HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.04.23 - 25264Mr. Chairperson, we move the adoption qf the foregoing Resolution.
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Frank .H. Millard, Jr.
Commissioner, District #4
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ommissioner, District #5
Miscellaneous Resolution #98099
BY: Commissioners Lawrence A. Obrecht, District #3 and Frank H. Millard, District #4
RE: Resource Conservation and Development and Fran Amos, District #5
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Resource Conservation and Development is a program administered by the United States
Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service. It is focused on the
conservation, development and utilization of natural resources to improve the standard of
living; and
WHEREAS, Within Resource Conservation and Development areas, several counties and conservation
districts work as a team to improve the social, economic and environmental opportunities for
citizens of the area; and
WHEREAS, a Resource Conservation and Development Council would be charged with both identifying
and prioritizing soil erosion and natural resource projects within southeastern Michigan, as
well as, ascertaining funding sources in order to remedy the identified erosion and natural
resource projects; and
WHEREAS, southeastern Michigan is the only area within the State of Michigan that does not have an
independent Resource Conservation and Development (RCD) Council which identifies and
prioritizes soil erosion and natural resources problems; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service is in
the process of developing a Resource Conservation and Development (RCD) Council in
southeastern Michigan. The RCD Council would be established as a community based
program and governed by local leaders; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County and its citizens will benefit from the creation of an RCD Council that is
charged with improving the social, economic and environmental opportunities for citizens of
southeastern Michigan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners strongly supports
the initiation of the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, to
create a Resource Conservation and Development Council in Southeastern Michigan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this support be communicated to the United States Department
of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, to the other counties that been
identified to be included in the Southeastern Michigan Resource Conservation and
Development Council, and to all othe,rinterested parties.
Resolution #98099 April 23, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government and
Planning and Building Committees. There were no objections.