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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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November 16, 2020

This was the sixteenth regular Council meeting since Governor Whitmer declared a state of emergency and stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This meeting was held online, via the ZOOM application.

• This was the first Council meeting for CM Briggs, CM Disch, CM Eyer, CM Radina, CM Song. CM Grand was elected Mayor Pro Tem (Legistar)

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/11/ann-arbor-council-power-balance-shifts-but-latest-meeting-shows-divisions-remain.html

• APPROVED: Removal of street parking on the north side of Scio Church (between South Maple and Greenview) to create bike lanes. (Legistar)

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/11/street-parking-being-removed-to-add-bike-lane-on-scio-church-road.html

• APPROVED: $30,000 contract with Julie Roth for administration, implementation, and evaluation of the Ann Arbor Solarize Program through the Sustainability Office. (Legistar)

• APPROVED: Resolution accepting the results of the November 2020 elections and recognizing President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris. (Legistar)

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/11/ann-arbor-officials-call-trump-dangerous-condemn-his-refusal-to-accept-election-results.html

  • Resolution Accepting The Results Of The November 2020 Elections

  • Additional Thoughts (Nov 4, 2020) - Decent Principled Government

• Two resolutions related to directing Planning Commission to consider transit supported zoning districts

  • APPROVED: Resolution directing Planning Commission to consider designation of transit- supported zoning districts to increase housing density and options along major corridors. The commission would be asked to consider increasing allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) density, decreasing and/or eliminating parking requirements for new development along transit corridors and bring a recommendation to Council by June 15, 2021. (Legistar)

  • DEFEATED: Resolution directing Planning Commission to review and update the South State Street Corridor plan, consider designation of a transit- supported zoning district to increase housing density and options. The commission would be asked to consider increasing allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) density, decreasing and/or eliminating parking requirements for new development along the South State Street Corridor. (This was offered as a more narrowly framed alternative to the previous resolution.) (Legistar)

• APPROVED: Purchase of the Botsford Property. The City will contribute up to $202,500 toward the purchase of 20 acres at 3015 Miller Road in Scio Township as part of the Greenbelt District. (Legistar)