Board of Director's Meeting
Detroit Land Bank Authority
Development
Housing
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024
10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. EST
1301 3rd Street & Detroit, MI 48226 (Directions)
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team
Note-taking by
Craig Notte
The board approved property transfers to the city for the solar initiative and to Michigan Department of Transportation for the I-94 expansion. The DLBA faces challenges in managing property transactions due to mistakes by the title company and errors in the city tax rolls.
Live reporting by
Pamela Taylor
The board approved property transfers to the city for the solar initiative and to Michigan Department of Transportation for the I-94 expansion.
PTaylor
@ptdocsdetroit
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08:55 AM Nov 12, 2024 CST
The Detroit Land Bank is a public authority dedicated to returning Detroit’s vacant, abandoned, and foreclosed property to productive use. Current programs include auction, side lot, community partnership and demolition.
There are about 150 full-time employees at the Detroit Land Bank Authority.
DLBA BOARD MEMBERS Erica Ward Gerson, Chair Richard Hosey, Vice Chair - Finance Committee Carol Walters, Treasurer - Finance Committee Patricia Pernell-Shelton, Secretary - Community Engagement Committee Miranda Morrow-Bartell, Community Engagement Committee
Meeting called to order at 10:06am. Minutes from the last meeting were approved. Public comments: In person contractor has concerns about property a church wants to aquire, increase minority contractor partnership.
Online public comments: Non-profit has had a great relationship until 2018. Property that has a purchase agreement and unoccupied, the non-profit can't secure the home and materials, appliances are being stolen. Because of the assessment office, the sale cant go thru because -
2nd public comment: Tharmond Ligon, spokesperson for non-profit organization that participates in the Land Bank lot purchasing program. He is advocating for a policy adjustment that prioritizes local/community organizations ability to purchase properties before auctions.
The concern is that community organizations are at a disadvantage when there are investors or spectators that can pay more. However, often communities are seeing investors that are not good property stewards and contribute to community blight.
New Business: i. Negotiating with American Community Council for property to complete solar project. 3rd request to transfer property for the project. Snarky comment: Wish they would get their act together. Approved ii. Resolution approved
iii. Approved (enter into a option agreement with Church of the Messiah to build 60 new units) iv. Sale 9 parcels on Marjorie St.
v. Resolution approved vi: Consultant wages for Blight elimination Rounds 3 and 4 focuses on fourplex units and apartment units. Resolution approved vii: Audit review: Resolution approved Meeting going into closed session @ 11:04
Oops....vii was an agreement with another consultant that was approved (sorry) viii: Audit review: Resolution approved They still went into closed session at 11:06!
If you believe anything in the coverage today is inaccurate, please email us at documenters@outliermedia.org with “Correction Request” in the subject line.
Meeting adjourned at 11:31 a.m. This concludes the Detroit Land Bank Authority Board of Directors meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for January 21, 2025. For more meeting coverage, check out documenters.org
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Live reporting by
Pamela Taylor
The board approved property transfers to the city for the solar initiative and to Michigan Department of Transportation for the I-94 expansion.
PTaylor
@ptdocsdetroit
What up doe! I’ll be live-tweeting today's Detroit Land Bank Authority Board of Director's Meeting @ 10am for #DETdocumenters @DetDocumenters media partners: @BridgeDet313 @chalkbeatDET @freep @metrotimes @Michigan_Public @media_outlier @PlanetDetroit @wdet @wxyzdetroit
08:55 AM Nov 12, 2024 CST
The Detroit Land Bank is a public authority dedicated to returning Detroit’s vacant, abandoned, and foreclosed property to productive use. Current programs include auction, side lot, community partnership and demolition.
There are about 150 full-time employees at the Detroit Land Bank Authority.
DLBA BOARD MEMBERS Erica Ward Gerson, Chair Richard Hosey, Vice Chair - Finance Committee Carol Walters, Treasurer - Finance Committee Patricia Pernell-Shelton, Secretary - Community Engagement Committee Miranda Morrow-Bartell, Community Engagement Committee
Meeting called to order at 10:06am. Minutes from the last meeting were approved. Public comments: In person contractor has concerns about property a church wants to aquire, increase minority contractor partnership.
Online public comments: Non-profit has had a great relationship until 2018. Property that has a purchase agreement and unoccupied, the non-profit can't secure the home and materials, appliances are being stolen. Because of the assessment office, the sale cant go thru because -
2nd public comment: Tharmond Ligon, spokesperson for non-profit organization that participates in the Land Bank lot purchasing program. He is advocating for a policy adjustment that prioritizes local/community organizations ability to purchase properties before auctions.
The concern is that community organizations are at a disadvantage when there are investors or spectators that can pay more. However, often communities are seeing investors that are not good property stewards and contribute to community blight.
New Business: i. Negotiating with American Community Council for property to complete solar project. 3rd request to transfer property for the project. Snarky comment: Wish they would get their act together. Approved ii. Resolution approved
iii. Approved (enter into a option agreement with Church of the Messiah to build 60 new units) iv. Sale 9 parcels on Marjorie St.
v. Resolution approved vi: Consultant wages for Blight elimination Rounds 3 and 4 focuses on fourplex units and apartment units. Resolution approved vii: Audit review: Resolution approved Meeting going into closed session @ 11:04
Oops....vii was an agreement with another consultant that was approved (sorry) viii: Audit review: Resolution approved They still went into closed session at 11:06!
If you believe anything in the coverage today is inaccurate, please email us at documenters@outliermedia.org with “Correction Request” in the subject line.
Meeting adjourned at 11:31 a.m. This concludes the Detroit Land Bank Authority Board of Directors meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for January 21, 2025. For more meeting coverage, check out documenters.org
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Agency Information
Detroit Land Bank Authority
The Detroit Land Bank is a public authority dedicated to returning Detroit’s vacant, abandoned, and foreclosed property to productive use. Current programs include auction, side lot, community partnership and demolition.
There are about 150 full-time employees at the Detroit Land Bank Authority. While all the names are not available on the DLBA site, Documenters was provided with the following list of some of the board members and staff.