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S.-eptember 2, 1976
OAKLAND COUNTY WITHDRAWA1. FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY - MISC. RESOLUTION 7
GENERAL GOVER.I..'o".:..!T lEE- Robert A, Button, C' 7
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF CO' -5SIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, on July 8, 1976, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners referred
Res. #7627 to the Planning & Building Committee and the General Gev Committee for
their review and recommendation; and
WHEREAS, the Planning & Building Commitien has recommended that P #7627
be tabled at the Board of Commissioners, and that the Chairmen of the Board of Corn,--ri-,sione,s
appoint a Committee to communicate and be a liaison with SEMTA; and
WHEREAS, the General Government Committee concurs with the recc -htion of
the Planning & Building Committee,
The General Government Committee recommend; to the Board of Commissioners the
tabling of Misc.. Res. #7627, and the appointment of a liaison committee to SEMTA by the
Board Chairman.
The GeneroI Government Committee, by Robert A. Button, Chairman, moves the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT ..COMMITTEE
Robert A. Button, Chairman
MISC. 7627
' BY DUNLEAVY, -- 0 N.! ER LE iihCi
1976
IN RE: Oakland County Wi"‘.? from the Southea ,,JtC:fri \‘,71.tC.11. ici a in
Transportation Authority
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
:Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Southeastern M„ichig7..n Transportii_tion Ati -thcrity •
created by legislative fiat pursuant to Act_ 204, Public Acts of 1967, without the
advise and consent of the Board of Commissioners of Oakland •Lhe
people of Oakland County, to plan, develop, and oi7ierate a coordin:Ited p..-
transportation system for the people in the seven-county sou:Ale:astern Michigan
region, those counties being Macomb, Monroe, Livingston, Oakland, St. Clair,
Washtenaw, and Wayne, and
WHEREAS, the primary need for public transportation in Oakland County is E
for an adequate bus system utilizing the highway network, and
WHEREAS, the regional SEMTA plan proposes a high level (subway) system .
which will provide little or no use to Oakland County, and -
WHEREAS, high level systems throughout the country have been grossly
underestimated in terms of construction costs and overestimated in useage, and
as a result, underestimated in income needed to operate, thereby requiring high
subsidies, and Oakland County's share will once again exceed its benefits, and
WHEREAS, the SEMTA plan includes a Detroit Central Business Di.s-trict
"People Mover" to service only a portion of the Detroit business district while
being partially paid for by a disproportionate share from Oakland County, and
WHEREAS, the Regional 1990 Transportation Plan, Transit Network, requires
r..billions of dollars in capital investment on a high level system outside the
-Oakland County limits, and
-WHEREAS, the Regional Transit Plan expects to assume the operating deficit
of the City of Detroit transit system, to be disproportionately shared by all
participating counties including Oakland, and
WHEREAS, all the subway and. most of the intermediate level (high level bus -
system) are oriented to th Detroit Central Business District and almost
completely ignore the east-west movements hr en Oakland and Macomb
counties and the north-south movements between Oakland and 'Wayne counties,
and
WHEREAS, only meager public transportation services have been prov
Oakland County in the last 9 years, and
WHEREAS, Oakland County is large enough in area and in population to
support its own public transportation system, and
WHEREAS, the public transportation needs in OaTJ.ancl COUrity have becn
great and continue to increase each year, and
WHEREAS, Section 5 of said Act 204; P.A. 1267 grants to the Scard of
, Commissio‘..:,....I.,; ot Oakland County the authority to withdrav ,7 flom the South-
eastern Michigan Trahr_rpol-tation Authority by a 2/3 vote of thc Boetal of Cchinty -
r Commissioners,
NOW, THEREFORE;, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Correiris[iY ---.-..ss
r of Oakland County does withg- ,-;.- from the SouIrheastEin mi dhi ga n Trans port E:i trg.— :
. Autho rity , and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a special subcommittee be established to .
develop an Oakland County Public Transportation Authority to be incorpor;Ited
, . into a county transportation agency which will be more responsh7c to the
. citizen needs of Oakland County.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
July 8, 1976
#7627
Moved by Dunleavy supported by Hoot the resolution be referred to the Plann
and Building Committee.
Mr. Page requested the resolution also be referred to the General Government
Committee.
Mr. Aaron ohjected to the referral.
The Chairman stated those in favor of sustaining the objection vote "yes" and
those opposed vote "no".
- AYES: Fortino, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, .Aaron, Button, Daly, Dearborn. (8)
NAYS: Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Olson, Page, Patterson,
Roth, Wilcox, Wilson. (12)
PASS: Lennon, Simmons. (2)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the objection was not sustained.
The resolution was referred to the Planning and Building Committee and the
General Government Committee. The Chairman stated the General Government Committee
will be the Committee to report the resolution back to the Board. There were no
objections.
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Septer 2, 1976
Moved by Wilson supported by Daly the report be acc ,2pted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Dunleavy supported by Houghton that resolution #7627 be adopted.
Discussion .followed.
Moved by Wilson supported by Lennon the resolution be laid on the table.
Vote on tabling:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
The Chairman referred the report to the General Government Committee. Ther
were no objections.
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