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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1987.06.25 - 17821Miscellaneous Resolution # 87170 June 25, 1987 I HERFTV APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION 1. Murphy, C6urt *tz Execativ Date By: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE—Anne M. Hobart, Chairperson In Re: PLANNING DIVISION--ADOPTION OF A SERVICE CENTER CAMPUS MASTER PLAN To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Mr. Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen: WHEREAS a Master Plan depicting future buildable areas on the Service Center Campus dated June 1987 has been prepared by the County Planning Division staff; and WHEREAS an up-to-date Master Plan is a useful guide to the orderly placement of governmental facilities on the Service Center Campus; and WHEREAS the Planning and Building Committee will use the Campus Master Plan dated June 1987 as the guide to areas available for development at the Service Center Campus. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopt the Service Center Master Plan dated June 1987 as the guide for future development on the County Service Center Campus. Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. Planning and Buildin`g Committee day of All du e farir - / A4111111WIL k t._ALLE 1 9_ 87 RESOLUTION # 87170 June 25, 1987 Moved by Hobart supported by Perinoff the resolution be adopted. Discussion followed. AYES: Rue] McPherson, Moffitt, Nelson, Page, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Rewold, Skarritt, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Calandro, Crake, Doyon, Gosling, Hobart, Jensen, Richard Kuhn, Susan Kuhn, Law, Luxon, McConnell, McDonald, Angus McPherson. (25) NAYS: Lanni. (1) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. •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 this Miscellaneous Resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. t their meeting held on June 25, 1987 with the orginial 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 25th County Clerk/Register of Deeds OAKLAND COUNTY SERVICE CENTER CAMPUS MASTER PLAN SUMMARY REPORT - JUNE 1987 OAKLAND COUNTY SERVICE CENTER ahmpus MASTER PLAN Summary Report/June, 1957 Prepared For: Planning & Building Committee, Anne M. Hobart, Chairperson Oakland County Board of Commissioners Prepared By: Oakland County Planning Division, Philip W. Dondero, Manager TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THE CAMPUS MASTER Plan: - WHY HAVE A PLAN? 1 - WHAT IS IT 2 - HOW TO USE IT 3 COMPARISON WITH THE 1969 CAMPUS PLAN 4 CAMPUS PLAN SUMMARY 6 EXISTING CAMPUS MAP Foldout CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Foldout WHY HAVE A PLAN FOR THE CAMPUS? Having an adopted plan for the long-range campus development—and following it--ensures that decisions made today will work with decisions made tomorrow. The planning process identifies needs of the campus users (the users are visitors, employees and county taxpayers), identifies problems which need attention and identifies the strengths of the campus—what works well--that should be continued and reinforced. Some specific conclusions about the campus: Visitor Disorientation - Visitors to the campus have a hard time figuring out where they are and how to get to their destination. A plan should establish visual order and direction on the campus--organize the campus—through effective planning and design of existing and future campus facilities. Flooding - There is periodic flooding of some campus roadways and parking areas, making them temporariliy unusable. A plan should work within the natural resource system to ensure preservation of resources and effective siting and construction of facilities. Automobiles Only - Visitors and employees alike must rely almost exclusively on their automobiles for getting safely and conveniently from one workplace to another. A plan should address siting of facilities to improve operational efficiency, provide a coordinated system of places where people can come together in a safe and aesthetically pleasing environment and allow safe non-automotive circulation between related facilities. Room to Grow - Over time, population growth alone requires new or • - - expanded facilities to provide necessary services to the citizens of Oakland County. A plan should give direction to siting new facilities and specify general architectural guidelines for their design. A Central Forum - Currently, the campus offers little opportunity for people to come together for common community purposes. A plan should develop places on campus in the tradition of the "town square" for people to gather for community events. Weak Campus Identity - There is weak campus identity due to the scattering of individual buildings, the variety of individual building sizes and styles and site screening. A plan should promote a strong identity for the campus through effective facility siting, Quality design-including architectural and landscape elements, a logical road network, recognizable entry ways, an appropriate signage system and visible landmarks. WHAT IS THE CARPUS MASTER PLAIT? This summary report, which contains the plan, depicts the areas for potential future development of the Service Center Campus The report also shows the arrangement of how the land is currently being used, including existing buildings, parking, roads, open spaoe and committed areas. The CAMPUS MASTER PLAN answers the following cliaestions: - Where are the buildable sites for future facilities? - Where are the areas designated not to be developed? - 2 - - What is the long-range road network? A TECHNICAL APPENDIX, to be issued later, will include existing natural site conditions that relate to development potential and aesthetics such as drainage courses, wetlands, sloped areas, major tree stands, soil conditions and topography; and other conditions related to development potential such as utilities and surrounding land uses (off campus). The TECHNICAL APPENDIX will be used by architects, landscape architects, planners and engineers working on specific Service Center Campus construction projects and is intended to answer the following questions: - what changes could improve visitor orientaion? - Can landscaping be used to promote campus identity and to selectively screen areas as needed? -How should pedestrians on the campus be accommodated? HOW TO USE THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Upon adoption and use by the County Administration and Board of Commissioners, the CAMPUS MASTER PLAN will be the official statement of goals and policies for the future development of the campus. The plan should be used in evaluating all subsequent development proposals. The plan, as contained in this report, is general enough to permit future flexibility, yet specific enough to provide direction to those making campus development decisions. The plan is a guide for the orderly placement of new governmental facilities within a long-range framework, assuring that each decision made allows the entire campus to function more effectively today and in the future. The CAMPUS MASTER PLAN is used to help decide where new facilities should be located on the Service Center Campus. The plan does not evaluate if a new facility is needed or when it is needed or its priority and means of financing. Answers to these questions are provided from other sources, including an up-to-date Space Needs Study, the Six Year Capital Improvement Program, the One Year Capital Improvement Plan and the Annual Budget. COMPARISON WITH THE 1969 PLAN This report is the first update to the campus plan prepared in 1969 by Swanson Associates and Wilcox Laird, Consultants. Many similarities with the earlier plan remain. The 1969 plan stated: the full development of the campus will not occur in the foreseable future...the plan shows areas of future development, general relationships between buildings, open space landscaped sees, roads and parking spaces- Periodic revisions to the plan in the years to come will more definitively fix the future development in these areas.. ,the majority of access is by private car... to aid in finding buildings, a perimeter campus road is proposed.. .preservation of two wooded areas (is promoted). .(there is a) need for relatively large amounts of parking.. .initially, surface lots with possible conversion to deck parking in selected areas...use underground utilities to service the campus..." Source: Oakland County Service Center/General Development Plan Prepared October, 1969 Swanson Associates Inc., Architects Wilcox & Laird, Landscape Architects Major changes since the 1969 Plan are: 1. Reduced population county wide - the 1969 Plan projected county-wide population to grow to 1,600,000 by 1990. Current 1990 projections call for county population to reach approximately 1,100,000 by 1990...nearly million fewer people than initially planned. Recent projections to the year 2005 project a county population of approximately 1,300,000 People. 2. Minor Change to Campus Land - The 1969 Plan depicted significant additional land (in excess of 100 acres) would be added to the campus property ownership. At this time, fewer than 20 additional acres are expected to be added to the current 526 acres of Service Center property. 3. Montcalm Avenue extension deleted - The proposed east-west Montcalm Avenue extension located south of the service center has been removed from this update to the Service Center CAMPUS MASTER PLAN. The Montcalm extension does not appear on adopted road plans of the Michigan Department of Transportation or regional road improvement plane. It will be eliminated from the updated Waterford Township Master Plan and is considered for deletion from the City of Pontiac plan for thoroughfares 4. Telegraph Road scaled back Plans for a split/one-way Telegraph Road as depicted in the 1969 Plan are deleted. The split Telegraph Road proposal is not part of current plans for future improvements to Telegraph Road. CAMPUS PLAN SUMMARY Campus Building Sites: The Master Plan identifies 23 building sites remaining on campus, ranging in size from 0.1 acres to 8.7 acres in size. Total remaining buildable area is 50.6 acres. Location Key Size (Acres) A 2.2 0.8 8.7 0.3 0.5 3.7 0.8 0.1 4.0 1.4 6.7 8.0 4.6 4.6 O 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.7 O 0.3 3 0.3 0.5 23 Sites 50.6 Acres Road Changes: The Master Plan depicts the road improvements listed below: • Telegraph Road: Widened into a boulevard. f, County Center Drive East; Boulevard completed * County Center Drive West: Boulevard completed; O Pontiac Lake Road: Boulevard completed between County Center Drive West and Telegraph Road; • Intersection of Pontiac Lake Road and Telegraph Road: improved to allow two-way travel; a Public Works Drive: Boulevard completed; a Public Works Drive: extended eastward to County Service Drive West; O Court Tower Boulevard North: Boulevard completed; a Campus Drive south: Boulevard completed; * Intersection of County Center Drive East and Telegraph Road: improved; O hospital Drive eliminated: replaced with new Court Tower Boulevard West. These road improvements would be phased in over time as needed. Other Campus Changes: The Master Plan identifies the following changes to the campus: - Permanent water features (ponds) and/or temporary stormwater retention channels are needed to adequately handle additional stormwater runoff. Further study of stormwater runoff will ,determine which solution to use in various areas of the campus. - A pedestrian bridge over Telegraph Road linking east campus with west campus is identified. The pedestrian bridge would connect to a campus sidewalk system linking many presently- inaccessible areas of the campus- - A masonry screening wall is shown parallelling County Service Drive West to screen the outdoor storage yard at the Road Commission complex. - A multi-level parking deck is located in the present north courthouse parking lot- Walkways directly linking the second story deck with the Court House Complex are suggested< - Parking expansion and entry drive changes to the Medical Care - parking lot are depicted. NOTE: 1. The construction of the Public Works Drive eastern extension requires the taking of some land currently leased by the Road Commission. 2. Removal ('long term) of the Health Annex building to allow eventual completion of Court Tower West Boulevard is the alignment depicted in the Master Plan. However, a realignment of the road is possible which does not require the removal of the Health Annex Building. 3. Showing the Farmers Market site as a future building site does not mean removal of the Farmers' Market is recommended at this time. The following two foldout maps illustrate the existing conditions of the Service Center Campos and the Campus Master Plan.