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ng of the water levels o AND • RE AS, ! on and
to an all time low record, as of th:: a direct t"--= OUT
Ame 22, 1964
RESOLUTION
Reference: Water Levels of 1T 7 lnd
the Water Level o" --f and River
To: The Oakland County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and GerY__
the waters of 7L - niver and the adjoining
waters of Lakes 1iuron and Michigan a.T- vital --ance not only to the
77,-p1e of Bay County but to all other c:),;lities located on or aJjacent to
their shores and whereas any (1.reat reducti in either onality or quantity of
these waters is a direct thre t the future 1-AIT of its peo.,1e7.
d economY by the jmnnirment Pf water Y,;ioulics,
sl5pping and cee.:-,,Th rnv7 ,i7,rolno1:5, recreational wild-
life and many other items vital to our eontin f life :171 ,:l existnrce.
AW) it is a well known fact that the levels of the r",rat;:
Lakes rise and fall in cycles of high and lo..! water and over a period of
rc7ains a normal level and this would be !,,r) true for the future ex
;..v.it the "Trent T o take lf the St. channels
and the United States the level of Lake ior, the largest body of fresh
a.ter in the world, is regulated as to t amount of water alled to flow
F he stu indicate the
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luat man has c1tTh7ed this by altering the flow of water by deepening the ship
twenty-s draft and further there il of the aters
L lic*In to the i attr cd for the PurP,-., of dicPo.7-ing of
wastes which all result in more waters leaving the l s that
can rerlace by rrc,cirittion. Thi abnormal drain of Lakz ,s,- and '!1:hirntl
running unchecked will r•7-u1t in a new record low at the bottom of each suc-
ceeding cycle, so t -'t conc.ei in time there would only be a series of
channels between Bay City and Detroit.
'Th tivrou-' the joint efforts and cooperation of
from it to the other Great Lakes and as a result is still well above any re-
cord lows, which leads to a conclusion that a similar rrogram might be feasible
practical for Lakes Huron and Michian as a solution to a problem.
717, BE IT RFS ()LVED, that the Oakland County Board of
Amervisors :erProve a study and survey by the joint action of the United States
z-fnl Canadian Covernments, to seek a solution to the control of the levels of
te waters of Lakes Huron and Michigan, in the best j'rest of all collcc
)y placing regulating devices at certain strgtpgic points in the connecting
Hchannels between Lakes Huron and Erie or
best cost versus benefit ratio.
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/S. James Clarkson Howard 0. Powers
William T. Duncan William K. Smith
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Joseph Forbes Leonard Terry
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FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to all our
representatives in the United States Congress and Senate, to the State Association of
Supervisors, Governor George Romney, Michigan Departments of Conservation,
Economic Development and Health, Dow Chemical Co., Wickes Marine Terminal,
Defoe Shipbuilding Co., and any other appropriate persons, agencies or organizations
who could lend vital assistance to this project of preserving one of the last of our
great natural resources, fresh water. To paraphrase our late President of the United
States, "This can't be done in a month or a year or five years, but let us begin."
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Drain Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
DRAIN COMMITTEE
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Curtis Potter, Chairman
Moved by Potter supported by Davids the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was
adopted.