HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2006.06.15 - 28176REPORT (misc. 106102) June 15, 2006
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #06102 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — CATALPA PARK PROPERTY
FEASIBILITY STUDY BY OAKLAND COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION STAFF
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous
Resolution #06102 on June 5, 2006, reports with a recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Comm)4sioner Hugh D. Qiawford
District #9
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the fokegoing Resolution.
Commissioner Vin
District #21
egory
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 06102
BY: Commissioners Hugh D. Crawford, District #9 and Vincent Gregory,
District #21
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - CATALPA PARK PROPERTY FEASIBILITY STUDY BY
OAKLAND COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION STAFF
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission was
established in 1966, and in its 40 years of operations has acquired and
manages 11 parks totaling over 6,000 acres; and
WHEREAS, the local communities, especially in the southeast
quadrant of Oakland County, have expressed a need for additional areas
of recreation; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission has
remained open to consider opportunities that would fill that void in
this heavily populated quadrant of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland purchased 28.43 acres of land from
the Berkley School District in 1964 for which to locate the Southfield
office of the Oakland County Health Division; and
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland leased 22 acres adjacent to the
Southfield office of the Oakland County Health Division to the
Southfield Little League from 1964 to 1978 and the city of Southfield
from 1978 to the present; and
WHEREAS, the City of Southfield has leased this 22-acre parcel for
28 years, investing in excess of $500,000 to develop and maintain six
soccer fields and two baseball fields; and
WHEREAS, this site services 45,000 Oakland County residents
annually, with 70 percent of those residing primarily in the surrounding
communities, including Berkley, Huntington Woods, Lathrup Village,
Pleasant Ridge, Oak Park, Hazel Park, and Ferndale.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners supports preserving the Catalpa Park property for
recreational use.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners requests the Oakland County Parks and Recreation
Commission Staff to investigate the feasibility of managing the 22-acre
parcel as a County park and provide a report of its findings to the
General Government Committee no later than its first committee meeting
in October 2006.
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Resolution #06102 May 11, 2006
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk
Resolution #06102 June 15, 2006
Moved by Crawford supported by Gregory the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Crawford supported by Gregory the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long,
Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Coleman. (24)
NAYS: Palmer. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
ODES NOT RIM COUNTf MOINE ACINI
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
Ruth Johnson, 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 June 15, 2006, 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 15th day of June, 2006.