HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2001.03.08 - 26493March 8, 2001
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #01063
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, CHARLES E. PALMER, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION RESOLUTION
APPROVING PROJECT AREA AND PROJECT DISTRICT AREA (GONZALEZ DESIGN GROUP
PROJECT) - CITY OF MADISON HEIGHTS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS there exists in the County of Oakland the need for projects to
alleviate and prevent conditions of unemployment, to assist and retain local
industrial and commercial enterprises in order to strengthen and revitalize
the County's economy and to encourage the location and expansion of such
enterprises to provide needed services and facilities to the County and its
residents; and
WHEREAS the Economic Development Corporations Act, Act No. 338 of the
Michigan Public Acts of 1974, as amended (the "Act") provides a means for the
encouragement of such projects in this County through the County's Economic
Development Corporation (the "EDC"); and
WHEREAS the EDC has commenced proceedings under the Act for the benefit
of such a project (Gonzalez Design Group Project) and has designated to this
Board of Commissioners a Project Area and Project District Area for its
approval;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Project Area as designated by the
EDC to this Board is hereby certified as approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, it having been determined that the
territory surrounding said designated Project Area will not be significantly
affected by the Project because the surrounding territory is devoted to
commercial/industrial uses, a Project District Area having the same
description as and boundaries coterminous with the Project Area herein
certified as approved be hereby established; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, it having been determined that there are
less than eighteen residents, real property owners, or representatives of
establishments located within the Project District Area, a Project Citizens
District Council shall not be formed pursuant to Section 20(b) of the Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby directed to
provide four certified copies of this resolution to the Secretary of the Board
of the EDC.
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 on unanimous roll call vote
Gonzalez Design Group
City of Madison Heights
EDC No. 01-07
Company:
Project:
Gonzalez Design Group, established in 1975 as Gonzalez Design Engineering Co. has
grown during the past two decades into the auto industry's leading minority-owned
engineering enterprise, offering a comprehensive range of engineering, design and
manufacturing services to the automotive, aerospace and communications industries. The
Gonzalez Design Group is comprised of six operating units employing more than 1,000
employees and generating in excess of $100 million in annual sales. The six operating
units are:
Gonzalez Design Engineering — supplies welding systems and assembly tool design,
automation and manufacturing process engineering.
Gonzalez Manufacturing Technologies — provides total design and build capabilities in
prototyping and production tooling, fixtures, dies, gauges, weld gun systems, control
systems, automation systems, material handling systems, and special machines.
Gonzalez Contract Services — provides contract engineers, designers, technicians and
programmers to automotive and communications clients.
Gonzalez Integrated Marketing — provides marketing communications services.
Gonzalez Graphic Communications — provides specialized graphic services including
technical illustration, technical manuals, corporate identity packages, desktop publishing,
web site development and lithography.
Semi-Kinetics —produces electronic printed circuit boards and assemblies
The project consists primarily of the acquisition and rehabilitation of an approximately
88,700 sq. ft. existing manufacturing facility located 32200 N. Avis Drive, Madison
Heights, MI. The company currently leases this facility to house its Gonzalez
Manufacturing Technologies operating unit. Significant rehabilitation to the existing
facility will be required including roof, interior and minor structural repairs or
replacement.
The company also anticipates the need for the acquisition of additional machinery and
equipment for use in its operations. Such machinery and equipment purchases may
include, but are not limited to small diameter tube bending equipment, breaks, CNC
machining stations, milling machines, gauges as well as assembly, welding and data
acquisition equipment.
Location: The proposed site is located at 32200 N. Avis Drive, Madison Heights, MI.
Project Cost:
Job Impact:
Land S 200,000
Building (purchase or construction) 4,500,000
Building (renovation) 700,000
Site Work (land prep., landscaping) 0
Machinery and Equipment 1,000,000
Legal Fees 40,000
Financing Fees & Costs 90,000
Other Costs: Contingency 20,000
Total Project Cost $6,550,000
The number of permanent jobs to be created is 25, 10 professional, 10 skilled and 5
unskilled. The total number of jobs to be retained is 125, 35 professional, 70 skilled 20
unskilled
Owner: Frederick (Ric) J. Gonzalez, President & CEO
1. County EDC: Resolution of Inducement (2-20-01)
2. County EDC: Resolution Designating Project Area/Project District Area
& Requesting Appointment of Additional Directors (2-20-01)
Prior Approvals:
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Resolution #01063 March 8, 2001
Moved by Obrecht supported by Crawford the resolutions on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted.
AYES: Appel, Brian, Causey-Mitchell, Coleman, Crawford, Dingeldey,
Douglas, Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Law, McPherson, Melton, Millard,
Moffitt, Moss, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Webster, Amos.
(24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolutions on the
Consent Agenda were adopted, with the accompanying reports being accepted.
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 March 8, 2001 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand anc 1,affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this Steday f March, 3op9l.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk