HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.06.24 - 22888REPORT June 24, 1993
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE-Donald W. Jensen, Chairperson
RE; MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93077, (SUPPORT) HURON CLINTON
METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY ASSUMPTION OF PONTIAC LAKE RECREATICC
AREA
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above
referenced resolution, reports with the recommendation that the
resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I
move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93077
BY: LARRY P. CRAKE, COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #4
IN RE: (SUPPORT) HURON CLINTON METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY ASSUMPTION
OF PONTIAC LAKE RECREATION AREA
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, in its effort to reduce the cost of Michigan's
government, all areas of State government, including the Department
of Natural Resources, have had to streamline their programs,and
WHEREAS, faced with large budget cuts, the DNR is attempting
to lower its operating budget and still ensure that Michigan's
residents are afforded both public recreation and the preservation
of natural resources, and
WHEREAS, this utilization of the DNR facilities by HCMA will
ensure the continued public usage Of this land for hunting,
snowmobiling, horseback riding, mountain biking, and integral
recreational activities, and
WHEREAS, to that end., the DNR and the Huron Clinton
Metropolitan Authority have entered into negotiations for the
transfer of the 3700-acre Pontiac Lake Recreation Area to HCMA, and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Road Commission has expressed an
interest in the portion of that DNR land within Waterford Township,
Sec.18.T.3N R9E. bounded by Gale Road on the north, Williams Lake
Road on the east, M-59 on the south, and Waterford Township line on
the west.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners
hereby records its support of the assumption of the Pontiac Lake
Recreation Area by the Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority as
being in the best interests of the Citizens of Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners
supports the transfer of the land described above to the Oakland
County Road Commission for Public Road purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
forwarded to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Huron
Clinton Metropolitan Authority, Oakland County Parks and Recreation
Commission, Oakland County Road Commission, Governor Engler, and
our State Legislators.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
. Allen, County Clerk
June 24, 1993
Misc. Resolution #93077
Moved by Jensen supported by Garfield the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the Report be accepted.
Moved by Jensen supported by Garfield the Resolution be accepted.
AYES: Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, McCulloch, McPherson, Oaks, Obrecht,
Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Price, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Aaron, Crake, Dingeldey,
Douglas, Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon. (21)
NAYS: Kingzett, Miltner. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the Resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, 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 June 24, 1993 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this -24th day of June, 1993