HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1974.08.22 - 14991Miscellaneous Resolution 6793 August 22, .1974
BY BUILDINGS & GROUNDS COMMITTEE - Patrick M. Nowak, Chairman
IN RE: SIDNEY-WALDON PARKWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY - RECREATIONAL USE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS your Committee has considered a joint resolution from the Board of County
Road Commissioners, the County Parks & Recreation Commission and the County Planning
Commission requesting the County of Oakland to negotiate for control of certain properties
forsecreational use; and
WHEREAS your Committee concurs in said resolution, copy attached hereto, and
recommends that the Oakland County Parks & Recreation Commission proceed to take the
initiative in said project on behalf of the County Board of Commissioners;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby concurs in the joint resolution from the Board of County Road Commissioners, the
County Parks & Recreation Commission and the County Planning Commission,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Parks & Recreation Commission
proceed to take the initiative in said project as described in said resolution on behalf of the
County Board of Commissioners.
The Buildings and Grounds Committee, by Patrick M. Nowak, Chairman, moves the
adoption of the foregoing resolution,
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS COMMITTEE
atrick M. Now' 6k, Chairman
BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD
COMM:T(5S le:NIERS
10,, Richards
OAKLAND COUNTY
PARKS AND RECREATION
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WHEREAS, Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authorit'y, has acquired certain
acreage as right-of-way for the proposed Sidney Waidor Parkway, and
WHEREAS, it appears that existing or proposed public roads render
the Sidney Watdon Parkway no longer necessary as a means of access to
Ken ,,,intor Park from south and central Oakland County, and
WHEREAS, the scenic beauty and the location of the subject acreage
render it uniquely appropriate as a recreational resource for the people of
Oakland County, and
WHEREAS, the Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority is presently
to dispose of the subject land,
NOW, THEREFORE, DE IT RESOLVED, jointly and severally by the
Board of County Road Commissioners, the County Parks and Recreation
Commission and the County PLanning Commission, that these three agencies
respectfully propose that the Board of County Commissioners take immediate
steps to negotiate for control of the property in question so as to reserve its
use i. oe-petuity for The recreational use. and enjoyment of the citizens of
Oakland County, and
BE IT FURTHER ,----IESOLVED, that a 9.3 mile path be constructed
through the land exclusively for such non-motorized recreational uses as
bicycling, hiking and horseback riding, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that local governmental units be invited
to participate in planning specific recreational development of the tract, and
DE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the three County agencies adopting
this resolution offer their services, jointly and severally, as may he appropriate,
in acquisition and recreational development of the property in question.
OAK L.4,-ND COL) NTY
PLANi4ING COMMISSION
Donald \A". tiCk
#6793
Moved by Nowak supported by Dunleavy the resolution be adopted,
Discussion followed.-
Moved by Dunleavy supported by Richardson the resolution be amended to read
in the first paragraph: "WHEREAS your Committee has considered a joint resolution
from the Board of County Road Commissioners, the County Parks and Recreation
Commission and the County Planning Commission requesting the County of Oakland
to negotiate thru its Parks and Recreation Commission for control of certain
properties for recreational use".
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote.on main motion as amended:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution as amended, was
adopted.
Mr. Burley and Mr. Perinoff voted 'no'.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Alien, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Resolution #6793 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners a p vp ea. a ••? vaav.00•mo p•.0002 evr"..B.•aoMe.12 zn eree•e•..”0.1“dvagaa wee."12.“-•
their meeting held on August 22, 1974
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
this ......
Lynn D.
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By 4 m1.0.017 0 ADA •Ala A OA • AA a AAR 00 a __Deputy Clerk