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Kalamazoo City Commission meeting: June 17

A screenshot of Public Media Network's livestream of Monday's Kalamazoo City Commission meeting. You can find the link to PMN's livestream at the bottom of this article.

The Kalamazoo City Commission met on Monday, June 17 and took the following actions:

  • The city approved a 5% Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for Standard Caddis 4 Limited Dividend Housing Association Limited Partnership for the River’s Edge project located at 508 Harrison Street and 660 Gull Road.
  • A housing development loan agreement was also approved for the creation of 228 housing and live/work units at 508 Harrison Street and 660 Gull Road for $420,000.
  • A resolution was also approved in favor of a Brownfield Plan for the redevelopment project at 5135 and 5147 Portage Road.
  • The city also accepted a grant in the amount of $483,000 from the Michigan State Police for crisis intervention training and behavioral health co-response services with Integrated Service of Kalamazoo.
  • The city also approved a professional service agreement with Peerless-Midwest for well rehabilitation services in the amount of $236,300. A contract with Balkema Site Work & Development was also approved for $603,346 for the Springfield Avenue water main replacement project.
  • The city also approved a three-year contract with CDWG through the MiDeal cooperative purchasing program for the purchase of Microsoft licenses in the amount of $859,766.76.

You can watch the meeting online here. You can review the official agenda and detailed reports and documents related to each agenda item (beyond what is provided in this summary) here.