HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1970.01.22 - 16440January 22, 1970
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 5268
BY: GEORGE N. GRBA
IN RE: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND ABATEMENT
TO: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Ladies & Gentlemen:
The fast growth of Oakland County has been bountiful, in many respects, to
all its people. The ideal aspects of an environment are found within Oakland County:
jobs, homes, commercial-industrial activity, and recreational means are present so
that they complement and reinforce each other.
The urbanization of the County in its various aspects also creates problems.
One such problem is air pollution. This subject has received very little attention
before, now it is considered such a threat that will become a dooms-day menace that
will effect the whole world, or what we call civilization as we know it today!
The next few years will be crucial to our lives and our future generation;
to the air we breathe today and our health and the well being of our off-spring
tomorrow!
The recent action of Federal and State Agencies by enforcement citations
will force local governments into a scatter-gun, piece-meal approach to the
problem. Then it will become apparent that a regional approach is necessary to
this problem.
County government is big enough in land mass, tax base, resource r- --
trained people to cope with this problem and is a representative form of go , -
responsive to its own people.
To avoid the scatter-gun approach we must develop and provide the orderly
and effective control of this problem consistent with the economic well being of
Oakland County.
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That the County Board of Supervisors should develop a study of air pollution:
s scope, available information within this region, the Detroit Region with its inter-
related problems, agencies, the present community participation, the present method
Hof funding, the available funds and grants that can be applied to this problem, and
,Ithe legal problems the County will encounter in dealing with this problem.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of Oakland study and develop
an effective program of Air Pollution, and our major objectives should be:
1 Systematic and orderly development of a single pollution control
system for Oakland County.
2. The necessary administrative and financial capability to develop
with the growth and welfare of the County.
3. To insure the well being and continued uninterrupted growth and
progress within Oakland County and that all communities would be
represented by the County Board of Supervisors through this new
Board.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE, that this resolution be referred to the Regional
Affairs Committee so that it can report back to this Board or its appropriate Committees
what has been done by others on the following subjects:
1. Area Wide Approaches - Realtionship of air pollution management to
environmental quality control; need for an area-wide approach to insure
a comprehensive program; advantages of intergovernmental cooperation.
2. Legal Authority - Authority needed by County government to implement
State and Federal laws; adoption of rules and standards for regulation of
public and private operations.
3. Planning - Who plans, the planning process, financing the plan, new
tools, and implementation.
4. Organization - Operating responsibilities, local governmental
functions, and organizational -
5. Design and Operation - Collection, storage, transfer, processing
and method of disposal.
6. Financing Revenue sources: taxes, bonds, loans, grants, service
charges, financial planning, and etc.
7. Technical and Financial Assistance - Depend on Federal and
State and private technical assistance and research; available s -
Technical and Financial.
8. Citizen Support - Need for public support, sources of opposition,
communicating through the media, effective governmental action speaks
louder than words.
Mr. Grba requested that the resolution be referred to the
Regional Affairs Committee.
There were no objections.