City Council Newsletters

Tomorrow, in a special Tuesday meeting, Ann Arbor City Council considers a lengthy agenda with includes a tenants’ right to organize and sale of the Kline’s lot.

Tomorrow, Ann Arbor City Council will consider a very short agenda with only one regular item: allocations from the Community Event Fund. After this meeting, Council will observe a three week break. Their next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 8th.

Tomorrow, Ann Arbor City Council considers a long agenda and hosts public hearings on three rezonings and an ordinance amendment. Additionally, Council will consider extra permit requirements for special events (including neighborhood block parties) and new rules that will make it harder for a new composition of Council to debate and discuss agenda items. For more on that, see my Additional Thoughts.

This week, City Council agenda includes three public hearings for rezonings at Wagner Road, 3785 Varsity Drive, and 700 N Main; two public hearings for ordinance amendments regarding sustainable developments and oak wilt prevention; plus one public hearing for the issuance of $18 million in bonds for affordable housing. Resolutions direct City staff to develop tenant protections and a six month moratorium on short term rental licenses.

Tomorrow, Ann Arbor City Council votes on a relatively short agenda: amendment to bicycle parking requirements postponed from a previous meeting, zoning for two recently annexed parcels, and a rezoning that anticipates the demolition and redevelopment of the LIVE club and Last Word bar. At first reading, Council will consider a new ordinance to prevent the spread of oak wilt. For the third time since 2004, City Council will discuss a resolution calling out protests at a local synagogue. That resolution directs City staff to model a local ordinance after a fairly controversial New York law.

City Council is voting on a long agenda, including three rezonings and two City charter amendments for the November ballot. A resolution directs the City Administrator to report on a potential “Anti Displacement Plan” in response to recently approved Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The Consent Agenda this week includes a new development agreement for Southtown, which is currently in bankruptcy, a contract for water main replacement near the Enclave development on Packard, and a $200,000 consultant contract for the study of local reparations.

Ann Arbor City Council considers a very short agenda. There will be two public hearings, on ordinance amendments updating terms re: solid waste containers and clarifying reviews for stormwater management systems. There’s a more significant item on the consent agenda, expanding eligibility and funding for a grant program through the Office of Sustainability and Innovations.

This week, Ann Arbor City Council will approve a budget for FY2027 and fee adjustments across multiple departments. The rest of the agenda includes zoning amendments to permit short-term-rentals, City rebates on electric cars with funds from the Climate Action millage, and communicating concern to the University of Michigan about the loss of future tax revenue if the University buys property from Concordia University.

This week, Ann Arbor City Council will hear a budget presentation from the City administrator and host a public hearing about expansion and renewal of the DDA development district. At first reading, Council will consider increases to water, stormwater, and sewer rates. On the Consent Agenda, Council will express support for MDOT plans to reconfigure East Huron/Washtenaw between Main and Stadium.