Give Us Your Angry Calls - with guest DeLisa Fountain
During the Sept 8th Lansing city council meeting the council heard two plans from property developers: one in north Old Town near the Turner Dodge House to build a new apartment building with 76 units using a brownfield redevelopment tax incentive plan, another in South Lansing next to the Oak Park YMCA to continue to maintain a 618 unit “village” with a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) plan. Take note! the Mayor will be in a dunk tank THIS SATURDAY, don’t miss your opportunity to dunk the Mayor!Our special guest this episode is DeLisa Fountain, DeLisa is a proud mom of three young men, and she works as the Director of Lansing's Neighborhoods, Arts & Citizen Engagement Department. She also champions community engagement by working with various youth empowerment organizations, serving on the Capital Area Community Services Board, the Lansing Empowerment Network Board, and the Mayor’s Gun Violence Task Force.Find more great stuff on the Patreon:https://patreon.com/WhatLansingCouncilLook at this for more information on the Mayor dunk tank and community fundraising event (sorry, I can only find the facebook posting about this): https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C3vqCBPh4/Information about City Council: https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-CouncilInformation about the Neighborhoods, Arts & Citizen Engagement Department: https://www.lansingmi.gov/180/Neighborhoods-Arts-Citizen-EngagementInformation about the Neighborhood Resource Summit on October 15th: https://www.lansingmi.gov/905/Neighborhood-Resource-Summits
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Pizza Hour with guest Sarah Anthony
At the August 25th meeting the Lansing city council updated the process for deciding who gets city contracts over $15,000 dollars. Council also did some self-regulating, to update attendance and punishment rules for missed meetings. Public comments include both angry and appreciative stances on trash collection consolidation and plans for unhoused residents.Our guest is State Senator Sarah Anthony. Senator Anthony represents Michigan’s 21st district which includes all of Eaton county and ⅔ of Ingham county, she has previously worked as an elected Ingham County commissioner and state representative, now as Senator she is the chair of the Senate appropriations committee.Follow Senator Anthony:https://www.instagram.com/sarahanthony517/https://www.facebook.com/SarahAnthony517https://x.com/sarahanthony517Lansing City Council:https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-CouncilWhat Lansing Council Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/WhatLansingCouncil
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Progress not Perfection with special guest Eva Menefee
The audience chamber at the August 11th Lansing city council meeting was packed! Folks voiced their opinions on how the city treats people experiencing homelessness. An East Lansing city council member, Ingham county health services workers, a reverend, land owners, current shelter workers, emergency services workers, community organizers, and many others gave comments. Council approved $650,000 for a one time purchase of 50 pod units for new temporary housing.Also the capital area transportation authority (CATA) director gave a rousing update, the Riverwalk theater wants to serve adult beverages to theater goers, and the Granger group is not impressed by plans to make the city the sole trash collector. Our special guest is Eva Menefee works as the lead faculty advisor at Lansing Community College as well as an instructor, she has raised her family in Lansing, and she runs a food truck at pow-wows and other cultural events during the summers!Visit the Patreon page to sign up for more perks from the show - like a map of places discussed at the meeting:https://www.patreon.com/WhatLansingCouncilCheck out Eva’s food truck at the Pow Wow at Adado Riverfront Park hosted by The Anishinaabe Friendship Center (AFC) September 27 - 28th. https://www.lansing.org/event/annual-dance-by-the-river-pow-wow/55245/Learn more about city council here: https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-Council
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Help Us Don't Sweep Us - with special guest Eric Tans
At the July 28th City Council meeting the Mayor is raked over the coals for a city lawsuit against local property owners allowing an unhoused encampment, other comment about construction bidding rules, property redevelopment plans, and tenant / landlord rule changes pack less heat - but it was an undeniably charged night at council. Our special guest is Eric Tans! Eric works as an Environmental Scientist Research Librarian with Michigan State University (MSU), he is a member of the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) board, and is the top scorer for the Brew-ons at the ice cube hockey rink! Eric’s research on the history of the Red Cedar River is beautifully presented here:https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/00bb4a7660fd4516bd813ffee5b5758aLearn more about city council here:https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-CouncilVisit the Patreon page here for the map of issues discussed in this meeting:https://www.patreon.com/whatLansingCouncil
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We’ve Looked at Crime from Both Sides Now - with guest Jody Washington
Here is the Podcast's Patreon Page:Patreon.com/WhatLansingCouncilVote on the perks for being a WLC patreon member!*****************During the July 14th Lansing city council meeting the council got a slick update on Lansing airport happenings, there are continuing brownfield development plans on plans on plans, some multi-property landlords were not in-favor of proposed renter insurance ordinances changes, there was an inter-council red-tag fee quarrel, and frustration over a police commissioner board re-appointment. Our special guest is Jody Washington. She is a former city council member, current charter commission member, and long time community activist in Lansing.NOTES:Jody mentions Brian Jeffries and Lori Adam Simons - they are the Chair and Vice Chair of the Charter Commission. The Michigan flyer is a bus service to and from the Detroit airport (DTW) and the Marriott in East Lansing. Sarah Anthony is our state senator for Michigan’s 21st district that includes most of Lansing and Easton county. The acronym AMI stands for Area Median Income - this metric is used to determine the affordability of housing in the context of the area. Here is the city page for the charter commission:https://www.lansingmi.gov/1238/Commission-MembersLearn more about city council here:https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-Council
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