HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1992.08.06 - 19580Miscellaneous Resolution # 92175 August 6, 1992
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE -
Richard G. Skarritt, Chairperson
RE: SAGINAW BASIN WATERSHED COUNCIL - OAKLAND COUNTY MEMBERSHIP
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Saginaw Basin Watershed, Michigan's largest
watershed and a vital environmental asset, supports an impressive
industrial complex, supplies highly productive farmland, provides
excellent habitat for fishery and wildlife and offers outstanding
recreational opportunities; and
WHEREAS many programs and studies have been undertaken to
examine and improve environmental quality in the Saginaw Basin
Watershed regarding multiple uses of land and water resources that
continue to pose a threat to this ecological asset; and
WHEREAS Public Act 253 of 1964, the "Local River Management
Act," provides for the establishment of Watershed Councils to
promote cooperation among local governments in river management and
for the study, planning, promotion and enhancement of riverbeds,
riverbanks, shorelines, channels and water quality; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Natural Resources Commission, having been
petitioned by local governmental units to establish a Saginaw Basin
Watershed Council, adopted an order to create said council; and
WHEREAS the mission of the Saginaw Basin Watershed Council is
to pro-actively work to improve the quality of life in the Saginaw
River Basin, which encompasses almost 20% of Oakland County's land
area, by improving the quality of its rivers, streams and
tributaries for fish, wildlife, plant life and human recreation;
and
WHEREAS the County of Oakland is eligible for representation
on said Council and believes it essential to our future quality of
life to maintain and improve the rivers, streams and tributaries
making up the Saginaw River Basin; and
WHEREAS the Watershed Council has received a $48,000 grant
from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to fund
activities during the 1992 fiscal year which means that local units
of government do not have to pay a membership fee for 1992.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners supports the concept and mission of the Saginaw Basin
Watershed Council and wishes to exercise its right of
representation and to take an active part in its activities and
programs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if a membership fee is proposed
for Oakland County, the General Government Committee will evaluate
the benefits of continued representation on the Saginaw Basin
Watershed Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairperson of the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners is authorized to appoint a member of
the Board of Commissioners as a representative to the Saginaw Basin
Watershed Council.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government
Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
c2]: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
I HERFIRY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set MY hand and affixed the seal of the County
of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 6th day
Allen, County Clerk vn
Resolution # 92175 • August 6, 1992
Moved by Skarritt supported by Schmid the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Olsen supported by Pappageorge the resolution be amended in the
second BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph by adding the words, 'Oakland County join
the Saginaw Basin Watershed Council for one year, and it membership fees as pro-
posed for Oakland County; and the General 5overnment Committee will evaluate."
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Ferrens, Gosling, Huntoon, Johnson, Krause, McConnell, McCulloch,
Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht, Olsen, Palmer, Pappageorge, Pernick, Price, Schmid, Serra,
Skarritt, Wolf, Aaron, Crake. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution as amended,
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners on August 6, 1992
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.