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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1975.11.20 - 14836Miscellaneous Resolution 7357 November 20, 1975 BY: PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE - James W. Dunleavy, Chairman IN RE: PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED - TITLE X TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners by Miscellaneous Resolution #6546 applied for and was granted the designation by the U.S. • Department of Labor of Prime Sponsor to administer the provisions of Title I of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973; and WHEREAS, Title X of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, provides funds for labor intensive locally sponsored.. public works projects; and WHEREAS, Oakland County recently applied. for Public Works and Economic Development Act Title X funds; and • WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Labor subsequently notified Oakland County that six projects have been approved with a total of $1,921,972.00 being reserved for Oakland County; and WHEREAS, the final Department of Labor grant approval requires that . the Oakland County Board of Commissioners accept the role of Prime Sponsor • and prepare the necessary grant applications. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners accepts the designation of Prime Sponsor to administer the provisions of Title X of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners . directs the County Executive to prepare and submit the necessary grant application forms consistent with Federal grant procedures established by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. The Public Services Committee, by James VV, Dunleavy, moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution. . 'PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE AT;-' punleavy, Cha GRANT NO. 066157X6 OAKLAND COUNTY ,. 110JUBLIC SERVICES - MANPOWER DIVISION • TITLE X REVIEW NOVEMBER 18 1975 BAL. AVAIL, MINIMUM FOR OTHEk PROJECT LESS 2% NET $ EMPLOYMENT LABOR LOCAL COSTS SUB-GRANTEE ' PROJECT TITLE AMOUNT ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT . LABOR COST INTENSITY (ADMIN. PC.1 Southfield Schools Huron Valley Schools Counfy Parks and Recreation County Parks and Recreation County - D.P.W. County TOTAL TITLE X. Job Opportunity for Economic $100,000 $2,000 $98,000 Development Project Impact 115,634 . 2,313 113,321 Park Beautification 1,500,000 30,000 1,470,000 Lake & Stream Improvement 50,000 1,000 49,000 Facility Beautification 76,924 1,538 75,386 Facility Improvements' 79,414 1,588 77,826 warew.asere 1,921,972 38,439 1,883,533 $ 90,000 90% 52- 104 ,070 . 90% 121' 350 0 0'00 , '90%: 4 - 45,000 90% 12 - 69,232 90% 12 - 71,473 90% . 210 -1,7291-775 934 $ 8,000 9,251 120,000 4,000 6,154 6,354 153,758 SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - $100,000 The purpose of the CETA program in the Southfield Public Schools project is to reinstate services to students in the areas of career education, guidance, and library programs in order to promote job opportunity for economic development for all students. Budget restrictions in 1975-1976 imposed sharp curtailments in these as well as other programs. This project would not duplicate, supplant, or conflict with other federal manpower programs in the area. The thrust of educational services would be for the students affected by the higher levels of service made possible by this project, e.g., job awareness and exploration, resources for career preparation, economic opportunity in career fields, speakers, resources, etc. An institutional training program is planned for all staff. District and building in-service programs will be designed to remove artificial barriers to employment and to maximize the employability of every child. , The overall goal is to help each student to become more employable at any stage of life, as a result of attitudes, skills, and knowledge developed during the elementary and secondary years. Reinstated staff and related in-service to all staff will allow direct impact on students in libraries, guidance centers, and classrooms. A major artificial barrier to employment presently facing ,young people is their own lack of awareness of career opportunities. The purpose of career education is to broaden each student's view of career alternatives: job families, job outlooks, scope and variety, backgrounds require, plus the dynamics, advantages and risks of various jobs, In addition, career education enhances the student's immediate employability through the development of such basic skills as completing job applications, writing resumes, and handling interviews. HURON VALLEY SCHOOLS PROJECT IMPACT - $115,634 This grant will allow approximately 43 people to work 55 man months on projects to be funded by the $115,634 requested. The district proposes to pair unemployed skilled tradesmen and craftsmen with unemployed youth on such projects as developing the educational park on Bogie Lake Road, creative design and painting of the school corridors and setting up a metric farm where the students work in science with metric tools. Salaries account for 91% of the funds requested. The bulk of the project will occur during the outdoor work season dependent upon weather. In addition, the activities performed under this grant will have a significant effect on the ecology. This effect will be achieved primarily by programming public service work to improve various public school sites and land holdings. This program will enable participants to become economically sufficient in a variety of ways. Ideally, the participants will develop or enhance salable job market skills or earn money to attend vocational or educational institutions. C.E.T.A. employees who prove their skills will be given priority where vacancies may occur within the regular work force. They will also be given priority in the event that new regular positions become available due to expansion. Employees will be developing skills that would benefit them in seeking employment in the private sector. Although it is not anticipated that the Title X program will be used to extend already existing CETA programs, there will be a correspondence between these new public service employees and those already hired. These new employees will join previous CETA employees in being eligible for openings which occur within the regular employer work force through attrition or expansion. As in the case of other CETA employees any Title X person who works within the appropriate job areas will become a member of the local bargaining unit. The Title X program will be used solely for unemployed residents of Oakland County and for public service work within Oakland County. No Livingston County residents or proejcts are included in this program. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION PARK BEAUTIFICATION AND RESTORATION - $1,500,000 This is a total Oakland County Park system clean-up, beautification and restoration project. It will be comprised of three mobile work crews which will travel to designated work sites within the 2200 acres of County Parks. Once there, they will perform such beautification, restoration and development projects as cleaning and restoring river beds, cutting and developing of nature trails, cleaning and improving lakeshores, trimming, elevating and planting of trees and shrubs. Two of the sites, 800 acre Independence-Oaks and 220 acre Springfield-Oaks Park, are to be dedicated as Bicentennial parks and will carry the Bicentennial plaque. • This project is self-contained in that it will provide 120 laborers, four supervisors, inclement weather clothing, tools, transportation, safety shoes, and other items necessary to work in the out-of-doors. Accomplishment of the project goals will provide additional park areas and access to help make the parks available and more beautiful for the Bicentennial dedications and leisure time users. LAKE AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT - $50,000 The Oakland County Parks and Recreation Comiaission will establish a program of beautification, clean-up and restoration of stream and lake shoreline at the 800 acre Independence-Oaks Park. This park is to be dedicated as a bicentennial park and will carry the bicentennial plaque. This project, along with its companion project, will create 125 positions within the park system during the 1976 calendar year. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT - FACILITY BEAUTIFICATION - $76,924 This project would include fire hydrant painting, well-house painting as well as revitalization and reconstruction of waste-water treatment plant grounds and sand beds. It is also anticipated that twelve men working the nine-month construction season could provide the services required within the limits of the allocated funds. The department would anticipate hiring these employees at the expiration of the projects as vacancies occur through normal attrition. PROJECT - FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - $79,414 Three areas of activity are scheduled for water and sewer improvements. One project would include the cleaning, operation and repair of all valves, gate boxes and gate wells on water systems. Another project would be a.survey to locate and repair all water service stop boxes, including 5,000 boxes whose location is unknown and which is not presently recorded. The last project would be the rehabilitation of all sewer manholes and tops located in flood-plain areas. It is anticipated that twelve men working the nine-month construction season could accomplish these projects within the budget provided. this NO #7357 Moved by Dunleavy supported by Roth the resolution be adopted. AYES: Olson, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Roth, Wilcox, Wilson, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Fortino, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak. (21) NAYS: None. (0) 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 Resolution #7357 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at their meeting held on November 20, 1975 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 day of..NPYPrItct. .. Lynn D. ........ .....Clerk By Deputy Clerk