Presentation from the vice chair of the Independent Police Oversight Commission. They've had to cancel a bunch of meetings w/ police and each other, because of power outages. They will be involved in the union contract negotiation with the Command Union. #A2Council

Public Comment! More than 15 speakers, so we're gonna hear 45min of public comment, and may bump someone to the end of the meeting. #A2Council

#A2Council has a resolution asking the state to crack down on DTE for their recent #Outage s.
https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6050905&GUID=5FF645A0-6E56-43C4-AF2E-4F136F69CE1F&Options=&Search=
Speaker 1 asks: 1) Why does DTE have a seat on the energy commision? 2) Can we plz have a public power utility?
#A2Council

Speaker 2: "DTE can be relied upon to be unreliable."
DTE relies on shareholder value instead of customers.
Describes friends and family whose health was badly affected by power outages in past years.
#A2Council

Speaker 2 says that Lansing's municipal power utility fixed their infrastructure & released a report after an ice storm outage a few years ago. It wasn't all about the trees. Board of Water & Light fixed the problem & hasn't had a major outage since. #A2Council

Speaker 3 approves of the plan to ask the state to hold DTE accountable, but doesn't want DTE at the energy commission meetings, concerned they'll do greenwashing propaganda.
https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6050905&GUID=5FF645A0-6E56-43C4-AF2E-4F136F69CE1F&Options=&Search=
#A2Council

Speaker 4 wants a public power utility. #A2Council
https://annarborpublicpower.org/
Public power utilities in the state had little to no power outages after recent storms.

Speaker 4 says that DTE bragged to shareholders about underinvestment in tree trimming. #A2Council

Speaker 5, Derrick Miller, speaking on behalf of https://www.canwashtenaw.org/community said that they were able to get priority treatment for elderly residents. You shouldn't need clout to get yr power restored. We need accountability and resilience. #A2Council

Speaker 6 is from the developer proposing North Maple Apartments. 79 units with only 65 parking spaces. Clubhouse for bikes w/ ebike charging. Geothermal, photovoltaics, 60% AMI. It's a PUD. Sold!
https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6035859&GUID=39B047F9-86E1-4368-AA20-411DDA2260DF&Options=&Search= #A2Council

(Of course, we could always use fewer parking spaces!) #A2Council

Caller 7 lives at Earhart Village, and doesn't want a sidewalk there! Would rather have trees than pedestrians. I'm not sure exactly where to find this sidewalk plan. I don't think it's on the agenda? #A2Council

Caller 8 was NOT CONSULTED about the sidewalk plan at Earhart Village. The homeowners association has lawyered up to try to stop the sidewalk. These people are truly standing up for The American Way 🇺🇸 🦅 😢 . #A2Council

Caller 9 is another Earhart Village resident. Suggests reducing car lanes to add sidewalks and bike lanes. I'm okay with reducing car lanes! But it's not exactly a Second Amendment right to not have sidewalks in the easement. #A2Council

Speaker 10 doesn't like the changes to golf fees, where seniors don't get to golf for free on the weekend. #A2Council

Speaker 11 also doesn't want the sidewalk. She's got a petition. Who cares? OHH WAIT A SECOND! The petition was "PROPERLY CIRCULATED"!!! Now we have to consider it!
Uhmmm, I'm still in favor of the sidewalk. #A2Council

Speaker 11 says they wrote to everyone, all the way up to the President of the USA, complaining about the sidewalk! But no one wrote back 😢 .
Speaker 11: "No taxation without representation!"

Speaker 14 marks the return to discussion of the DTE resolution
https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6050905&GUID=5FF645A0-6E56-43C4-AF2E-4F136F69CE1F&Options=&Search=
Doesn't want DTE to have a seat on the energy commission. #A2Council

Speaker 15 recounts some specific irresponsible behavior from DTE during the power outage. Wants DTE to pay for warming centers, emergency responders, etc, required because power outages. #A2Council

Speaker 16 wants a public power utility. https://annarborpublicpower.org/ #A2Council

Someone on twitter suggests that this is the Earhart plan that the NIMBYs were objecting to:
https://twitter.com/CDale2017/status/1632906029913591809
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CM Akmon says that the Ann Arbor police are stepping up enforcement against parking in bike lanes. Also, sending letters to delivery companies. Also, a website to take a photo of cars parked in bike lanes & the owners will get a warning letter.
Also, we will soon get snowplows to allow for protected one-way bike lanes!!! #A2Council

CMs Disch and Harrison (Ward 1) will have a joint coffee hour
4:30-5:30 Mon mar 27. Traverwood library. #A2Council

Consent agenda approved, but CA-2 will be discussed separately. #A2Council
https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6038652&GUID=26736A3B-B1E5-4DB7-8692-0FE9A47951BB&Options=&Search=

CM Ghazi-Edwin is concerned about disabled ppl who can't be dropped off directly in front of businesses while streets are pedestrianized.
Says city staff will add more disabled parking adjacent to the pedestrianized areas. #A2Council

Public hearings! #A2Council

PH-1: Resolution to Approve Village of Ann Arbor Zoning
https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6005255&GUID=7531C6E2-3442-4270-B34A-2F3E834CF3CF&Options=&Search= #A2Council

John Mirsky of the #A2Council environmental commission speaks.
He is concerned that the apartment buildings at The Village of Ann Arbor will not be electrified, and will use natural gas. #A2Council

(personally, I suspect that making more housing in the city so people don't have to commute will save more CO2 than building a smaller amount of housing that's electric) #A2Council