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March 19th, 1981
' 81085
By G-: Cow- Committee, Wallace F. Gabler, Jr.,
In re: Opposition to the Concept of a Vehick '-'aintenance Prc,v
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson: Ladies and C men:
porsuant to the Clean Air A of 1977 a vehicle ern:ssc
on and maintenance (.1/M) program is required in non-attainment areas of the
Michigan which ccr c!.onstrate attainment of the ozone carbon
Hoxide standard by the end o n 1982; and
WHEREAS Act 83 of the Public Acts of 1980 of the State of Michigan mandates
a vehicle emissions inspecron and maintenance the NLItural.
A etabishingt
comply wi :.:ivv; and
the Natural Resources Commission has ,/,.-Auld limit
ar. and maintenance program to the (Wayne,
area; and
WHEREAS the joint committee on Legislative Rules musD and act upon
the recommended rules of the Nr.:7‘7!,-.7,1 Resources Commission; and
WHEREAS there is no cor:-,sive monitoring data and modeling Iie
inspection and program; and
W:-Ir.T.E.A7, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) ..-es that a 25°k reduction of
exhaust ,-sc coition monoxide be demonstrated by December, 1987, by an inspection and
mainten.:e program; and
WHEREAS no data that has been presented -L.• Michigan
of Resourc ,=.' county progrcr, 7 obtain a 25% reduction
of exhaust of carbor, and
WHEREAS Southeast Michigan Council of Governments has generated travel
motion which .7],,,-,:7,nstrate::
25% reduction ;::‘ c
for inclusion in thc ii on and ri&a ,enance
:eilca -aaaaa esolution baa.e j. 19th, 1981
positior t -) the Concept of a Vehicle Inspection & Maintenance Prograa- Page 2
WHEREAS Act 83 of the Public Acts of 1980 states that an I/ should
be implemented in an "affected area" "a specified geographic place that contains a
major urban area of adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social
integration," and
WHEREAS the Southeast Michigan C.--aaanc:1 of Caa.aaments has also generated
information that demonstrates there 7 ;ficara:. and economi an among
the seven counties of the SEMCOG region; and
WHEREAS a tri-county program is in direct violation of Public Act 83 of 1
which states that, "If a portion of the population of a • making the
calculations of an urban area which has a population of 200,000 or more for the
rmining an affected area pursuant to this act and the rules promulgated under this
sectia.,, the Department of Natural Resources shall include the entire county in the
affected area." A section of Monroe County is used in the calculations tc cLnrniine
the urban area but is not included in the Natural Resources Cor s reccrlaiion
NOW THEREi"OkL BE IT RESOLVED that *r2 J*'•aLlaacl County Board of
Caamissioners does not support the concept of a Vehe a ,-..:eca.ion and Maintenance Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED "ed to comply with the law, the Oakland County
Board of CommilaTaaa ,s the Joint Committee on Rulca ',a:7' I/M
program be instituted in all counties in Michigan, and if less th -an statewide, such a
should be implemented in urban areas of at least 200,000 population, but in no case shoalj
a program be carried out in an area that is less than an al.:dished Planning Region.
:---URTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the county's
legislative representatives in Lansing and to the caaa a• ,.:?•!slative agent.
CHAIRPERSON, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
the c: :n of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
#8 1085 March 19, 1981
Moved by Gabler supported by Montante the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Olsen, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Peterson, Whitlock, Wilcox,
Aaron, Caddell, Cagney, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Fortino, Gabler, Geary, Gosling, Hobart,
Jackson, Kasper, Lanni, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Moore, Murphy. (26)
NAYS: Price, (1)
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
Miscellaneous Resolution #81085 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners at their meeting -held on March 19, 1981
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
81 this........I9th March.............day of................19....
Lynn D. Allen......................Clerk
By• . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .0 • • • • • • • • • • • Deputy Clerk