HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1977.03.03 - 13233FEBRUARY 8, 1977
MISCELLANEOUS RES,OLUTION It 7841
RE: HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR WESTERN OAKLAND COUNTY
BY: ROBERT H. GORSLINE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT #2
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 between I-96 and I-75; and
WHEREAS, one potential effect of this proposed Highway would have been to alleviate
serious traffic problems existing in sections of Western Oakland County today and greater
problems in the future; and
WHEREAS, a need still exists to provide some adequate north-south Highway through
Western Oakland County to alleviate these serious traffice problems; and
WHEREAS, the federal and state funds initially available for this pro[ect, some $69
million, will be used in other areas which also need highway construction if there is no viable
plan for Western Oakland County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby urge the Michigan State Highway Commission to reconsider its action cancelling
construction of M-275 between 1-96 and 1-75 so that reasonable alternatives to the proposed
highway design may properly be considered by the Highway Commission; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests
that the Oakland County Road Commission, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
and the Traffic Improvement Association of Oakland County study the need for an adequate
north-south highway through Western Oakland County and report their findings and recommenda-
tions to the Board of Commissioners and the Michigan State Highway Commission.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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RO BERT H. GORSWIE
COUNTY COMMVSSIONER, DISTRICT fi•2
#7841 March 3, 1977
Moved by Wilcox supported by Gorsline that Resolution #7841 be adopted,
Moved by McConnell supported by Pernick the resolution be amended to read in
the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph, "NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby urge the Michigan State Highway
Commission to recognize the need for an adequate north-south highway through
Western Oakland County and to propose reasonable alternatives to the proposed
design of M-275; and".
Vote on amendment:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried,
ABSTAIN: Montante. (1)
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Daly, DiGiovanni, Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Hoot, Kelly, Lanni,
McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Moxley, Murphy, Olson, Patterson, Pernick, Peterson,
Price, Roth, Simson, Wilcox, Aaron. (22)
NAYS: Doyon, Page. (2)
ABSTAIN: Montante, (1)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, Resolution #7841 as amended,
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, 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 #784I adopted by the Oakland County Board of
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Commissioners at their meeting held on March 3, 1977
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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
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Lynn D.
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