HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1984.01.19 - 16540o- - January 19, 1984
Miscellaneous Resolution # 84002
By: Dennis M. Aaron, County Commissioner, District #19
In re: RED OAKS COMMUNITY GARDENS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the City of Madison Heights through its
recreation department in conjunction with the Oakland County
Drain Commissioner has sponsored a community garden on the lands
owned by the Red Run Drain, west of Dequindre Road in the City
of Madison Heights; and
WHEREAS the program has continued to expand and to
attract increasing numbers of our residents interested in
gardening and in the growing of foods with the result that in
1983 over 150 garden plots were set out and used by residents
of the cities of Ferndale, Royal Oak, Oak Park, Birmingham,
Clawson, Hazel Park, Troy and Madison Heights; and
WHEREAS any excess produce not needed by the owners
of the plots is donated to charitable organizations within the
County; and
WHEREAS the City of Madison Heights has provided all
of the plowing, fertilizer, water lines, staking and
administration for the program and additional lands can be
utilized to meet the demand of our citizens for garden plots
if the soil can be enriched and improved.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners hereby appropriates as a one time grant
the sum of five thousand dollars to be used for the purchase
of top soil, fertilizer and for the general improvement of the
land and area used for the communitu-4ardens.
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Dewlis M. Aaron
Co*hty Commissiner, District #19
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#84002 January 19, 1984
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Planning and Building
Committee. There were no objections