HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.20.25 S. MLK CIA Meeting Minutes
South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Corridor Improvement Authority
Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
March 20th, 2025
UA Local 333 Plumbers and Pipefitters
5405 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Lansing, MI 48911
Members Present: Amanda Defrees, Kristina Schmidgall, Don
“Moose” Sober, Dustin Howard
Members Absent:
Facilitator Present: Kahleea Washington (Lansing EDC)
Guests Present:
Public:
Recorded by:
Call to Order/ Roll Call
Erin Buitendorp, Ali Bennett,
Michael Kahleea Washington
(Lansing EDC)
Chair Defrees called the meeting to order at 1:10
Approval of Meeting Minutes - Action
MOTION: Howard motioned to approve the minutes, and Schmidgall seconded.
YEAS: Unanimous
Approval of FY 2025/26 Budget:
MOTION: Dustin Support: Schmidgall
YEAS: Unanimous
Adoption of the Marketing RFP
Conversation on event coordination, working with
YEAS: Unanimous
Updates on Corridor Projects:
Paul Anderson provided updates on the SW Thrive and FIP
Updates on TCP Projects:
Washington provide updates on the art competition.
Christi Nakajima from Rock Mountain Institute presented
on potential traffic calming measures for the S. MLK
Blvd. corridor.
Other Business
The board continued the discussion on traffic calming
measures.
Yanelis Lopez from La Mulata presnted on her business
coming to the corridor. The baord expressed it support
for the project.
Public
Comment
Michael
Adjournment
2:26 X
Amanda Defrees
Chairperson,
South Marting Luther King Jr. Blvd. Corridor Improvement Authority