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October 28, 1999
Miscellaneous Resolution 199267
BY: General Government Committee, Shelley G. Taub, Chairperson
RE: Support of Marshbank Park Access Enhancement Program
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) established
a fund for Transportation Enhancement Activities; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) of 1998 continued
the program through the year 2003 with ten percent of the Surface Transportation Fund being set
aside for transportation enhancement activities; and
WHEREAS, the Enhancement Program provides an opportunity to improve Michigan's
intermodal transportation network and the quality of life in Michigan; and
WHEREAS, the Michigan Department of Transportation is partnering with local communities
to support a variety of transportation enhancement projects that go beyond the traditional road or
highway work, including: pedestrian and bicycle paths, landscaping, beautification and historic
preservation; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Township of West Bloomfield, in cooperation with the West Bloomfield
Parks and Recreation Commission, have jointly proposed to construct a non-motorized path and
access to the Marshbank Park. These proposed paths will complete the existing non-motorized path
network and provide major residential areas with access to the park; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Township of West Bloomfield and the West Bloomfield Parks and
Recreation Commission are submitting an application through the Road Commission for Oakland
County to the Michigan Department of Transportation Enhancement Program for partial funding of
the construction and installation of the Marshbank Park Access Enhancement Project with TEA-21
matching funds.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby recognize that the proposed Marshbank Park Access Enhancement Project will have a
positive community impact; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Oakland County joins the Road Commission for Oakland
County in supporting the application of the Charter Township of West Bloomfield and the West
Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commission and urges the Michigan Department of Transportation
to become a partner in the Marshbank Access Enhancement Project by approving matching funds
through the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) Enhancement Program.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote with Sever absent.
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Resolution #99267 October 28, 1999
Moved by Taub supported by Galloway the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Jensen, Law,
McCulloch, McPherson, Melton, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson,
Schmid, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Amos, Appel, Causey-Mitchell, Colasanti, Coleman,
Devine. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
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 October 28, 1999 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 28tjog, day X October, 1999.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk