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REPORT (Misc. #98103) May 21, 1998
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, NANCY DINGELDEY,
CHAIRPERSON
MR #98103 - OPPOSITION TO FCC CONTRAVENTION OF LOCAL LAND
USE PLANNING
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having met on May 11, 1998,
reports with the recommendation that the above-titled resolution be
adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I
move acceptance of the foregoing report.
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Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
BY:
IN RE:
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April 2, 1998
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #98103
BY: COMMISSIONERS SHELLEY TAUB, RUTH JOHNSON, LAWRENCE °BRECHT, KAY
SCHMID, DONALD JENSEN, DENNIS N. POWERS
RE: OPPOSITION TO FCC CONTRAVENTION OF LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, amidst the pledges from federal elected officials to reduce the size and intrusiveness
of government, the federal bureaucratic regulators seek to widen their span of control by unilateral
determinations of ambient air quality, water pressure in our toilets, attacks on sports utility vehicles, and
now the preemption of local authority in making zoning decisions about the placement of broadcast towers,
and
WHEREAS the Federal Communications Commission was so successful in usurping local
decision-making on the placement of cellphone towers, they are further abridging all local zoning authority
for the siting of broadcast towers for digital television transmission, and
WHEREAS, the FCC, upon petition of the broadcast industry, has determined that in order to
assure an accelerated Digital Television (DTV) implementation schedule, local review is drastically
curtailed, and reduced to a rubber stamp which says "YES", as thousands of 1000 feet high towers are
erected on our local landscape from sea to shining sea, and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Counties has prioritized the maintenance of local
government authority over telecommunications policy on issues including public rights-of- way and
zoning, and we join them in fighting for our state's and citizens' rights.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
stands firmly in support of NACO's advocacy for legislative and administrative actions which maintain
local government authority over telecommunications policy on issues of public rights-of-way and zoning,
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Oakland County's United States Legislators be urged to take
all necessary action to insure local land use planning authority is maintained by the local planning and
zoning entities of every community in Oakland County and throughout the Nation, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be conveyed to Oakland County's
U.S. Legislators, Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Township Association, National
Association of Counties Organization, and all local units of government in Oakland County.
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Resolution #98103 April 23, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #98103 May 21, 1998
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Powers the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Powers the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Gregory, Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs,
Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht,
Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Coleman, Devine. (23)
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 May 21, 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 21st day of May 1998.
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Lynr/D.- Allen, County Clerk