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

Ashley Williams

06:53 AM Nov 16, 2021 CST

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@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/

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.