Join online: https://detroitmi.gov/events/notice-public-outreach-proposed-eastern-market-zoning-update-creating-market-and-distribution

This meeting is part of the Department of Neighborhoods DONCast series.

We’ll have more notes, recordings, and archived materials: https://detroit.documenters.org/assignments/proposed-eastern-market-zoning-update-4218/

📎 No agenda, but here’s a meeting notice: https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/events/2022-07/2022-07-18%20Eastern%20Market%20DONCast%20-%20REV.docx https://t.co/VV4vZ9NoN4

🏃 Need to catch up on the PDD? See our past reporting: https://detroit.documenters.org/reporting/?search=detroit+planning+and+development+department

See Ashley’s tweets from the last meeting we covered: https://twitter.com/williams_ashsue/status/1531756069554380800

🗞 In March, Detroit city council extended the review period for the proposed MKT district. My notes for Detroit Documenters: https://detroit.documenters.org/assignments/detroit-city-council-formal-session-10-am-3627/

The @USDA announced they will establish a service center in Detroit to better serve urban farmers. At a June meeting in Eastern Market, they said it will open within a year. From @j_e_n_a_b: https://www.bridgedetroit.com/in-detroit-the-usda-will-open-its-first-service-center-for-urban-agriculture/

❓ The Planning and Development Department makes strategic plans to foster communities and businesses. It conducts public hearings and studies for proposed developments. PDD director @Antoine1911 was appointed by @MayorMikeDuggan.

From the city charter: https://detroitmi.gov/government/city-clerk/city-detroit-charter-information https://t.co/JQqcOqJDjp

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Found something inaccurate? Email documenters@outliermedia.org with the subject “Correction Request”. I’ll add corrections at the end.

See you at 05:00 PM!

Since this meeting is hosted by the Department of Neighborhoods, we’ll also get to hear about other topics: https://twitter.com/WeThePeopleDet/status/1549105901054959618

The online meeting is open. Raymond Solomon is the director of the Department of Neighborhoods. https://t.co/mZ5cOwqMgW

⌚️ At 05:01 PM, the meeting starts! Kim Tandy, District 2 manager, starts introductions. #DETdocumenters https://t.co/DASNhhFdmi

Tenicia Johnson, District 1 business liason, joins for business updates. She features the newly-opened Rosa coffee shop in Rosedale Park. … https://t.co/EuGwW8r72e

Co-founder Charity Dean talks about how it all began, emphasizing the café is “majority Black-owned” and that they took community input prior to opening. Dean expects to start selling alcohol next year.

Tandy asks others if there are questions for Dean. None speak up.

Tenecia Johnson also highlights Motor City Java, another new café near Lahser Road. https://t.co/7AA1WPMHy8

Monique, representing Detroit Champion for Hope, asks if young people are employed at Motor City Java. Johnson says they do have a summer internship program.

Cynthia, District 4 community liason, wants to confirm Rosa’s business hours.

📊 Brian Peckinpaugh, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department public affairs director, now presents their new rate structure and water affordability plan. Peckinpaugh mentions a rate study they conducted. https://t.co/swyV0CnVgK

Peckinpaugh explains the new inclining block rate, where past a certain threshold of water usage, a customer rate will increase. He says “over 70 percent of residential customers will see a decrease in the total water bill”. https://t.co/aLERLXp2YA

Now the Lifeline Pilot Plan. Peckinpaugh mentions that “water affordability advocates say there’s a burden to household income if their [monthly] water bill is more than 1.8 percent of the average household income.” https://t.co/Mn46Ukrjs0

Peckinpaugh talks about the three tiers of monthly bills for Lifeline Plan customers. These estimates are for the first 4,500 gallons. He says 72 percent of their residential customers use 4,500 gallons or less per month. https://t.co/04MCiuLvcA