Board Of Director Meeting

Detroit Land Bank Authority
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Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team

Note-taking by Paige Rollins

Board passes policy changes to be “more friendly” to purchasers. Oct. site crash affected sales & maybe client data

Live reporting by Ashley Williams

Board passes policy changes to be “more friendly” to purchasers. Oct. site crash affected sales & maybe client data

Ashley Williams
Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 2/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters For meeting information, including Zoom link, phone numbers, public comment instructions and meeting rules, visit https://buildingdetroit.org/events/meetings/

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 4/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters There are no participants for the public comment portion of the meeting. The meeting will go to the executive director report.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 5/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Saskia Thompson, Executive Director, is not present, but others are present to give the report in her absence.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 6/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters 109 individuals may have had their information compromised during attempted hacks in September to the website. The website is now fully operational and features many upgrades and security improvements.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 7/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters The website being down highly impacted sales during the month of October. They expect the lull in sales to catch up over the next couple of months.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 8/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Tim Devine, General Counsel DLBA, says that the Land Bank has learned a lot over the last several years it has existed.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 9/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters There will be changes coming for several policies to make them more friendly to homeowners. More information to come on these policies. Feedback from the board members will be taken into consideration.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 10/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters First resolution for discussion - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE & DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GLORYLAND NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 11/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Second - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GASTON NASH. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 12/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Third - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO OPTION TO
PURCHASE & DEVELOP AND AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY WITH THE GARDEN
BUG LLC. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 13/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Fourth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH JOY CRANSHAW AND KYLIE BELACHAIKOVSKY. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 14/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Fifth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH JEFFREY TRANCHELL. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 15/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Sixth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH BRECK CRANDELL AND MIRIAM PRANSCHKE. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 16/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Seventh - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO OPTION TO
PURCHASE & DEVELOP AND AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY WITH DETROIT
BLACK COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY NETWORK. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 17/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Eighth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH SHATIKA CLAXTON-DAVIDSON. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 18/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Ninth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH BLUE GATE MI LLC. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 19/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Tenth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DARNETTA BANKS. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 20/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Eleventh - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CRAIG AND TANYA BELL. Pass unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 21/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Twelfth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO PURCHASE
& DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH KAREN MCKIERNAN. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 22/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Thirteenth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO
AGREEMENTS WITH THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. I-94 Project. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 23/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Fourteenth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO OPTION TO
PURCHASE & DEVELOP AND AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY WITH INNER CITY
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 24/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Fifteenth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXHANGE PROPERTY
WITH DACORY COOPER. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 25/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Sixteenth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSFER PROPERTY
TO THE CITY OF DETROIT. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 26/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Seventeenth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CONVEY PROPERTY TO
THE CITY OF DETROIT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE JOE LOUIS GREENWAY. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 27/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Eighteenth - RESOLUTION ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
VACANT LAND POLICY. These amendments allow people to use the address on their ID to prove residency, and a change from 2 lot cap/life to 2 lot cap/year.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 30/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Nineteenth - RESOLUTION APPROVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CONVEY PROPERTY TO
WAYNE COUNTY. Passed unanimously.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 31/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters Twentieth - RESOLUTION ADOPTING RETAIL SALES ASSIGNMENT POLICY. Properties get stuck in the compliance pipeline, and this policy allows owners to assign to a third party. Will be vetted through compliance team, and legal will be consulting.

Ashley Williams @williams_ashsue 34/35

@BuildingDet @media_outlier @BridgeDet313 @PlanetDetroit @freep @wdet @Detour_Detroit @metrotimes @chalkbeatDET @DetDocumenters The board is expected to have nothing to vote on after the closed session, and will adjourn afterward. The public was asked to leave the Zoom meeting, while the board members remained.

Agency Information

Detroit Land Bank Authority

buildingdetroit.org

See Documenters reporting

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.

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