HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1965.04.13 - 195854422 Miscellaneous Resolution April 13, 1965
BY: Mr. Levinson
IN RE: TRANSPORTATION LAND USE STUDY
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the State Highway Department and the Detroit Metropolitan Area
Regional Planning Commission are undertaking a transportation and land use study for
the six-county Southeastern Michigan region in order to comply with the provisions
of the Federal Highway Act of 1962; and
WHEREAS, the study has two major purposes:
Produce a coordinated plan to guide future land use and the
development of a balanced transportation system - including
mass transit, highways, rail, water and air facilities - to
serve the needs of the 1990 metropolitan region, and
2. Develop a planning process and structure which will assist in
the implementation of the plan and continue to make the
evaluations, refinements, adjustments and projections necessary
to keep the plan current.
and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Act of 1962 and administrative determinations
by the Bureau of Public Roads in accordance with the Act require "Memorandums of
Understanding" between the State Highway Department and all governmental agencies
with responsibility for implementation of transportation plus in urbanized areas as a
condition of continued receipt of Federal Aid Highway Funds after July 1, 1965; and
WHEREAS, the State Highway Department has requested that the Planning
Commission, Road Commission and Board of Supervisors enter into such a Memorandum
of Understanding, a copy of which is attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Road Commission and the Oakland County
Planning Commission have approved the execution of the proposed Memorandum of
Understanding; and
WHEREAS, the Ways and Means Committee has considered the request and is
of the opinion that the Board of Supervisors should enter into the said proposed Memorandum
of Understanding;
David Levinson, Chairman
Frank Webber
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Fred L. Yockey
Charles B. Edwards,
Harry W Horton
iflomI. O'Donoghue
,
Frank J. Voq:, „Sr.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman and Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors be, and the same are, hereby authorized to execute the Memorandum
of Understanding between the Michigan State Highway Department and the Oakland
County Board of Supervisors.
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Ways and Means Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Moved. by Levinson supported by RehaO the resolution be adopte
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was
adopted.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
In furthering the objectives of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962, pertaining to Urban
Transportation Planning (Section 134, Chapter 1, Title 23, US Code), which declares it —
"to be in the national interest to encourage and promote the development of
transportation systems, embracing various modes of transport in a manner
that will serve the States and local communities efficiently and effectively,"
and which authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to "cooperate with the States
--- in the development of long-range highway plans and programs which are
properly coordinated with plans for improvements in other affected forms of
transportation and which are formulated with due consideration to their prob-
able effect on the future development of urban areas of more than fifty thousand
population" and which requires the Secretary of Commerce to withhold approval
under Section 105 of this title of "any program for projects in any urban area of
more than fifty thousand population unless he finds that such projects are based
on a continuing cOmprehensive transportation planning process carried on co-
operatively by States and local communities" and in conformance with this Act,
Oakland County Board of
the Supervisors and the Michigan State Highway Department, jointly
and mutually agree to cooperate in a comprehensive, continuing, transportation planning
process for the Six-County Area, made up of Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, St. Clair,
Monroe and Wayne Counties and the included cities, villages and townships*.
More specifically, the transportation planning process shall encompass but not be limited
to the following:
1. Development of operational procedures and the administrative
organization necessary to provide a sound basis for collecting,
analyzing and projecting data needed to develop comprehensive
transportation plans.
2. Development of transportation plans compatible with local and
state development programs.
3. Informing the decision-making bodies and the general public of
significant developments in the comprehensive transportation
planning process.
* Including the Detroit Urbanized Area as defined by the US Census of Population, 1960 —
"United States Summary" -- Series PC (I) Number of Inhabitants
4. Preparation of recommendations for implementing transportation
plans, agreeable to the parties concerned.
5. Establishment of the procedures for periodic review and updating
of the basic data from which alternative transportation plans are
developed as changing conditions dictate.
To provide a foundation for the cooperative planning efforts envisaged by this Memorandum
of Understanding, the organizational structure, the operational procedures, and the assign-
ment of responsibilities to the cooperating agencies for specific phases of the planning pro-
gram will be those detailed in, or developed from, the attached "STUDY DESIGN for a Conn -
prehensive TRANSPORTATION and LAND USE PROGRAM for the Detroit Region."
Parties to this agreement recognize that the comprehensive character of the transporta-
tion planning process requires an inventory, analysis and continual updating of the follow-
ing basic elements as they pertain to future development activity:
1. Economic Factors
2. Population
3. Land Use
4. Transportation Facilities (including Mass and Rapid
Transportation Systems)
5, Travel Patterns
6. Terminal and Transfer Facilities
7, Traffic Control Features
8. Codes, Ordinances
9. Financial Resources
10. Social and Community Value Factors
11. National Defense Considerations
Signatories to this Memorandum of Understanding jointly and mutually agree to cocperate
in this comprehensive transportation planning for the Six-County Area program in fulfill-
ment of the requirements of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 pertaining to Federal
participation in highway programs contemplated in the Detroit Urbanized Area
after
JohnrW Murphy, Cler
Oak1.al0d -County Board 'o upervisors
MICHIGAN STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
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(Authorized Agent) ACTING DIRECTOR
Chairman, Oakland County Board of Supervisors
DATE SIGNED April 15, 1965 DATE SIGNED