HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2001.03.08 - 26495March 8, 2001
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #01065
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 (PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING
AND FABRICATION, INC. PROJECT) - LYON CHARTER TOWNSHIP
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 (Pratt & Miller Engineering and Fabrication, Inc. 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 with Palmer absent
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Pratt & Miller Engineering & Fabrication, Inc.
City of Wixom
EDC No. 01-06
Company:
Project:
Pratt & Miller Engineering & Fabrication, Inc. is an S-Corporation, incorporated in the
State of Michigan on December 26, 1989. Pratt and Miller manufacture prototype race
vehicles, primarily for General Motors. Their services include design and engineering
services, machine shop and fabrication. The company currently employs 26 individuals
and has annual sales of $7,925,000.
The project consists of the acquisition of 3 to 3.5 acres of land and the consturction of a
25,000 square foot facility. Approximately 4,000 sq. ft. will be used for engineering and
administration and 21,000 sq. ft. for machining, manufacturing and fabrication.
Location: The proposed site is located in New Hudson in Lyon Township on Grand River east of
Milford Road
Project Cost: Land $ 425,000
Building (purchase or construction) 1,500,000
Site Work (land prep., landscaping) 300,000
Machinery and Equipment 200,000
Engineering Fees 25,000
Legal Fees 25,000
Financing Fees & Costs 100,000
Other Costs: Contingency 75,000
Total Project Cost $2,650,000
Job Impact: The number of permanent jobs to be created is 5-7, professional (engineering/CAD) 1-2,
skilled (fabricator) 2-3 and unskilled (shop) 1-2. The total number of jobs to be retained
is 26, professional (engineering/CAD) 3, skilled (fabricator, machining) 19, unskilled
(shop) 2, and administrative 2.
Owner: James F. Miller, Chairman/President (85% shareholder)
Gary Pratt, Vice President (15% shareholder)
Prior Approvals: 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)
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Resolution #01065 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.
I HERES OREGOINtliss"..1"""" iRES6
Dote L Brooks_Patter* County Exocutive
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 and,gfixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 8theday oir March, 201.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk