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Ann Arbor officials look to ACLU for opinion on legality of new City Council rules
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
City Council Member Jen Eyer, D-4th Ward, defends Ann Arbor s new council rules Feb. 16, 2021. The body needs this ability to say that these are our values and we don t think that certain conduct reflects those values, she said.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Some Ann Arbor officials are questioning the constitutionality of new City Council rules aimed at limiting council members’ speaking times and holding them accountable for personal attacks against each other.
“There is a high likelihood that there’s viewpoint discrimination here with this adopted set of rules,” said Council Member Ali Ramlawi, D-5th Ward, who called for reconsideration of the rules Tuesday night, Feb. 16.
Ann Arbor officials enthusiastically OK Packard Street mixed-use development
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials are enthusiastic about a three-story development coming to 2111 Packard St.
Making special note of some of its sustainability features and mix of uses, City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Feb. 1, to approve the 72-unit apartment building with 118 bedrooms and two ground-floor retail spaces.
The project is being proposed by Jackson Dearborn Partners LLC, a company co-founded by Ryan Tobias of Triad Real Estate Partners, working with Myefski Architects.
“This is an exciting project,” said Council Member Lisa Disch, D-1st Ward, who serves on Planning Commission.
See which of Ann Arbor’s 144 miles of sidewalk gaps will get filled first
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
A screenshot of Ann Arbor s sidewalk gap prioritization dashboard unveiled at a City Council work session Jan. 11, 2021.City of Ann Arbor
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ANN ARBOR, MI With a new tax to fill gaps in the city sidewalk network, Ann Arbor officials are moving forward on prioritizing which ones to address first.
City Engineer Nick Hutchinson presented City Council with a new online dashboard Monday night, Jan. 11, including an interactive map of all 144 miles of sidewalk gaps in the city, ranked by priority from highest to lowest.
Ann Arbor considering ban on police use of facial-recognition technology
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
Posted Jan 07, 2021
An Ann Arbor Police Department K-9 Unit parked outside the police station on Dec. 31, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials are considering a ban on police use of a facial-recognition technology.
The issue came up this week as City Council reconsidered its recent approval of a $348,308 contract for new dashboard cameras for Ann Arbor Police Department vehicles.
Even though facial-recognition technology is not part of the contract and Police Chief Michael Cox said AAPD doesn’t use it, Linh Song, a council liaison to the city’s police oversight commission, said she brought the contract back for reconsideration Monday night, Jan. 4, to have a public discussion about it and address concerns.