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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1976.09.02 - 14349Resolution No. In Re: EVERGREEN AND FARMINGTON SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS - STEP 1 FACILITIES PLANNING UNDER U. S. PUBLIC LAW 92-500 AND STATE ACT NO. 329 TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: WHEREAS, the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources has designated the areas and districts served by the Oakland County Evergreen and Farmington Sewage Disposal Systems as a single plan of study area for the purposes of Step 1 Facilities Planning and has determined that there is a need to obtain studies, reports, plans and estimates for the abatement of pollution, control of pollutants and polluting discharges, and the relief of both the Evergreen and Farmington Sewage Disposal Systems; and WHEREAS, the cities, villages and townships in the areas and districts served by the Evergreen and Farmington Sewage Disposal Systems have adopted resolutions designating the Oakland County Department of Public Works as the lead applicant for State and Federal grants which are available to finance part of the costs of Step 1 Facilities Planning in which resolutions the said public corporations each agree to pay their share of the costs thereof; and WHEREAS, in order to contract to receive and expend said grants and the local share of funds, to employ consultants and to use County employees to carry out the Step 1 Facilities Planning processes, it is necessary for the County of Oakland to designate an agent and to authorize such contracting and employment and expenditures and to authorize such agent to seek approval by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources 7674 of the County of Oakland as lead applicant, acting through its County Drain Commissioner as the County Agency pursuant to Act No. 342 of Michigan Public Acts of 1939, as amended; and WHEREAS, this Board of Commissioners desires to approve the designation of the County of Oakland as the lead applicant and to carry to a conclusion the Step 1 Facilities Planning for the Evergreen and Farmington Sewage Disposal Systems. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, as follows: 1. That this Board by majority vote of its members elect does hereby authorize and direct that there be established, and there is hereby established, under and pursuant to Act No.342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended, a system of sewage disposal improvements and services to serve the areas and the districts heretofore designated and described in Oakland County, Michigan, in Resolutions No. 3269, 3435 and 4115 as the Evergreen Sewage Disposal District and in Resolutions No. 3270 and 3339 as the Farmington Sewage Disposal District, which system hereby established shall be known a: the "Evergreen and Farmington Sewage Disposal Systems"; that the Oakland County Drain Commissioner is hereby designated and appointed as the "County Agency" for said County system; that the said County Agency shall have all the powers and duties with respect to said County system as are provided by law and especially by said Act 342; and that all obligations in- curred by the County Agency with respect to said system, unless otherwise authorized by this Board, shall be payable solely from funds derived from State and/or Federal grants or payments to be made by the cities, villages and town- ships in the areas and districts to be served as provided in the resolutions of each submitted to this Board of Commissioners. 2. That the expenditures by or on behalf of the County of Oakland in negotiating with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and with the public corporations involved in Oakland County to date are hereby ratified and confirmed and to the extent permitted said expenditures are to be part of the costs of Step 1 Facilities Planning and if not grant eligible are to be charged to the public corporations as agreed. 3. That the acceptance of a grant. agreement between the County of Oakland and the State and Federal governments for Step 1 Facilities Plan- ning is hereby approved and authorized, and the Oakland County Drain Com- missioner (as the County Agency for the system) is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver said agreement for and on behalf of the County, in as many counterparts as may be deemed advisable. MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE ADOPTED: Yeas - Murphy, Nowak, Olson, Page, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Roth, Wilcox, Wilson, Aaron, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleayy, Fortino, Gabler, Hoot, Kasper, Lennon, Moffitt, (21) Nays - None, (0) Absent - Button, Houghten, McDonald, Montante, Patterson, Simmons, (6) STATE OF MICHIGAN ) ) SS: COUNTY OF OAKLAND ) I, the undersigned, the duly qualified and acting County Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of a resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, held on the 2nd day of September , 1976 , the original of which is on file in my office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my official signature this 2nd day of September , A.D. 19 76 . Lynn D. Al len, County Clerk - / , 17 REPORT ON FACILITIES PLANNING STUDIES EVERGREEN AND FAR ,'T:is ;.GTON SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS The Evergreen-Farmington Sewage Disposal District is a 130 square mile area in south central Oakland County that consists of 16 communities having common wastewater collection and disposal facilities. The Evergreen-Farmington District has experienced one of the highest growth rates of any area in metropolitan Detroit since the interceptor system was constructed in 1960. Due to this extreme growth, wastewater capacities are insufficient in certain areas. In contrast, other areas that have developed are still in need of collector sewers. Problems also exist in some areas where excessive infiltration/inflow is entering the sewer system. In addition, overflows from combined sewer areas are causing concern with stream pollution. Federal-State planning funds are now available to assist in studying and offering solutions to these problems. For the purpose of establishing eligibility for these funds, the State Water Resources Commission had delineated a facilities planning area that encompasses all of the Evergreen-Farmington District. Each of the district's 16 communities has by resolution agreed with the planning area and has requested the County to apply for planning funds as the lead applicant. The planning grant will provide for overall district planning by the County and for local planning by individual communities. -;; / /. (