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Commissioner Marcia Gefsthenson
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Commissioner Bill Dwyer
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 16124
BY: Commissioners Gary McGillivray, District #20; Wade Fleming, District, #16; Bill Dwyer, District #14;
Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Robert Gosselin, District #11; David Woodward, District #19; Eileen
KowalI, District #6; John Scott, District #5; Hugh D. Crawford, District #9; Tom Middleton, District #4;
Michael Spisz, District #3; Nancy ,Quarles, District #17; Bob Hoffman, District #2; Shelley Taub, District
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IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR MICHIGAN SENATE BILL 557, ELIMINATE
THE REQUIREMENT FOR CITIES AND VILLAGES TO BEAR A PORTION OF THE COST OF
OPENING, WIDENING, AND IMPROVING STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAYS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Senate Bill 557 was introduced by Senators Marty Knollenberg and Vincent Gregory on
October 13, 2015; and
WHEREAS if enacted, Senate Bill 557 would eliminate the requirement under current Michigan law that
local cities and villages bear a portion of the cost of opening, widening, and improving, including
construction and reconstruction of state trunk line highways within their borders; and
WHEREAS currently local cities and villages are responsible for these costs in proportion their population,
12.5% with a population of 50,000 or more, 11.25% with a population between 40,000 and 50,000, 8.75%
with a population between 25,000 and 40,000; and
WHEREAS all townships, regardless of population, and all cities and village with a population under
25,000 are currently exempt from this requirement; and
WHEREAS the $1 billion reconstruction and widening project for 1-75 in Oakland County has brought to
the forefront the heavy financial burdens placed on some local governments for major improvements on
state trunk lines; and
WHEREAS three local municipalities will bear a significant share of the financial burden of this major
reconstruction, with the City of Royal estimating their share between $5 and $10 million, the City of
Madison Heights estimating their share at $4.3 million and the City of Troy estimates their share at $8.8
million; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Department of Transportation (MOOT) plans to rehabilitate and repave sections
of 1-275, which will require cost participation from the City of Novi in the amount of $157,000 and the City
of Farmington Hills in the amount of $779,000; and
WHEREAS a basic inequity and lack of fairness exists when some communities are singled out to pay for
these improvements while others are not, without regard to the benefits these communities derive from
these projects; and
WHEREAS placing these cost burdens on local governments reallocates resources that could be used for
badly needed repairs to local roadways and streets, prioritized by local decision makers; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 557 will correct the unfair practice of singling out certain communities to bear the
significant burden of costs associated with maintaining and improving major state trunk lines and place
that responsibility where is rightfully belongs — the state and federal governments.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners supports the
passage of Senate Bill 557 and encourages its enactment without delay. .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Oakland is directed to submit a copy of this
resolution to the Board's legislative lobbyists, the Office of the Governor, Senate Majority Leader, Senate
Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, the Oakland County delegation to the
Michigan Legislature, the City of Madison Heights, the City of Troy, the City of Royal Oak, the City of
Southfield, the City of Oak Park, the City of Farmington Hills and the City of Novi.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #16124 May 5, 2016
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections,