HomeMy WebLinkAboutS. MLK CIA Meeting Minutes 05.16.24
S. Marting Luther King Jr. Blvd. Corridor Improvement Authority Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
May 23th, 2024, 1 pm
Plumber and Pipefitters Union Hall
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing, MI 48910
Members Present: Price Dobernick, Amanda Defrees, Don Sober
Members Absent: Theresa Stokes, Kristina Schmidgall
Facilitator Present: Alex Watkins (LEDC), Kahleea Washington (LEDC)
Guests Present: Tiana Gillis (MDOT), Andrea Strach (MDOT), Scott Cook
(MDOT)
Public: David Wiener, Paul Anderson, Pastor Coye
Boyer, members of Kingdom Life Ministries Church
Recorded by: Alex Watkins
Call to Order/ Roll Call: Dobernick called meeting to order at 1:04 pm, enough
members present for quorum.
Approval of Meeting Minutes – Action:
Motion to approve April meeting minutes.
Defrees motioned, Sober Second.
Unanimously approved.
MDOT/ City of Lansing Pedestrian Crossing Presentation:
Gillis and Strach reviewed the reasons for installing the pedestrian crossings on
South MLK Blvd. They also discuss how MDOT decides where pedestrian
locations are going to be placed. They reviewed the four locations in which the
pedestrian crossings are going to be installed and also went over what
maintenance will be needed to ensure the upkeep of the pedestrian islands.
The main decision was whether or not to add flowers and landscaping to the
pedestrian islands or leave the islands as cement blocks. The board decided
that landscaping and flowers would be a great addition to the corridor and that
they would like to see pedestrian islands with this feature. It was discussed that
MDOT would provide the maintenance for the pedestrian islands in the first two
years and that S MLK CIA would provide maintenance for the next three years.
Annual estimates for upkeep of the islands was also discussed as well as the
decision to higher and outside company to perform the maintenance tasks.
Approval to add action item of Pedestrian Island Maintenance to the agenda –
Action
Motion to approve Pedestrian Island Maintenance to the agenda.
Defrees motioned, Sober Second. Unanimously approved.
Approval to be responsible for maintenance of Pedestrian Island in years 3 -5 – Action
Motion to approve to be responsible for maintenance of Pedestrian Island in
years 3 -5
Defrees motioned, Sober Second.
Unanimously approved.
Approval to use tax capture for Pedestrian Island maintenance in years 3 -5 – Action
Motion to use tax capture for Pedestrian Island Maintenance.
Defrees motioned, Sober Second.
Unanimously approved.
Project Management Proposal:
The South MLK corridor improvement authority reviewed the project management
proposal provided by southwest Action Group. Anderson spoke about his commitment
to southwest Lansing and assisting the South MLK CIA as well as his experience in
working with community and project development/ management. It was decided that
there are a few items that need to be added to the proposal before the board votes
upon acceptance. This item was tabled until the June meeting.
Other Business: Pastor Bouyer went into further detail about the environmental
studies being done on Maple Grove elementary. He also talked about working
with the city to make sure that was being done with the current state of the
building will be safe for the neighborhood. Pastor Bouyer also talked about other
community entities that could be a part of the neighbor Grove redevelopment.
Dobernick spoke about his opportunity to be promoted within the plumbers and
pipe-fitters’ union and in the upcoming months would be resigning from the
board due to additional job responsibilities. Members of the board thank
Dobernick for his leadership and support over the years.
Washington discussed her proposal for street sign toppers. She passed out
literature about what street sign toppers are and how they promote the corridor.
Discussion was had by the board on name branding the corridor. Further
discussion about this proposal in June.
Public Comment:
Adjournment: Dobernick adjourned meeting at 2:10 pm
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Price Dobernick, Chairman S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Corridor Improvement Authority