Meeting

CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS CITY COMMISSION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024 2:00 PM
Welcome to the Grand Rapids City Commission Meeting. This session is the final process in the consideration of the items listed on the following agenda. All of these agenda items have been thoroughly reviewed and discussed in the various Standing Committees of the City Commission which meet on Tuesday morning. To view supporting documents for agenda items, please visit: www.grandrapidsmi.gov/commission. Persons who need reasonable accommodation to participate, are asked to contact the City Clerk’s Office at 616-456-3010 or [email protected].

	Expected Meeting Procedures
	1.	Depending on the meeting there can be multiple opportunities for public comment.
		-	The First is limited to items on the Commission’s agenda that are slated to be voted on
		-	The Second is for specially scheduled required public hearings
		-	The Third is for any issue you would like to bring to the attention of the Commission
	2.	You may only speak once on each issue.
	3.	All comments are to be limited to 3 minutes.
	4.	City Commission meetings are to be a safe place for everyone involved, as such:
		-	No clapping, cheering, or holding up of signs
		-	Please refrain from swearing, name calling and/or making derogatory comments. The City’s Human Rights Ordinance prohibits discrimination against any individual in the exercise of civil rights because of actual or perceived color, race, religion or creed, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nation of origin, genotype, age, marital status, familial status, medical condition, disability, height, weight, or source of lawful income.
	5.	Do not request or expect comment from the Commission.
	6.	Please turn OFF cellular phones.

CALL TO ORDER

II.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

III.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

IV.

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS – Prior to consideration of the official business, citizens may speak to subjects on today's agenda which are slated to be voted on. The items to be addressed during this time are located in the highlighted section headings. (Please limit comments to 3 minutes.)

VI.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of 12/03/2024 7:00 PM

VII.

PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS – Communications addressed to the City Commission are distributed to all members and are acknowledged for information, or are referred to a committee or staff for follow up.

Communication from Justine Bryant regarding her resignation from the Community Relations Commission.

Petition received opposing deer hunting at 960 Bristol Ave NW.

Communications (9) received expressing opposition to a proposed reallocation of staff and resources from the Comptroller's office to the City Manager.

VIII.

REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS – The City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk, City Treasurer, and City Comptroller may submit reports or information directly to the City Commission for consideration.

The City Clerk submitted the Mayor's 2025 Standing Committees and Other Commissioner Appointments Report

The City Clerk submitted copies of the General Retirement System Annual Actuarial Valuation for the year ending June 30, 2024.

Comptroller's Warrant Report for the period of November 19, 2024 through December 2, 2024 in the amount of $40,657,351.01

Treasurer’s Report for Period of November 21, 2024, through December 2, 2024

IX.

CONSENT AGENDA AND REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

A. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL

B. COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS The Committee considers and makes recommendations on appointments to the City's various boards and commissions.

Resolution confirming Mayor Bliss' appointment of Jennifer Schottke to the City Planning Commission.

Resolution confirming Mayor Bliss' appointment of Sarah Andro to the Monroe North Tax Increment Finance Authority.

Resolution confirming Mayor Bliss' appointment of Darrel Herweyer to the North Quarter Corridor Improvement Authority

Resolution confirming Mayor Bliss' appointment of Mayor-Elect David LaGrand to the Grand Valley Metropolitan Council, Mobile GR Commission, Interurban Transit Partnership, Downtown Development Authority, Monroe North Tax Increment Finance Authority, and Waste to Energy Advisory Committee

Resolution approving year-end reappointments to various boards and commissions.

C. FISCAL COMMITTEE The Committee considers and makes recommendations on matters referring to bids, claims, and other financial matters of the City.

Approval of City Sponsorship contributions for the 2025 Art Prize for $100,000 through the Office of General Administration and $50,000 through Mobile GR Department with additional in-kind services in the amount of $50,000.

89 Monroe Center Sublease Renewal with the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives

Resolution accepting a grant award of $1,000,000 from the State of Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity for the Construction of City Facilities at 1500 Scribner Avenue NW Project

Resolution Approving an Amended Agreement between the City of Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority and the City of Grand Rapids relating to the Acrisure Amphitheater Parking Structure Project Bonds

Resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Grand Rapids, the Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority and the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority regarding Bond Proceeds for Construction of Acrisure Amphitheater

Bid List Resolution for December 17, 2024

D. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE The Committee considers and makes recommendations on matters concerning public service, public improvements, streets, traffic and public buildings.

Resolution adopting the Tree Manual and Standards of Practice for the enhancement, maintenance, and preservation of the City’s urban forest and tree canopy

Resolution approving lease agreements with Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association, East Hills Council of Neighbors, and John Ball Area Neighbors for use of park lodge buildings

Resolution approving amendment to programmatic agreement with the Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer

Resolution awarding an agreement with TRELLIS for Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment for City Facilities at 1500 Scribner Avenue NW in the amount of $1,068,132 with total amount not-to-exceed $1,196,132

Resolution awarding a contract with Pride Builders Group, LLC for Improvements to Roosevelt Park in the amount of $1,743,000 with total amount not-to-exceed $2,300,000

Resolution approving an agreement with MDOT and authorizing expenditures in an amount not to exceed $622,600 for the local share of costs for Traffic Safety Upgrades on Fulton Street

Resolution approving an increase of $600,000 in expenditures to contracts for As-Needed Concrete and Façade Improvements at Various Locations for a total not-to-exceed $2,000,000

Resolution approving the revocation of Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Exemption Certificates #3-19-0019 and #3-19-0020 for Scott and Associates, LLC, at 1032 and 1040 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street SE

Resolution scheduling a public hearing for January 14, 2025 to consider a Brownfield Plan Amendment for the Annex Fulton redevelopment project located at 657 Fulton Street W

10.

Resolution scheduling a public hearing for January 14, 2025 to consider a Brownfield Plan Amendment for the Abode West Fulton redevelopment project located at 617 Fulton Street W and 17 Seward Avenue NW

11.

Resolution scheduling a public hearing for January 14, 2025, to consider an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District, pursuant to PA 146 of 2000, for CGFH 955 GODFREY LLC at 945 and 1101 Godfrey Avenue SW

12.

Resolution scheduling a public hearing for January 14, 2025, to consider an application for a ten-year Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate, pursuant to PA 146 of 2000, for CGFH 955 GODFREY LLC at 945 Godfrey Avenue, SW

13.

14.

Resolution authorizing the City of Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority to enter into an Agreement with ASM Global for Management Services.

15.

Resolution authorizing the City of Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority to Enter into a Contract with Live Nation for Promotion and Booking Services for Acrisure Amphitheater

16.

Resolution authorizing the City of Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority to Enter into Purchase Agreements with the Downtown Development Authority and Grand Action 2.0 for the Purchase of Amway Stadium.

17.

Resolution approving a Construction Agreement and accepting a Public Utilities Easement for 5725 52nd Street SE

18.

Resolution accepting a Sidewalk Easement at 1700 28th St SE for the nominal consideration of One Dollar ($1.00)

E. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE The Committee considers all matters that are desired to be deliberated in committee by the full City Commission. Most ordinances and licensing matters are brought before this committee.

Resolution establishing a Commercial Redevelopment District, pursuant to PA 255, for 2 Fulton St W, LLC at 2 Fulton Street W

Resolution approving an application for a 12-year Commercial Facilities Exemption, pursuant to PA 255 of 1978 for 2 Fulton St W, LLC for a project located at 2 Fulton Street W

Resolution approving the adjusted City water and sewer rates in accordance with the 2024 Water/Sewer Rate Study

Resolution approving water and sewer rates in accordance with the 2024 rate review for the retail and wholesale Partner Communities of the City's Water Supply System and Sanitary Sewer System

Resolution setting the date to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 73, Title VI of City Code entitled "Urban Agriculture" to update the Urban Agriculture Committee membership and authorizing publication of the proposed ordinance

ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT

XI.

ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED

Ordinance amending Sections 1.410 through 1.414 of Chapter 9, Article 5 of Title I of the Grand Rapids City Code entitled "Taxation of Assisted Lower-Income Housing"

Ordinance amending Section 1 of the Budget Ordinance 2024-23 for Fiscal Year 2025 (Amendment No. 5)

XII.

CITY COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS – Resolutions to be deliberated by the City Commission but which come directly to the City Commission rather than from one of the Standing Committees.

XIII.

PUBLIC HEARINGS – Public hearings are scheduled to allow citizens to speak on subjects which will be before the City Commission for action at a future date. Speakers may address the Commission once on each hearing.

XIV.

PUBLIC COMMENTS – At the conclusion of the official business and public hearings, the agenda provides for public comment on any other matters citizens may wish to bring to the attention of the City Commission. (Please limit comments to 3 minutes.)

XV.

COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS

DOCUMENTS FILED

XVI.

ADJOURNMENT

CITY COMMISSION

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

TERM	DEFINITION
Adjournment	To close the meeting.
Adopt	To accept or approve; i.e., an ordinance, a resolution, a motion, etc.
Amend	To modify; i.e., an ordinance, a resolution, a motion, etc.
Call to Order	Formal opening of a meeting.
City Charter	Legal document establishing a municipality (city).
City Commission	Local form of government consisting of the Mayor and six Commissioners.
City Officers	Includes: Mayor, President of the City Commission, City Manager, City Attorney, City Treasurer, and City Clerk.
Consent Agenda	Matters listed as Consent Agenda items are considered to be routine or matters of unanimous consent by the City Commission. There will be no separate discussion of these matters, and they will be enacted by one motion.
Executive Session	A meeting in which the proceedings are of a confidential nature.Only members and invited guests may attend, and all are honor-bound to maintain confidentiality.
Motion	A proposal that the Commissioners take a specific action or stand on an item being presented to the City Commission.
Ordinance	A piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
Postpone	A motion to postpone is made if the City Commission needs more time to make a decision. A postponement cannot go beyond the next session.
Quorum	Number of voting members who must be present in order that business can be legally transacted.
Recess	Short intermission within a meeting.
Recognize / Obtain the Floor	Acknowledgement by the presiding officer of the City Commission that a member has the right to address the assembly.
Rescind (Repeal)	Allows the City Commission to repeal an action previously taken; i.e., ordinances, etc.
Resolution	A decision by the City Commission to do or not to do something.
Robert’s Rules of Order	A guide to fair and orderly meeting procedures.
Suspend the Rules	This motion is used when the City Commission wants to do something that violates its own rules. The motion does not apply to an organization’s bylaws, local, state, or national law; or fundamental principles of parlia-mentary law. An appropriate suspension of the rules, used on occasion by the City Commission, would be a motion to change the agenda.
Table, Lay on the	This motion puts aside an item, and everything adhering to it, currently being presented to the City Commission.The item remains “on the table” until taken off.
Table, Take (Remove) from the	The motion to Take from the Table is used when the City Commission wants to continue considering a motion that was Laid on the Table earlier in the present session or in the previous session of the City Commission. When a motion is Taken from the Table, it has everything adhering to it exactly as it was when it was Laid on the Table.
Revised: 06-30-2014	Source(s): Robert’s Rules of Order City Commission Standing Rules

CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS COMMISSIONERS

First Ward

Jon O’Connor

Drew Robbins

[email protected]

616-456-3035

Second Ward

Milinda Ysasi

Lisa Knight

[email protected]

616-456-3035

Third Ward

Kelsey Perdue

Bing Goei

[email protected]

616-456-3035

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