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REPORT July 22, 2010
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #10141 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR THE "CLOSE ALL
ROUTES AND PREVENT ASIAN CARP TODAY ACT OF 2010"
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on July
12, 2010, hereby recommends that the msolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move tlit duc nue u.tpla r ..le
foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Capello absent.
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Miscellaneous Resolution # 10141
BY: Commissioner Shelley G. Taub, District #16, John A. Scott, District #5, Tim Burns, District
#19, Marcia Gershenson, District #17, Jim Nash, Dist!lot #15, Gary R. McGillivray, District
#24, Tim Greimel, District #11, Christine Long, District #7, Sue Ann Douglas, District #12,
Thomas F. Middleton, District #4, Bradford C. Jacobsen, District #1
RE: Board of Commissioners — Support for the "Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp
Today Act of 2010"
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Great Lakes and the inland waters throughout the State of Michigan and Oakland
County are vital natural and economic assets to this region. The fisheries alone generate over $7
billion in economic activity and support 800,000 jobs; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has more natural lakes than any other county in the state. There are
more than 1,400 lakes, streams and waterways, and the headwaters of five major rivers within the
900 square mile area of Oakland County, and
WHEREAS the Asian carp, a predator fish, poses a significant threat to native fish, such as: perch,
black bass. walleye, lake trout, salmon, pike and steelhead. The aggressive Asian carp compete for
food and space; and
WHEREAS the Asian carp can weigh between up to 100 pounds and when they jump out of the
water they pose a significant safety risk to boaters; and
WHEREAS it has been proposed that in order to prevent the invasion of Asian carp into the Great
Lakes. it is necessary to close the pathways to the Great Lakes, specifically the Illinois locks; and
WHEREAS House Bill (H.R. 4472) and Senate Bill (S. 2946) propose to enact the "Close All Routes
and Prevent Asian carp Today Act of 2010" — "The CARP Act". These pieces of legislation have
bipartisan support and direct the Secretary of the Army to take action with respect to the Chicago
waterway system to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan; and
WHEREAS the Carp Act, introduced in January 2010, requires the Secretary of the Army to take
actions to ensure:
(11 The immediate closure and ceasing of operation of the locks at the O'Brien Lock and Dam
and the Chicago Controlling Works until a strategy relating to controlled lock operations is
developed;
(2) The installation of structures in the North Shore Channel and the Grand Calumet and Little
Calumet Rivers to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan;
(3) The installation of interim barriers in the Chicago waterway system between the Des
Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Illinois and Michigan Canal
and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to prevent bighead and silver carps from entering
the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during a flood event;
(4) The operation of the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System at optimal operating power and the
expedited completion of proposed barrier IIB of such system;
(5) The comprehensive monitoring of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and all connected
waterways for the presence and location of bighead and silver carps;
(6) The eradication of any bighead or silver carps discovered in the Chicago waterway system;
(7) The upgrading and making permanent of barrier I of the Electrical Disbursal barrier System
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in a location and with the features and operations determined to be the most effective;
(8) The implementation of measures recommended in the efficacy study authorized under the
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 or provided in related interim reports;
(9) The implementation of emergency measures to prevent bighead and silver carps from
dispersing into the Great Lakes; and
(10) The acquisition of real estate necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of
the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System.
WHEREAS the Carp Act requires the Secretary to report to Congress on strategies for addressing
any effects with respect to commerce and flood control resulting from such actions.
NOW THEKti-thit EW Ii titSULVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
supports the preservation of the Michigan Great Lakes and Oakland County's lakes and inland
waters from the invasion of Asian carp.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges the
enactment of House Bill (H.R. 4472) and Senate Bill (S. 2946) which propose to enact the "Close All
Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010" — "The CARP Act".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to President Barack Obama, the U.S. Secretary of Army, the Michigan
Delegation to the U.S. Congress and Senate, the Congressional Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Michigan Association
of Counties, the National Association of Counties and Oakland CountVs legislative lobbyists.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Re.wiution.-
Commissioner Thomas F. Middleton
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Resolution #10141 June 9, 2010
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #10141 July 22, 2010
Moved by Gosselin supported by Nash the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent
Agenda-be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
Discussion followed.
AYES: Burns, Coulter. Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Jackson, Jacobsen, Long,
McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potts, Runestad, Scott, Taub. Zack, Bullard. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
ABSTAIN: Schwartz. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
DOES OT NOME COUNTY EXECUTIVE ACTIN
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I. Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 22, 2010, with
the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac,
Michigan this 22nd day of July, 2010.
Gat
Ruth Johnson. County Clerk