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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1968.08.27 - 18879August 27, 1968 RESOLUTION NO, 4912 DRAIN AND BY: AVIATION COMMITTEES _ Mr. Potter IN RE: PETITION FOR DRAIN TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: WHEREAS, in order to further develop the Oakland- Pontiac Airport it is necessary to provide adequate storm drain- age; and WHEREAS, the existing Whitfield Drain is inadequate in its present state, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Oakland make and cause to be filed a petition jointly with the Charter Township of Waterford in form substantially as follows: PETITION FOR INTRA-COUNTY RELIEF DRAINS PROJECT . TO THE DRAINAGE BOARD FOR THE HEREINAFTER MENTIONED OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DRAINS PROJECT: The undersigned petitioners represent that the Charter Township of Waterford is a public corporation constituting as a whole contiguous territory and that certain areas in the said Township are served by the Whitfield Drain and natural watercourses which carry drainage water and/or sewage originating in Oakland County, Michigan, and that it has become necessary for the public health to supplement and relieve said Whitfield Drain and natural watercourses by constructing relief drains as set forth in this petition at locations in Oakland County, Michigan, where said existing Whitfield Drain and natural watercourses and proposed relief drains are carrying and will carry drainage water and/or sewage originating in said Oakland County only. The undersigned therefore petitions that the said Whitfield Drain and natural watercourses be relieved and supple- mented by the construction of relief drains as defined in Section 485 of Chapter 20 of Act No. 40 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1956, as amended, and that the entire project be constructed and financed as a whole under the provisions of said Chapter 20, pursuant to which chapter this petition is filed, the location and route of said relief drains to be as follows (or as shall be approved by the Drainage Board), to wit: MAIN DRAIN Beginning at a point in the Clinton River, said point being West 200 feet, more or less, and South 690 feet, more or-less, from the Northeast corner of Section 29, T3N, R9E, Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan; thence Northerly 700 feet, more or less, to Elizabeth Lake Road; thence Northwesterly 2225 feet, more or less, to a point in Pontiac Lake Road, said point being West 1610 feet, more or less from the East section line of Section 20; thence in a Northerly direction 1440 feet, more or less, to a point in Airway Road, said point being 1340 feet, more or less, North of Pontiac Lake Road; thence Northerly 390 feet, more or less, to a point in Simmons Road., said point being 70 feet, more or less West from the intersection of Simmons and Airway Roads; thence Northwesterly 690 feet, more or less; thence Northerly 375 feet, more or less, to a point in Highland Road; said point being West 2410 feet, more or less, from the Northeast corner of Section 20 of Waterford Township; thence Northerly 2070 feet, more or less; thence Northwesterly 2550 feet, more or less, to the upper terminus of said drain, said terminus being located 275 feet, more or less, Easterly from the intersection of Hatchery and Paulsen Roads. BRANCH 1 Beginning at a point in the Whitfield Drain, said point being West 1365 feet, more or less, and South 385 feet, more or less, from the intersection of Pontiac Lake Road and Airport Road, said intersection also being on the Easterly line of Section 20, T3N, R9E, Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan; thence Northeasterly 435 feet, more or less, to a point in Pontiac Lake Road, said point being 1170 feet West of the intersection of Pontiac Lake Road and Airport Road; thence Easterly along the North side of Pontiac Lake Road 480 feet, more or less; thence Northerly 660 feet, more or less; thence Northeasterly 355 feet, more or less, thence Easterly 480 feet, more or less, to a point on the West side of Airport Road, said point being located South 1665 feet, more or less, from the Northeast corner of Section 20 of Waterford Township; thence Northerly along the west side of Airport Road 5400 feet, more or less, to the upper terminus of said drain, said terminus being located North 3735 feet, more or less, from the Southeast corner of Section 17, Water- ford Township. BRANCH 2 Beginning at a point in the Whitfield Drain, said point being in Highland Road, West 2410 feet, more or less, from the Northeast corner of Section 20, T3N, R9E., Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan, thence Westerly 7460 feet, more or less, to the upper terminus of said branch, said terminus be- ing located 300 feet, more or less, west of the most West intersection of Highland Road and Williams Lake Road. BRANCH 3 Beginning at a point in the Whitfield Drain, said point being Westerly 1834 feet, more or less, and Northerly 362 feet, more or less, from the intersection of Pontiac Lake Road and Airport Road, said intersection also being on the Easterly line of section 20, T3N., R9E., Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan; thence Westerly along the southerly lot line of Lot 15, Supervisors Plat No. 60, Liber 61, Page 4, Oakland County Deeds Register, 140 feet, more or less to Easterly Row line of Airway Road; thence Westerly across Airway Road 40 feet, more or less to the Southeast most corner of Lot 25, said Subdivision; thence Westerly along the southerly lot line of said Lot 25, of said Subdivision, 643 feet, more or less to the Southwest corner of said lot; thence Northerly, along the Westerly lot line of lot 25, of said subdivision, 310 feet, more or less, to a point, said point being southerly 20 feet, more or less, from the Northwest Corner of said lot; thence Westerly 756 feet, more or less, to the upper terminus of said drain, said point being westerly 760 feet, more or less, and Northerly 680 feet, more or less, from the center post of section 20, Waterford Township. which relief drains project is necessary for the public health and is located entirely within the limits of the Charter Township of Waterford, one of the petitioners herein. This petition is filed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 20 of Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended. The Charter Township of Waterford hereby consents to the location of the foregoing described intra-county relief drains project entirely within its limits. It is understood that the cost of said project is to be assessed against public corporations, including these petitioners. A certified copy of the resolution of governing body of the Charter Township of Waterford and the County of Oakland auth- orizing execution of this petition is hereto attached. CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERFORD By Supervisor By Township Clerk COUNTY OF OAKLAND By Chairman of its Board of Supervisors By County Clerk Dated: 1968 James K Cline fl R-ichard R. Wilcox ATION COMMITTEE ref -- r Johnson, /hail-man AV BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Oakland County Board of Supervisors and the Oakland County Clerk be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute said petition for and on behalf of said County of Oakland and to file the same with the Drain Commissioner of the County of Oakland, MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Drain and Aviation Committees, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. DRAIN COMMITTEE', Sherwin M. Birnkrant John Lessiter John Stine Frazer W. Stamen, ex-officio Ralph A. Main, ex-officio Moved by Potter supported by Eldridge the resolution be adopted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.