Ann Arbor mayor announces plan to make Juneteenth an official city holiday
Updated 8:37 AM;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Mayor Christopher Taylor announced plans this week to make Juneteenth, a day celebrating Black freedom from slavery in the United States, an official city holiday.
With the annual celebration coming up June 19, Taylor said he’s working on a resolution with other City Council members to recognize the third Saturday in June as Juneteenth and make it a permanent municipal holiday in Ann Arbor.
“Juneteenth is a day of remembrance, and resolve,” he said in a statement. “A day to celebrate emancipation and to honor the strength, endurance and dignity of the African Americans subjected to the atrocity of American slavery.”
Ann Arbor adopts 9 ‘behavioral norms’ for council members to follow
Updated May 08, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Council Member Julie Grand, D-3rd Ward, speaks about new rules for governing Ann Arbor City Council members conduct, suggesting they can disagree on issues without putting forward conspiracy theories about each other s motives.CTN
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In a 9-2 vote, council adopted a new set of nine “behavioral norms” that council members are asked to follow:
Work with other council members to establish effective policies.
Encourage the free expression of opinion on policy issues by all council members.
Use the same care and caution when using electronic media as would be exercised when speaking face-to-face or through written memorandum.
Marijuana consumption lounge coming, M-14 crashes need to stop: Ann Arbor headlines May 1-6
Posted May 07, 2021
The owners behind the Liberty Provisioning Center marijuana dispensary on Ashley Street in downtown Ann Arbor have plans to open a cannabis consumption lounge in the pink house next door.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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Here is that headline and some more you might have missed this week.
Ann Arbor is getting its first commercial marijuana consumption lounge and officials say it also will be the first of its kind in Michigan.
Plans are in the works to convert the pink house at 336 S. Ashley St. next to the Liberty Provisioning Center marijuana dispensary on the west edge of downtown into a lounge allowing onsite consumption of cannabis products.
In 10-1 vote, Ann Arbor council punts on delving into Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Ann Arbor City Council Member Linh Song, D-2nd Ward, raises concerns about a proposal to have the city hold a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before council voted 10-1 to table it May 4, 2021.CTN
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Seeing lack of support to have the city facilitate a community conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the 2nd Ward representative voted to indefinitely table her own resolution.
In a 10-1 vote Tuesday morning, May 4, council punted on the proposal. The only one opposed was Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, who has previously expressed interest in taking up the issue.
Proposal would allow over 22,000 homes in Ann Arbor to add accessory apartments
Updated 12:39 PM;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials say the city’s restrictions on adding accessory apartments to homes are keeping homeowners from building them, but new rules could allow them on over 22,000 properties.
About a couple dozen Ann Arbor homeowners have applied to add accessory dwelling units known as ADUs to their properties since the city adopted an ADU ordinance in 2016.
In some cases, ADUs can be in detached structures such as a carriage house or an apartment above a garage, or a separate rental unit within a home or home addition.