HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.07.16 - 25360REPORT (Misc. #98144) July 16, 1998
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - NANCY DINGELDEY, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: MR #98144 - REQUEST OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING LOCAL WATERCRAFT
CONTROLS ON CASS LAKE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above-
referenced resolution on July 6, 1998, recommends that the
resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I
move the acceptance of the foregoing Report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Schmid absent.
Fran Amos, District #5
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June 11, 1998
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 98 144
BY: Commissioner Shelley Taub, Dist. #12,Commissioner Fran Amos, Dist.#5
IN RE: REQUEST OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO HOLD PUBLIC
HEARINGS REGARDING LOCAL WATERCRAFT CONTROLS ON CASS LAKE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Cass Lake, at 1280 acres, is the largest inland lake in
Southeast Michigan; and
WHEREAS Cass Lake is located entirely within Oakland County, and within
or adjacent to the City of Keego Harbor, the City of Orchard Lake Village, the
Township of Waterford, and the Township of West Bloomfield; and
WHEREAS each year thousands of persons use Cass Lake for a variety of
recreational activities, including boating, personal watercraft, water skiing,
fishing, swimming, and diving; and
WHEREAS Cass lake is the most heavily used body of water in Oakland
County and in Southeast Michigan; and
WHEREAS the heavy use of Cass Lake has given rise to a number of
problems including water quality, noise pollution, dangerous operation of
boats and personal watercraft, conflicts between riparian and non-riparian
property owners, and conflicts between lake users; and
WHEREAS many of these problems may not be addressed by current laws and
regulations under the Michigan Marine Safety Act.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby requests that the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources conduct an investigation into marine safety and user conflict issues
on Cass Lake in Oakland County to determine the need to adopt local watercraft
controls on Cass Lake.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as part of its investigation, the MDNR is
requested to call a hearing or hearings to take testimony from the public
concerning the need for local watercraft controls on Cass Lake.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Shelley Taub, District # 12
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Resolution #98144 June 11, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #98144 July 16, 1998
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Taub the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Taub the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Gregory, Hoffman, Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson,
Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Schmid,
Taub, Wolf, Amos, Coleman, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
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 July 16, 1998 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 16th day of July 1998.
Q-1.
ETTITITIT. Allen, County Clerk