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Ann Arbor City Council Meeting Summaries

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For each City Council meeting, I provide links to the City's Legistar website, CTN's YouTube video, and links to my newsletters and voting charts that I publish on A2ELNEL.com. I list agenda items of interest from each meeting, along with Legistar links, articles I've written (highlighted purple), and articles published on MLive. Look for highlighted text to find votes on development, affordable housing, and the City's Sustainability and Innovations department.

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February 4, 2019

• APPROVED: $30,704 agreement with Washtenaw Community Mental Health for treatment services through Mental Health Court for 15th District Court participants (Legistar)

• APPROVED: $45,801 agreement with Avalon Housing for case management services through Mental Health Court for 15th District Court participants (Legistar)

• APPROVED: $135,750 agreement with Dawn Farms for drug abuse counselling and rehab services through Sobriety Court, Veterans Treatment Court, and Mental Health Court for 15th District Court participants (Legistar)

• APPROVED: Special assessment district for new curbs, gutters, sidewalks on Scio Church Rd (Legistar)

• APPROVED: $27,495 for additional study of water rates by Arcadis, to analyze alternative fee structures such as: eliminating the fourth tier, reverting to previous fee system, applying tiers to commercial classes, identifying other customer classes, or imposing flat rates (Legistar)

• APPROVED: $27,495 additional fund to Stantec, to collaborate with Arcadis to analyze alternative fee structures for water rates (Legistar)​

  • ​https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/02/ann-arbor-spending-50k-55k-to-find-out-if-it-got-water-rates-right.html

• APPROVED: Resolution in support of farmworker’s rights, boycott Wendy’s and other food service providers that do not participate in the Fair Food Program (Legistar)

  • ​https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/02/ann-arbor-officials-urge-residents-um-to-boycott-wendys.html

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/02/wendys-takes-issue-with-ann-arbor-councils-call-for-boycott.html

• APPROVED: Amendment to the city’s trespass ordinance, creating a process of citation rather than warrant. This procedural change is intended to prevent additional penalties for “failure to appear” when mailed notice is not received. (Legistar)

  • ​https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/02/ann-arbor-approves-new-approach-to-prosecuting-trespassers.html

• Additional Thoughts (Feb 3, 2019) - Snow Removal, Trespass Ordinance, Fair Food Program