HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2017.09.28 - 23128REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION '#17278
BY: Commissioners David Woodward, District #19; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Hugh Crawford,
District #9; David Bowman, District #10; Bill Dwyer, District #14; Michael Spisz, District #3; Nancy Quarles,
District #17; Bob Hoffman, District *2; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Helaine Zack, District #18; Phil
Weipert, District #8; Wade Fleming, District #16; Tom Berman, District #5; Adam Kochenderfer, District
#15; Tom Middleton, District #4; Doug Tietz, District #11
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OAKLAND COUNTY COOPERATIVE LAKES MONITORING
PROGRAM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Michigan's unique geographical location provides its citizens with a wealth of freshwater
resources including over 11,000 inland lakes; and
WHEREAS Oakland County is home to more than 350 inland lakes; and
WHEREAS in addition to being valuable ecological resources, lakes provide aesthetic and recreational
value for the people of Michigan and Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the quality and safety of our lakes is essential for a strong economy; and
WHEREAS as more and more people use the lakes and surrounding watersheds, the potential for
environmental problems and use impairment increases dramatically; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) implemented the Cooperative
Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) as an important component of Michigan's inland lakes monitoring
program over 35 years ago; and
WHEREAS the primary purpose of the CLMP is to help citizen volunteers monitor indicators of water quality
in their lakes and document changes to lake quality over time; and
WHEREAS the CLMP program has been operating since 1974 and is the second oldest lake monitoring
program in the United States; and
WHEREAS the goals of the program include:
1. Provide baseline information and document trends in water quality for individual lakes,
2. Educate Lake residents, users, and interested citizens in the collection of water quality data,
lake ecology, and lake management practices,
3. Build a constituency of citizens to practice sound lake management at the local level and build
public support for lake quality protection,
4. Provide a cost-effective process for the MDEQ to increase baseline data for lakes state-wide;
and
WHEREAS volunteers who monitor a lake through the CLMP are taught biology and ecology and the time
spent monitoring the lake brings about an extra level of concern for the water body; and
WHEREAS Volunteers often become champions for clean water and go on to take leadership roles in their
communities; and
WHEREAS the CLMP continues as a foundation program under the Michigan Clean Water Corp (MiCorps)
with long standing partnerships in the program from the following groups: Michigan Lakes and Streams
Association (MLSA), the Great Lakes Commission, The Huron River Watershed Council, and Michigan
State University; and
WHEREAS the mission of MiCorps is to network and expand volunteer water quality monitoring
organizations statewide for the purpose of collecting, sharing, and using reliable data; educate and inform
the public about water quality issues; and foster water resources stewardship to facilitate the preservation
and protection of Michigan's water resources; and
WHEREAS the purpose of the Oakland County CLMP monitoring project is to provide lake communities
with a strategy for monitoring overall lake quality in addition to any impact from non-native invasive species;
and
WHEREAS monitoring overall lake quality is extremely important because if undetected, invasive species
can spread rapidly across a lake, greatly damaging (often irreparably) a lake's ecology, fish and
populations, and property values; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners believes an investment in the health of our lakes
and watersheds can have long-term positive implications for the county, region and state.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners calls for the
development of a partnership with MiCorps to do the following:
• Support the recruitment and training of volunteers to do Oakland County lake testing and
monitoring.
• Expand MiCorp activities in Oakland County.
• Cover costs for volunteer trainings and materials.
,Chairpekon, I move the adopt of the foregoing Resolution.
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• Provide an annual report to the Board of Commissioners about the number of volunteers recruited
and trained, and the results of annual testing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes a one-
time appropriation of $50,000 for a partnership with MiCorps for the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program
within Oakland County to be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners shall work in partnership with the Health
Department and MiCorps to coordinate public engagement activities related to the Cooperative Lakes
Monitoring Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners requests Corporation Counsel to negotiate
an agreement with MiCorps for the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program and authorizes the Board
Chairperson to execute said agreement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the one-time transfer of funding
in the amount of $50,000 from the General Fund Assigned Fund Balance (G/L Account #383313) for Board
of Commissioners Projects to the General Fund Contracted Services line item within the Health and Human
Services department budget as detailed below:
GENERAL FUND #10100 (G/L Account #383313) FY 2018
Revenue
9010101-196030-665882 Planned Use of Balance 50,000
Total Revenue 5il 000
Expenditures
1060101-134180-730373 Contracted Services 50,000
Total Expenditures 50,000
Corhmissioner Marcia Gbrthenson
District #13
Commissioner Phil Weipert
District #8
Commissioner David Bowman
District #10
Commissioner HelairfeZack
District #18
Commissioner Wade Fie
District #16
Commissioner Tom Middleton
District #4
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Resolution #17278 September 28, 2017
Moved by Gershenson supported by Hoffman to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#17278 — Board of Commissioners — Oakland County Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Hoffman, Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Taub, Tietz,
Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson,
Gingell. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #17278 — Board of Commissioners — Oakland County Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program.
Moved by Gershenson supported by Hoffman the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Taub, Tietz, Weipert,
Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell,
Hoffman. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLVN
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTiif:
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559,-
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 September 28,
2017, 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 28th day of September, 2017.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County