HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1977.08.18 - 130793136 Miscellaneous Resolution # August 18, 1977
BY: PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE, Richard R Wilcox, Chairman
RE: Highway Improvements for Western Oakland County
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Michigan State Highway Commission has voted to cancel construction
of proposed highway M-275; and
WHEREAS, this proposed highway would have alleviated serious traffic problems in
the future; and
WHEREAS, a need still exists to provide an adequate north-south trunkline through
Western Oakland County to alleviate these serious traffic problems; and
WHEREAS, the federal and state funds initially available for this project, some
$69 million, will be used in other areas which also need highway construction if there is no
viable plan for Western Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held by the Michigan State Highway Commission on
April 27, 1977, to seek alternatives to the cancelled M-275 freeway proiect; and
WHEREAS, several alternatives, principally the Lakeland Parkway, the Reid Plan,
the Citizens in Opposition to M-275 Proposal and now the Commerce Township proposal, have
been developed; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes the need for an
expeditious construction of the project for traffic safety and the solution of the traffic problem,
and since the State Highway Commission desires a consensus of all local governmental units
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
supports the Commerce Township proposal for the construction of a four-lane divided highway
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if for technical or environmental reasons the exact
alignment proposed by the Commerce Township Plan can not be implemented quickly, the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners recommends that elements or portions of the Lakeland
Parkway proposal and the Commerce Township proposal be combined for the final project.
The Planning and Building Committee, by Richard P. Wilcox, Chairman, moves the
adoption of the foregoing resolution
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE
R1 (11—ard R. Wilcox, CRairman
#8136 August 18, 1577
Moved by Wilcox supported by Peterson the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Daly supported by Pernick the resolution be laid on the table
for two weeks.
AYES: Daly, Fortino, Perinoff, Pernick, Price. (5)
NAYS: Simson, Wilcox, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Gabler, Gorsline, Kasper, Kelly,
Lanni, McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Moxley, Murphy, Page, Patterson,
Peterson. (18)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Perinoff supported by Daly the resolution be referred to the
Planning and Building Committee.
Mr, Peterson objected.
Discussion followed.
Vote on referral:
AYES: Daly, Doyon, Perinoff, Pernick, Price. (5)
NAYS: Wilcox, DiGiovanni, Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Kasper, Kelly, Lanni,
McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Moxley, Murphy, Page, Patterson,
Peterson, Simson. (18)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: DiGiovanni, Doyon, Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Kasper, Kelly, Lanni,
McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Moxley, Murphy, Page, Patterson, Peterson,
Simson, Wilcox. (19)
NAYS: Daly, Perinoff, Pernick, Price. (4)
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 #8136 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
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Commissioners at their meeting held on August 18, 1977
with the original 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
— . 18th August ln 77
Lynn D.
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.,Deputy Clerk