HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1999.05.13 - 25793MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #99088 April 15, 1999
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, CHARLES E. PALMER, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: ISLAND NAME CHANGE - HUBBELL ISLAND TO HANSEN ISLAND -
HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the owner of Hubbell Island on White Lake in Highland
Township has requested that the island's name be changed to Hansen
Island, in recognition of his father Howard Hansen, a Veteran of WW
II, who died in 1981 and who made various contributions to the
community; and
WHEREAS the legal description of said island is as follows:
Forty Acres containing Island known as HUBBELL'S ISLAND, consisting
of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 Section 13, Town 3 North,
Range 7 East, Highland Township, Oakland, County, Michigan.; and
WHEREAS Hubbell Island has recently been purchased by David J.
Hansen, son of Howard Hansen; and
WHEREAS David Hansen presented to the Charter Township of
Highland a request to rename his property to Hansen Island; and
WHEREAS Highland Township's Board of Supervisors supported Mr.
Hansen's request; and
WHEREAS Mr. Hansen has requested that Oakland County Board of
Commissioners support the renaming of the island in accordance with
the procedure set forth by the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Geological Survey Division's requirements; and
WHEREAS it is necessary that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners direct the County Clerk to publish notice of the
proposed change in a local newspaper of the intention to change the
name from Hubbell Island to Hansen Island, thus necessitating
certain costs associated with the name change; and
WHEREAS David Hansen has agreed to reimburse the County of
Oakland all costs associated with the name change request
including, but not limited to, the cost of the publication in a
local newspaper and the cost of holding a public hearing including
overtime.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners approves the renaming of Hubbell Island to Hansen
Island, if it meets the requirements of the U.S. Department of
Interior and, further, if David Hansen reimburses the County of
Oakland all costs associated with the name change request
including, but not limited to, the cost of the publication of a
public hearing in a local newspaper and the cost of holding a
public hearing including overtime.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building committee,
I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #99088 April 15, 1999
Commissioner Palmer requested a Public Hearing be scheduled for the purpose
of allowing the public to comment on changing the name of Hubbell's Island to
Hansen Island. The Chairperson scheduled the hearing for 9:35 A.M. in the Board
of Commissioners' auditorium on May 13, 1999. There were no objections.
Resolution #99088 May 13, 1999
Moved by Palmer supported by Colasanti the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Jensen, Law, McCulloch, McPherson,
Melton, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson, Schmid, Suarez, Taub, Amos,
Appel, Causey-Mitchell, Colasanti, Coleman, Devine, Dingeldey. (23)
NAYS: Douglas. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, 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 13, 1999 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
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Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand an affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this igfh da of May, 1999.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk