HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2002.05.16 - 26908REPORT (MISC. 102122) May 16, 2002
BY: General Government Committee, William Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #02122 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - SUPPORT OF WOODWARD
AVENUE DESIGNATION AS AN ALL-AMERICAN ROAD AND NATIONAL
SCENIC BYWAY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above-
titled resolution on May 6, 2002, recommends that the resolution be
adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I
move acceptance of the foregoing report.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Miscellaneous Resolution # 02 122 _
BY: Peter H. Webster, District #22, Commissioners Ruel E. McPherson, District #25,
Michelle Friedman Appel, District #23, George W. Suarez, District #24, Chuck Moss,
District #15, David B. Buckley, District #14, Shelley G. Taub, District #12, Brenda
A. Causey-Mitchell, District #6, Eric Coleman, District #21, Lawrence A. Obrecht,
District #3
RE: Board of Commissioners - Support of Woodward Avenue Designation as an
All-American Road and national Scenic Byway
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, in 1998, the US Congress designated the Automobile National Heritage
Area (a National Park Service program) in recognition of the importance of Michigan's
industrial, cultural, and natural heritage to the nation; and
WHEREAS, the Management Plan for the Automobile National Heritage Area
recognizes two hub areas on Woodward Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Governor, through the Michigan Department of Transportation,
designated Woodward Avenue, M-1, from the Detroit River to its northern loop in Pontiac,
as a Michigan Heritage Route in 1999; and
WHEREAS, there are over 235 state or federal registered historical sites in the
Woodward Corridor, most of which have direct relationship to the automobile heritage; and
WHEREAS, the Woodward corridor is home to 135 yearly events with 54 venues
or attractions; and
WHEREAS, the Motor City, in particular Woodward Avenue, put the World on
Wheels. The impact of America's automobile heritage is represented along this corridor in
famed industrial complexes, office buildings, residential mansions, world-renowned
museums and cultural institutions; and
WHEREAS, there is no other location that can tell the story of the automobile and
its impact on the nation like Woodward Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Woodward Avenue Heritage Team has submitted an application
to the Federal Highway Administration National Byways Program to have Woodward
Avenue designated an All American Road; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that an All American Road designation will greatly
enhance the economic development efforts on the corridor by among other things,
attracting more regional, national and international travelers.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby expresses its support for the designation of Woodward Avenue as
an All American Road and National Scenic Byway.
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BEIT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
sends this resolution to the Michigan Congressional Delegation and encourage them to
support the Woodward Avenue National Scenic Byway application.
BEIT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the
Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta, with a request that he favorably consider
Woodward Avenue as a National Scenic Byway - All American Road.
Chairperson, we movth-adglytion of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #02122 May 2, 2002
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk
Resolution #02122 May 16, 2002
Moved by Patterson supported by Coleman the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Appel, Brian, Buckley, Causey-Mitchell, Coleman, Crawford, Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway,
Garfield, Gregory, Law, McPherson, Melton, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson,
Sever, Suarez, Taub, Webster, Amos. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, were adopted (with
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 May 16, 2002,
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 16th day of May, 2002.