HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1987.09.03 - 17936Miscellaneous Resolution # 87230 September 3, 1987
BY: David L. Moffitt, County Commissioner-District #15
RE: STATE FUNDING FOR CONTINUATION OF OAKLAND COUNTY INLAND
LAKE SAMPLING
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WHEREAS Oakland County has 1,163 inland lakes which constitute a
significant natural resource that enriches the quality of life for all the
residents of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the approximately 144 square mile area of Oakland County
containing most of these lakes has experienced a 39 percent increase in
population since 1970, and is growing at a rate more than twice that of
Oakland County as a whole; and
WHEREAS this continued, intensive development has been conclusively
linked to the deposit of phosphorous, reduction of oxygen and increase in
alkalinity in lakes, reducing their clarity and ability to support marine life
and ultimately their recreational utility; and
WHEREAS the declining quality of Oakland County's lakes has been the
subject of considerable recent unfavorable media attention, including the front
page of the Detroit News, July 5, 1987, amongst others; and
WHEREAS the Department of Natural Resources has only been able to
re-test 25 out of 95 lakes originally sampled in the 1970's for minimal
information regarding the lakes' phosphorous and oxygen content, alkalinity
and nitrogen levels and funds are not available to expand even this minimal
surveillance.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does call upon the Governor and the Legislature to appropriate
funds and personnel to the Department of Natural Resources sufficient to
conduct thorough periodic surveys of all of Oakland County's inland lakes.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
David L. Moffitt H.4
County Commissioner-District #15
#87230 September 3, 1987
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee.
There were no objections.