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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.03.02 - 24505/ March 3, 1995 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #95061 BY: COMMISSIONER JEFF KINGZETT and COMMISSIONER THOMAS LAW IN RE: Department of Facilities Management/Real Estate—Sale of County-Owned Property, Sidwell #14-03-100-026, City of Auburn Hills To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, in Miscellaneous Resolution 489261, authorized the siting of a Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incinerator and Material Recycling Facility (MRF) on approximately 33 acres in the City of Auburn Hills, identified as Tax Sidwell #14-03-100-026, and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has subsequently amended the County's Solid Waste plan by deleting the WTE incinerator and the MRF from its Solid Waste Plan, and WHEREAS, this 33 acres of land, formerly designated to hold these solid waste facilities, is situated in the heart of a rapidly developing industrial and technical region known as Automation Alley, and has been billed as the economic engine that drives the Michigan economy, and WHEREAS, the value of this land is demonstrated by and enhanced by the location of several nearby developments, including but not limited to the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant, the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Guardian Industries World Headquarters, the Pinnacle Corporate Park, and the Metro North Technology Parks I and II, and others totalling more than two dozen major employers, and WHEREAS, land immediately west of this county-owned land is being developed as a Light Industrial Park with lot sizes of 5-10 acres each, and WHEREAS, if developed in a manner similar to the surrounding privately- owned land, this parcel could easily yield hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars of taxbase for the City of Auburn Hills, the County of Oakland and other taxing jurisdictions, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes the sale of county-owned property, identified as Tax Sidwell # 14-03-100-026, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland county Board of Commissioners directs the Department of Facilities Management to initiate the steps necessary to facilitate the sale of this land in accordance with Resolution #91090, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the final sale of this property is contingent upon final approval by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.