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Ann Arbor City Council Meeting Summaries

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September 3, 2019

• DEFEATED: CM Ackerman reappointment to Planning Commission (defeated 6-5) (Legistar)

  • State law allows CM Ackerman to serve on the Planning Commission until the Mayor nominates another Council Member​

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/09/ann-arbor-council-divided-6-5-on-reappointing-colleague-to-planning-commission.html

  • A month after this Council meeting, I wrote a post about this issue: Elections Have Consequences

• APPROVED: $579,478 Lower Town Area Mobility Study (Legistar)​​​

  • This study was part of the FY20 approved budget for $649,478 ($579,478 plus $70,000 contingencies)

  • This study was defeated when first proposed for $732,992 at Feb 19, 2019 Council Meeting (Legistar) - at the time it was an 8-vote requirement to amend FY19 budget

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/09/ann-arbor-to-spend-nearly-650k-on-lower-town-mobility-study.html

• APPROVED: Public Release, redacted report about former HR Director Robyn Wilkerson (Legistar)

  • ​https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/09/former-ann-arbor-human-resources-director-frequently-caused-conflicts-with-others-report-finds.html

• APPROVED: $73,710 for Sustainability and Innovations to purchase solar panels to be installed at Fire Station 6, 1881 Briarwood Circle (Legistar)

  • ​https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/09/ann-arbor-oks-74k-contract-for-solar-panels-on-city-fire-station.html

• DEFEATED: Road Reconfiguration Pilot for Green Road, from Burbank Drive to Plymouth Road (Legistar)

  • Note: a similar resolution was defeated at the Aug 5, 2019 Council meeting ​(Legistar)

• DEFEATED: $27,000,000 General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds for the DDA to expand Ann Ashley Parking Structure Expansion, including $5,000,000 for office space (Legistar)

  • Note: ​This was brought back to the Oct 21, 2019 Council Meeting with a reduced cost of $23,000,000 and was also defeated (Legistar)

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/09/ann-arbor-council-rejects-4m-plan-for-new-dda-office-meeting-space.html

• US versus THEM: The Guilty Pleasure​