendment to the Broadway Park Brownfield Plan. 

DC-1 is a resolution to appoint Jessica Francis to the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission. DC-2 is for the reappointment of a non-registered elector, Michelle Merusi, to the Local Development Finance Authority (LDFA). 

DC-3 is this evening's spicy chili. The vaguely titled Resolution Regarding the Draft Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CULP). This resolution requests Planning Commission make several additions to the CULP. My take is that this is an attempt to placate the Pause the Plan folks. It also specifically authorizes an amendment to the contract with Interface Studios for the additional extension of time and the creation of an additional iteration of the Draft Plan, and to support attendance at upcoming public meetings at an amount not to exceed $83,300, for a total revised contract of $883,990. This probably deserves a whole article on its own. I'll just say to listen to public commentary tonight. 

And that's all there is. If you want to follow the blow by blow tonight, make sure you check out the #a2Council hashtag on Bluesky.