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HEREV THE Far'''' !liTION
D'`niel I.
Miscellaneous Resolution # 87100
By: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE—Anne M. Hobart, Chairperson
In Re: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS--ROUGE RIVER WATERSHED BASIN--"ROUGE
RESCUE '87"
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Rouge River Watershed Basin encompasses the municipalities
of Auburn Hills, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills,
Bloomfield Township, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Franklin, Lathrup Village,
Lyon Township, Novi, Pontiac, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Southfield Township,
Troy, Walled Lake, and West Bloomfield Township in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the Rouge River Basin has been designated a Class A area
of concern in the Great Lakes Basin by the International Joint Commission;
and
WHEREAS the water quality of the Rouge is extremely poor and characterized
by proliferation of gross solids, turbidity, odors, low oxygen, contaminated
sediments, and algae, all of which pose health and safety problems and prevents
the enjoyment of this resource by the public; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Water Resource Commission has approved the
Rouge River Basin strategy and calls upon all local jurisdictions within the
Rouge River Basin to work diligently to implement the strategy and to identify
goals and objectives and begin remedial actions to correct water pollution
problems in the Rouge River Basin; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has appropriated $1,000 towards this project;
and
WHEREAS June 6, 1987, has been identified as "Rouge Rescue '87"
Day.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners supports "Rouge Rescue 1 87" Day for the purpose of bringing
to the attention of the public the efforts which will be made in cleaning
up the Rouge River so the recreational quality of the river can again be
enjoyed.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee,
I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
April 30, 1987
RESOLUTION # 87100
Moved by Hobart supported by Skarritt the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Susan Kuhn, Lanni, Law, Luxon, Angus McPherson, Ruel McPherson,
Moffitt, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Rewold, Rowland, Skarritt, Wilcox, Calandro,
Crake, Doyon, Gosling, Hobart, Jensen, Richard Kuhn. (21)
NAYS: None.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF M[CHAGAN1
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lyhn 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 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on April 30, 1987
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, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this 30th day of April 1987