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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1973.12.20 - 15420DR A F Revised 12/17/73 Miscellaneous Resolution 6521 December .20, 1973 By: Mr. Richard R. Wilcox IN RE: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIOINERS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: In accordance with Section X, IRule "A" of the Rules for Oakland County Board of Commissioners, your Buildings and Grounds Committee has made its Annual - Inspection of county owned buildings and grounds; and, is pleased to report that it found the majority of the County facilities satisfactorily maintained, cleaned and repaired. The conditions speak well of the program carried out by the employees and Staff of the Board of Auditors Facilities and Operations Divisions. - During this past year there have been many accomplishments in the Facilities Capital Improvement Program. Construction on the new Children's Village - Phase II was started in June 1973. The cost of this project, $4,379,000, is being finanCed out of Revenue Sharing Funds. The Administrative Annex II was renovated to furnish office space for the Planning Commission, Equalization and Friend of the Court. Due to the Energy Crisis the actual relodation of the departments has been delayed to .March of 1974, for the purpose of conserving fuel. - A number of projects have been Icompleted during the year. The Pontiac Health addition was completed': in August 1973, with financial assistance of $140,000 Federal grant. Thle Oakland Social Service Building renovation was completed in January 1973; and provides office space for the Department of Social Services, Office of Equal Opportunity, Senior Citizens' Drop-In Center and the Clothing Store facility. Additional renovation improvements for this building have been authorized to bring the facility up to county standards. • Two Circuit Courts and chambers 1 were completed and occupied in March 1973, in the Courthouse East Wing. The Buildings and Grounds Committee, with the Health and Finance Committees, have initiated and reCeived numerous studies and reports from an Ad Hoc Committee; Board of Auditors; Facilities and Operations and Tarapata, MacMahon, Paulsen, architectural firm, to determine the type of Hospital services and facility requirements the county should have to meet the demands of the people. Your Committee DRAFT ;-4iscellaneous ResolL..ion 2 Annual Buildings and Grounds Committee Report (Cont'd) is still evaluating these reports and has requested some additional information before a final determination will be made by February 1974. The Service Center grounds continue to develop a campus like environment for county government. Two major landscaping programs were completed this year around the Law Enforcement-Jail Complex and the Mental Retardation Center. In addition, the Administrative Annex II North Parking Lot was renovated, increasing its capacity; and, the Credit Union's entrance drive was widened to handle the increased flow of traffic caused by the completion of the addition to the Credit Union. In the utilities area, Primary Electrical Phase IV was completed and Primary EleCtrical Phase V contracts have been approved with construction scheduled to start shortly. :Also, contracts with engineering consulting firms have, been approved for the purpose of preparing drawings and specifications for the replacement of the boilers in the Central Heating Plant; and, the installation of astandby emergency power system for the County and Oakland Schools! Data Processing Centers. -- The 10 portable buildings have been reoccupied, with Drug Abuse occupying buildings 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Waterford School District leasing buildings 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The old, Jail located in the city of Pontiac, was sold. Also, Y1 Lafayette Street Office Building was.vaeated and turned back to the city of Pontiac. Your Committee, as required by Lease Agreements, approved the .concepts for an addition to the Oakland Schools Building, a new office building for the Road Commission and an indoor swimming pool at Waterford Oaks. Special reports were reviewed: A Winter Tree Program which will furnish matured trees for the Service Center; review of the security on the Service Center and a report on a Central Control System to monitor fire, heating, air conditioning:and security for the county facilities. The Michigan Humane Society completed and occupied their new structure in August 1973, on the property which the county sold them in 1972, on Brown Road in Pontiac Township.. Richard R. Wilcox, Chairman DRAFT Miscellanous Resolution Annual Buildings and Grounds Committee Report (Cont'd.) While it Would be impractical to note each of the major repairs and alteration programs of this past year, your Committee would like to report that it has been necessary to carry out a continuous program of alterations and repairs to provide adequate functional space for the county departments. The largest ()lithe major building repairs was made to the exterior marble facia on the Courthouse Complex, which was completed this year. Also major renovations at the Southfield Health Center and Courthouse Complex were completed to accommodate the different agency requirements for office expansion. Your Committee continues to see a large task ahead to provide governmental facilities for our growing coOnty. Surplus space in the existing buildings is non-existant. In 1973 the county surpassed thelone million square foot mark, with a total of 1,039,695 square feet of floor area. This year has been a busy year, but your Committee expects the years ahead to be even busier in order to provide an adequate physical plant in which to carry out county services. MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Buildings and Grounds Committee I move that the foregoing report be received and placed on file, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMWITTEE #6521 Moved by Wilcox supported by Mathews the report be accepted and placed on file. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried. 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 #6521 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at daidaatOdad.eadaBOOddeaadtlatdOad#Blip...Maadadaa.ad.-0.40.9190maaadaaa sagfaeaii06666 .36 their meeting held on December 20, 1973 aaaaad.aaaaaaaeaaaaaaaaaaaoecoseesmoosomotec000tsewaoazeoceewv.s.tma.vewas with the original record thereof now remaThing in my office, and that it isa 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 21st December i 73 thi s.....................day 0,4 .............e..19.... Lynn D. Alien......................Clerk BY.;,................ueputy Clerk •