HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1976.03.17 - 14273RESOLUTION NO. 7489
RE: CHANGE NAME OF THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PRESENT
COMMERCE LAKE TO "NORTH COMMERCE LAKE"
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
TO: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, this Board of Commissioners has received a
request to change the name of the northern portion of the pres-
ent Commerce Lake; and
WHEREAS, said Lake is located within the County of Oakland
and situated in sections 10, 15 & 16, township 2 north, range
8 east, Commerce Township, Michigan; and
WHEREAS, the reason for said change is that Commerce Lake
is actually two distinct bodies of water (separated by a narrow
and shallow channel) which causes a problem of ambiguity of
geographic identification for the movement of emergency vehicles
to the precise point of need; and
WHEREAS, Commerce Township has stated it desires changing
the name of said Lake,
WHEREAS, it is desired that the name adopted by this Board
be used in the future maps, reports and documents that may be
published by the State of Michigan and the United States Govern-
ment; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to bring the action of this Board
of Commissioners to the attention of the proper State and United
States officials;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the name of the northern
portion of present Commerce Lake, lying in sections 10, 15 & 16
of Commerce Township, Oakland County, Michigan, be and the same
hereby is changed to "North Commerce Lake";
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby
directed to forward a signed and certified copy of this reso-
lution together with attached map or township plat showing the
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particular geographic feature affected, to the Geological Survey,
Department of Natural Resources, Stevens T. Mason Building,
Lansing, Michigan, 48926, for transmittal by that agency to the
Board on Geographic Names, U. S. Department of the Interior.
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Planning and Building Com-
mittee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Patrick K. Daly, Chairman
1 HERp8( APPROVE THE FORGOING RESOLUTION
13th this
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Moved by Button supported by Roth the resolution be adopted,
AYES: Murphy, Nowak, Olson, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price,
Roth, Simmons, Wilcox, Wilson, Aaron, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy,
Fortino, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Lennon, McDonald, Moffitt. (25)
NAYS: None, (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, resolution #7489 was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COENTY 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 #7489 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
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Commissioners at their meeting held on April 13, 1976
with the original record thereof now romaining 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 band and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
day of , „ . „ 19, YA
Lynn D, Clerk
Deputy Clerk