A2Council Meeting Summaries

Month: October 2019

Ann Arbor City Council: October 21, 2019

This Ann Arbor City Council meeting was held in person at City Hall.

Ann Arbor City Council Meeting Summary

APPROVED: $593,201 of Ann Arbor Affordable Housing Funds to Avalon Housing to support housing at Hickory Way Phase 2 & 108/110 Glendale and to support three Ann Arbor Housing Commission projects: Miller Manor, Maple Meadows, and Baker Commons (Legistar)

APPROVED: $55,296 for staffing requested by the office of Sustainability and Innovations and Community Services to launch a Green Rental and Building Efficiency Program (Legistar)​

APPROVED: Brownfield fund reimbursement for cleanup of Leslie Science Center (Legistar)

APPROVED: Old West Side Residential Parking District – Third Street (Legistar)

APPROVED: Amendment to Burns Park Residential Parking District – Woodlawn Avenue (Legistar)

APPROVED: Shell Gas Station PUD Site Plan and Landscape Modification, 2679 Ann Arbor-Saline Road (Legistar)

DEFEATED: Issuance of $23,000,000 General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds for the DDA to expand the Ann Ashley Parking Structure (Legistar)

A2ELNEL: Additional Thoughts (Oct 19, 2019) – New York Times article about Michigan Daily

A2ELNEL Voting Chart

Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for October 21, 2019 Part 1
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for October 21, 2019 Part 2

Ann Arbor City Council: October 7, 2019

This Ann Arbor City Council meeting was held in person at City Hall.

Ann Arbor City Council Meeting Summary

APPROVED: City permits for recreational marijuana businesses (Legistar)

APPROVED: Regulation of recreational marijuana facilities (Legistar)

APPROVED: PUD changes to height, parking for “The Glen” (201, 213, 215, 271 Glen Ave & 1025 E Ann St) (Legistar) + site plan approved (Legistar)

  • ​162-room hotel, 24 apartments, a restaurant, and 5,181 square feet of retail

DEFEATED: Rezone R1E to PUD 2857 Packard Road (Legistar) + site plan (Legistar)

APPROVED: $259,086 to purchase Police Vehicles from Signature Ford (Legistar)

  • ​$18,690.00 from Sustainability & Innovations budget to subsidize the purchase of six hybrid vehicles for use by the Ann Arbor Police Department

APPROVED: $130,000 for proposed Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project (Legistar)

APPROVED:  $53,900 for ramp and sidewalk repair for vaulted or displaced joints in sidewalks (Legistar)

APPROVED Review of City Transportation Planning and Operations Management and Related Staffing (Legistar)

A2ELNEL: Elections Have Consequences

A2ELNEL Voting Chart

Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for October 7, 2019 Part 1
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for October 7, 2019 Part 2
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for October 7, 2019 Part 3
Ann Arbor City Council Voting Chart for October 7, 2019 Part 4

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My name is Elizabeth Nelson, and I believe that your local government should be accessible and transparent. Since 2018 , I have sent out a newsletter before every Council meeting with my summary of agenda items coming before City Council, plus news and events of interest to Ann Arbor residents.

After each Council meeting, I create and post voting charts so that you can easily see how Council voted, and update this website with meeting summaries that include links to the City’s Legistar website, CTN’s YouTube video, and articles published on MLive.