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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1965.06.28 - 19610Miscellaneous Resolution No, 4460 Recommended by the Board of Palic Works In Re: POWDERHORN ESTATES (WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP) WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM Submitted by Mr. Rehard Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I offer the following resolution which was approved by the Board of Public Works at their meeting of June 21, 1965: WHEREAS, the County of Oakland by resolution of its Board of Supervisors has established a Department of Public Works for the administration of the powers conferred upon the county by Act No. 185, Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, which Department is ad- ministered by a Board of Public Works under the general control of said Board of Supervisors; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide a water supply system consisting of a series of distribution mains in and to serve Powder- horn Estates Subdivision in the Township of West Bloomfield, Oakland County, Michigan; and WHEREAS, the Township Board of the Township of West Bloomfield on May 19, 1965, adopted the following resolution: At a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Town- ship of West Bloomfield, Oakland County, Michigan, held at the Township Hall on the 19th day of May, 1965, at 8:00 o'clock P.M., Eastern Standard Time, PRESENT: Rehard, Chamberlain, Warner, DeConick, Warren, Forbes, Whitmer ABSENT: None The following resolution was offered by Whitmer and seconded by Warren WHEREAS, the Township of West Bloomfield presently owns and is operating a water supply system in the West Bloomfield Hills Sub- division, which system has sufficient excess water supply capacity to serve also the Powderhorn Estates Subdivision, and it is necessary and desirable that a water supply system be provided in and for said Powder horn Estates Subdivision; and WHEREAS, it appears to be most advantageous and feasible for the County of Oakland, acting through its Department of Public Works under Act No. 185, Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, to establish such water supply system in and for Powderhorn Estates Subdivision and to construct and finance such system pursuant to said Act and to lease the same to the Township of West Bloomfield for operation by said township; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE TOWN- SHIP OF WEST BLOOMFIELD, OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, as follows: 1. That the County of Oakland is hereby requested to ostah- lish a county water supply system in and for said Powderhorn Estat e s Subdivision in the Township of West Bloomfield, which subdivision shall constitute the district forsaid system, to acquire such system by constructing the necessary water distribution facilities, to finance such acquisition by the issuance of county bonds secured by the contractual obligation of the township to pay the cost of the system pursuant to a - contract to be entered into between the township and the county, and to lease such system to the township, all in accordance with and pursuant to Act No, 18_5, Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, 2. That the County Department of Public Works is hereby re- quested to have plans and an estimate of the cost for said system prepared by a registered professional engineer and to file the same with the Town- ship Board. 3. That the township hereby agrees to advance to the county as needed the cost of preparing such plans and estimate and the township further agrees that, if for reasons beyond the control of the county, the systemis not completed or the bonds to finance the cost thereof are not sold and delivered, the township will reimburse the county for all reasonable engineering and administrative costs hereafter actually in- curred by the County Department of Public Works in connection with the planning and acquisition of said system: Provided, however, that such costs shall not be incurred in an amount in excess of $5,000 except with the prior approval by resolution of the Township Board, ADOPTED:. Yeas Rehard, Chamberlain, Warner, DeConick, Warren, Forbes, Whitmer Nays None WHEREAS, the establishment of said water supply system will protect the public health and welfare of the citizens to be served by said system; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Oakland County, Michigan, does hereby establish, pursuant to said Act No. 185 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, a county water supply system consisting of a series of water distribution mains in and to serve Powderhorn Estates Subdivision, West Bloomfield Town- ship, in said county, as requested in the resolution adopted by the Township Board of the Township of West Bloomfield as above set forth. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the County Board of Public Works is hereby directed to obtain and to submit to this Board, for approval, plans and specifications and estimates of cost and period of useful- ness for the said system and also a contract with the Township of West Bloomfield with respect to the construction, operation and financing of said system and with respect to the furnishing of a supply of water thereto. RESOLVED FURTHER, that said water supply system shall be known as the "Powderhorn Estates (West Bloomfield Township) Water Supply System" and that the district to be served thereby shall be known as the "Powderhorn Estates (West Bloomfield Township) Water Supply District", and that said district shall consist of all lands in said Powderhorn Estates Subdivision except Lots 1 through S thereof. RESOLVED FURTHER, that all resolutions or parts thereof, insofar as the same may be in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby rescinded, , seconded by Rehard It was moved by Mr. Mr, McAvoy , that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Upon roll call the vote was as follows: Yeas - Allerton, Alward, Bachert, Beecher, Carey, Case, Charteris, Clarkson, Cohen, Dewan, Dohany, Duncan, Durbin, Edward, Fouts, Frid, Frye, Goodspeed, Grisdale, Hagstrom, Hall, HaMlin,'Heacock, Horton,.Houghten, Hudson, Huhn, Hursfall, Johnston, Kennedy, Kephart, Knowles, Lahti, Laurie, Lessiter, Levinson, Linley, Macdonald, Maier, Mainland„ Mastin, McAvoy, McKinlay, Menzies, Mercer, Mitchell, Nelson, O'Donoghue, Oldenburg, Osgood, Patnales, Peterson, Potter, Powers, Rehard, Remer, Rhinevault, Seeterlin, Simson, Slavens, W. Smith, Solberg, Tapp, Tiley, Tinsman, Turner, Valentine, Voll, Walker, Webber, Wilcox, Woods, Yockey. (73) . Nays - None. (0) Absent - Brickner, Casey, Cheyz, Demute, Ewart, Forbes, Ingraham, Meichert, Miller, Mills, H. Smith, Terry, Travis. (13) STATE OF MICHIGAN ) ) SS: COUNTY OF OAKLAND ) I,. the undersigned, the County Clerk of the County of Oak- land, State of Michigan, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of proceedings of the Oakland County Board of Super- visors taken at a Regular Meeting held on June 28, 1965, in the matter of Powderhorn Estates (West Bloomfield Township) Water Supply System, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan, this 28th day of June , 1965. County Clerk