HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2002.10.10 - 26969October 10, 2002
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION /02251
BY: Planning and Building Committee, Charles E. Palmer, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT - RESOLUTION APPROVING A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THE PROVISIONS OF A BROWNFIELD PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN
WIXOM PROPERTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, pursuant to and in accordance with the
provisions of the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, being Act 381 of the Public Acts of the State
of Michigan of 1996, as amended (the "Act"), have established a redevelopment of Brownfields
Redevelopment Authority and Board (OCBRA) to facilitate the clean up and redevelopment of
Brownfields within Oakland County's communities; and,
WHEREAS the downtown Wixom site in the City of Wixom has been a long-standing environmental
hazard, a "facility" under state statute, and a tax-reverted, non-producing parcel for many years; and,
WHEREAS a Brownfield clean up and redevelopment plan (the "Plan") has been prepared to restore the
environmental and economic viability of this parcel which the OCBRA has reviewed and modified; and,
WHEREAS pursuant to OCBRA by-laws, a local committee has been appointed, participated in
discussions regarding the proposed plan and project, reviewed the plan, and recommends its approval;
and,
WHEREAS the members of the City Board have reviewed the Plan, and have been provided a
reasonable opportunity to express their views and recommendations regarding the Plan in accordance
with Sections 13 (13) of the Act, and have unanimously approved the resolution declaring their
concurrence with the provisions of the Plan (attached); and
WHEREAS the OCBRA, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 13 of the Act, has unanimously
approved a resolution (attached) adopting the Plan, procedures for cost reimbursement, and
recommending the adoption of the Plan by the Planning and Building Committee and the Board of
Commissioners to be carried out within the City of Wixom, relating to the redevelopment of the downtown
Wixom property located at 49350 Pontiac Trail (the "Property"); and,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a public hearing on the adoption of the Brownfield Plan
approved by the Oakland County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for the downtown Wixom
development in the City of Wixom shall be held on October 24, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. in the Board of
Commissioners Auditorium, 1200 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac, Michigan.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning & Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE
Planning & Building Committee Vote:
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote with Amos absent
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR THE DOWNTOWN WIXOM BROWNFIELD SITE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
WHEREAS, the downtown Wixom development property is an essential
component of a downtown development strategy for Wixom but is currently an
environmental hazard and a "facility' under state statute; and,
WHEREAS, a clean up and redevelopment plan has been established to restore
the environmental and economic viability of this parcel; and,
WHEREAS, a local committee has been appointed, and is scheduled to review
and comment on the plan and recommend its approval; and,
WHEREAS, the BRA Board has reviewed and today modified the proposed plan,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Brownfield Plan for the Downtown
Wixom Redevelopment stand approved as amended by the OCBRA on September 18,
2002, subject to concurrence with the local committee: and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, to recommend the adoption of this plan by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners, and its Planning & Building and Finance
Committee's
Motion: Doug Smith, Second: Pete Webster
Yeas: 6
Nays: 0
Absent: Keith Lerminiaux
Approved: September 18, 2002
Martiiq'Seaman
Chai*rson
Oakland County Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority
Resolution #02251 October 10, 2002
Moved by Palmer supported by Dingeldey the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Garfield, Gregory, Law, McPherson, Melton, Middleton, Moss, Obrecht, Palmer,
Patterson, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Webster, Amos, Appel, Brian, Buckley, Causey-Mitchell,
Coleman, Dingeldey, Douglas. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution was adopted.
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L. Brooke Patterion. County Executive Date
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 10,
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 10th day of October, 2002.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk