D4 CAC Meet & Greet BBQ

Monday July eighth, the District 4 Community Advisory Council will be hosting a Meet & Greet instead of a business meeting. It will be at Skinner Park. 12800 Kelly Rd. Detroit). Starting at 6:00 PM and ending around 8:00 PM. We will also have someone present to register voters.

Note that this isn’t a formal business meeting and we won’t be streaming the event on Zoom. This should be a fun family friendly face-to-face get together with refreshments, conversation, voter registration and more.

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6PM Regular June 2024 Meeting D4 CAC

Note earlier start time! 6:00 PM EDT Monday June 10th

In-Person
Bethany Lutheran Church
11475 East Outer Drive
Detroit, MI 48213

For the best experience, please attend in person.
Otherwise you may still attend virtually:
https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/83677774337

By phone: Meeting ID: 836 7777 4337. (312) 626-6799

Agenda

Welcome & Invocation

I. Call to Order

Roll call.

II. Approval of Agenda (Chair)

III. Approval of April Minutes (Secretary)

IV. Presentations, Hearings, and Discussions

  1. Acknowledge Government Officials (or spokespeople)
  2. Acknowledge Neighborhood Police Officers.
  3. Acknowledge leaders of community organizations in District 4.
  4. Introduce Workgroup leaders (each cite a core issue that the Mayor or City Council can resolve)
  5. Land, Environment & Blight.
  6. Communications.
  7. Economic & Community Development.
  8. Safety & Security
  9. Governance.
  10. Basic needs.

V. Unfinished Business

  1. Refining issues and expectations for Mayoral meeting. Apply work-group sugggestions.
  2. 1. Update on potential date and time of City Council Meeting.
  3. Matters to be discussed at City Council Meeting.
  4. Approve Calendar. At the special meeting members made these tentative proposals:
  • July 8th Meet and Greet instead of Meeting. Skinner Park. 6:00 PM
  • August 12th 7:00 PM Follow up on Arise Detroit does neighborhood days.
  • September 9th 6:00 PM outreach to youth concerns.
  • October 14th 6:00 PM Meeting. Involve Seniors. Possibly meet in a senior citizens facility.
  • November-February via Zoom. Discuss start times. Later no earlier than 6PM no later than 7PM.

VI. New Business

  1. June and July Detroit People’s Platform training in June and July.
  2. Updates to Work-group and District 4 Neighborhood leadership.
  3. Plan Meet and Greet.
  4. Market our organization.

VII. Reports

  1. Chairs Report.
  2. Treasurer Report
  3. Budget for Community Advisory Council.

VIII. Public Comments  (Time limit to be set by Chair based on remaining time and attendance).

IX. Adjournment

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Special Meeting of the District 4 CAC 6-5-2024

District 4 Community Advisory Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
7:00 PM June 5th, 2024
Topic: District 4 Community Advisory Council’s Personal Meeting Room

Join Zoom Meeting
https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/9192990328

Meeting ID: 919 299 0328
(312) 626-6799

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Regular May 2024 Meeting of the D4 CAC

D4 CAC Regular Meeting

Real community Engagement. Monday, May 13th, 2024, 7 PM

Samaritan Center (Kilpatrick Room). 5555 Conner St, Detroit, MI 48213

Join Zoom Meeting: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/83677774337

By phone: Meeting ID:  836 7777 4337.  (312) 626-6799

Welcome & Invocation

I. Call to Order

   Roll call.

II. Approval of Agenda (Chair)

III. Approval of April Minutes (Secretary)

IV.  Presentations, Hearings, and Discussions

  1. Acknowledge Government Officials (or spokespeople)
  2. Acknowledge Neighborhood Police Officers.
  3. Acknowledge leaders of community organizations in District 4.
  4. Introduce Workgroup leaders (each cite a core issue that the Mayor or City Council can resolve)

            1. Land, Environment & Blight.

            2. Communications.

            3. Economic & Community Development.

            4. Safety & Security

            5. Governance.
            6. Basic needs.

V. Unfinished Business

A.        1.The Mayoral meeting will be rescheduled. It will be live for CAC members and broadcast live o          over Zoom.

2. Refining issues and expectations.

                        B.         1. Update on potential date and time of City Council Meeting.                

2. Matters to be discussed at City Council Meeting.

C.         Resolve the matter of who will be our future fiduciary and what terms we will agree upon. This                         item is unfinished, but can be moved down the agenda to the Treasurer’s report.

VI. New Business

                        A. Confirm Calendar for the remainder of 2024.

                        B. Confirm Fiduciary.

                        C. Strategy for Real Community Engagement.

                        D.  Updates to Work-group and District 4 Neighborhood leadership.

VII. Reports

A. Chairs Report.

B. Treasurer Report

VIII. Public Comments  (Time limit to be set by Chair based on remaining time and attendance).

IX. Adjournment

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Regular April 2024 Meeting of the D4 CAC

D4 CAC Regular Meeting

Real community Engagement.

Monday, April 8th , 2024, 7 PM

Wayne County Community College Eastern Campus. 5901 Conner St, Detroit, MI 48213

Join Zoom Meeting: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/83677774337

By phone: Meeting ID:  836 7777 4337.  (312) 626-6799

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Special Meeting of the District 4 CAC 3-25-2024

Special District 4 Community Advisory Council Meeting

Time: Mar 25th, 2024 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Update! We have secured a venue for those who wish to meet face-to-face:
Jefferson East, Inc. 14641 E. Jefferson Detroit, MI 48215

[Note: This special meeting has a different link and meeting ID than our regular meetings].

Join Zoom Meeting
https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/9192990328?omn=81002109867

Meeting ID: 919 299 0328
(312) 626-6799
Find your local number: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/u/kAs4hXPsE

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Regular March 2024 Meeting of the D4 CAC

D4 CAC

Real Community Engagement

Monday, March 11, 2024, 7 PM

Zoom Only: Join Zoom Meeting: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/83677774337

By phone: Meeting ID:  836 7777 4337.  (312) 626-6799

Other numbers: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/u/khgUvemVR

Welcome & Invocation

I. Call to Order

Roll call.

Chairperson Jocelyn Harris

Vice Chairperson Dennis Bryant

Secretary Scotty Boman

Senior Issues Rep. and Treasurer: Sandra Turner-Handy

Correspondence Secretary Rose Jones

Parliamentarian Adrian Green

Youth Representative Ruth Zungunde

II. Approval of Agenda (Chair)

III. Approval of February Minutes (Secretary)

IV. Presentations, Hearings, and Discussions

  1. Acknowledge Government Officials (or spokespeople)
  2. Acknowledge Neighborhood Police Officers.
  3. Introduce Workgroup leaders and have each briefly state top priorities to be brought up to the Mayor and City Council.

V. Unfinished Business

  • 1. Update on potential date and time of Mayoral Meeting
  • Matters to be discussed at Mayoral Meeting (if any in addition to workgroup priorities).
  • 1. Update on potential date and time of City Council Meeting
  • Matters to be discussed at City Council Meeting (if any in addition to workgroup priorities).
  • Appointment of Latonya Foster to be event planner.

VI. New Business

  1. Election of Officers.
  2. Chair
  3. Vice Chair
  4. Secretary
  5. Treasurer
  6. AB Ford Park destruction/rebuild plan (possible resolution).
  7. Clarification of officer responsibilities.
  8. Draft CAC Organizational Structure.
  9. Work Groups meeting dates times.
  10. Special Meeting date for the Work Group Steering Committee.

VII. Reports

  1. Chairs Report.
  2. Treasurer Report
  3. Eastside Community Network (ECN) – MOU- Fiduciary update.
  4. Report from Detroit People’s Platform. Linda Campbell

VIII. Public Comments

Announcements.

Other comments (Community members are asked to limit comments to 2 minutes.)

IX. Adjournment

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Regular February 2024 Meeting of the D4 CAC

Link to meeting video:

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/83677774337

By phone:
Meeting ID: 836 7777 4337
(312) 626-6799
Find your local number: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/u/khgUvemVR

Agenda

January Minutes Draft

Note: We are looking for dedicated volunteers who are interested in participating in issue related work-groups. There is an acute need for more Communication Work-group participants.

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Special Meeting of the District 4 CAC 1-22-2024

Topic: Special Meeting to consider having the CAC purchase a Zoom subscription.
Time: Jan 22, 2024 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85807389887?pwd=cFJDU1N6QVhOTlJvUEw1SjdMaThudz09

Meeting ID: 858 0738 9887
Passcode: 499853

To participate via a phone call:
• +1 305 224 1968 US
• +1 309 205 3325 US
• +1 312 626 6799 US

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kew1GNisC3

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January 2024 District 4 Community Advisory Council Meeting

New Meeting info due to technical difficulties
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88689626513?pwd=MjZQZzl4Zmo3bDB2VEJoaTltQndwUT09

Meeting ID: 886 8962 6513
Passcode: 486014

The January, February & March meetings will all be virtual.

They will each begin at 7:00 PM on the second Monday of the month.

This meeting is on January 8th.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/7196063912?pwd=GawfAWXgabWn3n6VeOdSDEgtmjNtSd.1&omn=88164689037

Audio only participation is available with a conventional phone call:
Meeting ID: 719 606 3912
Passcode: r2L04u
(312) 626-6799

City of Detroit post:

https://detroitmi.gov/events/district-4-community-advisory-council-meeting-1-8-2024

At the meeting we will be considering the November draft of the minutes.
Download link here.

Agenda Download Link

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Agenda

Detroit District 4 Community Advisory Council

7:00 PM EST January 2024

Virtual via Zoom Teleconference

Opening Prayer (Volunteer)

I. Call to Order and Roll Call

  1. Call to order (Chairperson Jocelyn Harris)
  2. Roll call (Secretary Scotty Boman)
  3. Acknowledge elected officials (or Representatives) & Community members.

II. Adoption of Agenda

III. Approval of November Minutes (Secretary Scotty Boman)

IV. Presentations, Hearings, and Discussions

Community member questions for elected officials limited to 1 minute each or 3 minutes total.

  1. City Council Representative (Latisha Johnson)
  2. District Manager (Eboni Deberry)
  3. State Representatives (Joe Tate, Abraham Ayash & Veronica Paiz)
  4. Congressional (Sri Thanadar, Debbie Stabenow, Gary Peters)
  5. Detroit People’s Platform Presentation on December 6th Workgroup meeting. (Linda Campbell)

V. Unfinished Business

  1. Workgroup organizers concerns & appeal for more participants.
    (Limit comments to workgroup leaders)
  2. Priority issues based on survey results (Vice Chairperson Dennis Bryant).
  3. Mayoral meeting plans (update and planning by CAC members).
  4. City council meeting plans (letter & planning by CAC members).
  5. Barrier removal resolution
  6. Land Value Tax (LVT) Update.

VI. New Business

  1. Redistricting preferences and resolution.
  2. Announce and initiate plan for Election of Officer’s at March meeting.

VII. Reports

  1. Chairperson’s Report (Jocelyn Harris)
  2. Treasurer’s report (Senior Issues Representative) Sandra Turner-Handy
  3. Report on Holiday Celebration Jocelyn & Latonya Foster.
  4. Other CAC member reports.

VIII. Public Comment (3 minutes each with priority given to attendees who haven’t had a turn earlier.)

IX. Adjournment

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