HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1983.11.02 - 11693Miscellaneous Resolution # 832814 October 6, 1983
BY: John P. Calandro, Oakland County Commissioner--District #24
G. William Caddell, DC, Oakland County Commissioner--District #25
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
approximately 384 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 protec-
tion 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 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
WHEREAS the Cities of Novi and Walled Lake working together have
agreed to a cost sharing formula which fairly allocates the project costs
to each party and will allow for a funding method which will eliminate
the necessity to special assess the affected property owners; and
WHEREAS Act 146 makes no provision for municipalities to initiate
the establishment of a lake level on behalf of its citizens but does empower
the Board of Commissioners of the County of Oakland upon its own motion
to cause to be determined the normal height and level of the water of
Walled Lake and Shawood Lake; and
WHEREAS the Cities of Novi and Walled Lake have mutually
requested such an action.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that by their action the
Board of Commissioners on behalf of the Cities of Novi and
Walled Lake should cause to be determined the normal height
and level of the water of Walled Lake and Shawood Lake.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board for the protection
of the public health, welfare and safety and to preserve the
natural resources of the state and protect the values of property
around the lakes deems it expedient to determine and establish
the normal height and level of Walled Lake and Shawood Lake
located in the City of Walled Lake and the City of Novi, Oakland
County, Michigan, pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 146
of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended.
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, we move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution,
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November 3m, 1983
REPORT
By: Planning and Building Committee - Anne P. Hobart, Chairperson
In re: Resolution 183284, The Establishment of a Lake Level for
Wailed Take and Shamood Lake
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairneson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Planning and Building Committee, having reviewed
Resolution 083284, report:5 with the recommendation that this
resolution be adopted.
MR. CHAIRPERSON, on behalf of the Planning and Building
Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
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O. ALLEN
Coun
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Moved by Hobart supported by Calandra the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Hobart supported by Nelson the report be accepted. -
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Calandra, Doyon, Foley, Fortino, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn,
Lanni, Law, McConnell, McDonald, McPherson, Moffitt, Moore, Nelson, Perinoff,
Perniek, Rewold, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #8328k adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners•
at their meeting held on November 3, 1983
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
3rd day of / ) November 19 83 .
Clerk/Register of Deeds
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