HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1983.06.23 - 11597Miscellaneous Resolution # 83187 June 23, 1983
By: John P. Calandro, County Commissioner, District #24
In re: The Establishment of a Lake Level for Walled Lake and Shawood Lake
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Act 146 of the Public Acts of 1961, the Inland Lake Level
Act, establishes a procedure for the establishment of a legal lake level for
inland lakes in the State of Michigan; and
WHEREAS Walled Lake and Shawood Lake are public inland lakes approxi-
mately 584 acres in size, located within the City of Novi and the City of Walled
Lake in southwestern Oakland County; and
WHEREAS there now exists a lake level control structure at the natural
outlet of Walled Lake, located in the City of Novi, which is inadequate to properly
control the lake levels of Walled Lake and Shawood Lake; and
WHEREAS the establishment of a lake level for Walled Lake and Shawood
Lake under the provisions of Act 146 of 1961, would provide for the protection
of the public health, welfare and safety of the citizens downstream from these
lakes and would conserve the natural resources of the state and would preserve
and enhance the property values around Walled Lake and Shawood Lake; and
WHEREAS the City of Novi further believes that the construction of a
new lake level control structure for Walled Lake and Shawood Lake would permit
a more effective control of the lake levels, and more particularly, would permit
the establishment of a winter lake level at lower elevations, thereby reducing
the risks of high water runoff from Walled Lake and Shawood Lake in the spring,
and to this end, have brought this question before the citizens of the City of
Novi at the next election; and
WHEREAS the citizens of Novi have voted affirmatively to pay a special
millage levy to better manage storm water flows in their community; and
WHEREAS the establishment of the lake levels on Walled Lake and Shawood
Lake are vital to the success of this program; and
WHEREAS the City of Walled Lake has been unwilling to join in the
establishment of a legal lake level for Walled Lake and Shawood Lake; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners of the County of Oakland may,
upon its own motion cause to be determined the normal height and level of
Walled Lake and Shawood Lake.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that by their action, the Board of
Commissioners should cause to be determined the normal heighth and level of
the water of Walled Lake and Shawood Lake.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners directs the
Drain Commissioner to determine the normal level of Walled Lake and Shawood
Lake and to establish a special assessment district accordingly.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners directs the
Prosecutor's Office to initiate the proper petition in the Oakland County Circuit
Court for the appropriate proceedings for such determination.
MR. CHAIRPERSON, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
John P. Calandro
County Commissioner, District #24
#83187 June 23, 1983
The chairperson referred the resolution to the Planning and
Building Committee. There were no objections.