HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.04.26 - 28320REPORT (MISC. 107063) April 26, 2007
BY: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #07063 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR OAKLAND
COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION'S URBAN PARK
INITIATIVE AND ACQUISITION OF CATALPA PARK
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#07063 on April 16, 2007, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be
amended, as follows:
1. Amend the 6th WHEREAS paragraph, as follows:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission is
initiating a county wide Urban Parli-Strategy-an Urban Recreation Initiative,
a component of which includes a parks and recreational facilities
strategy to help guide them in parkland acquisition, capital improvements,
grant applications, and cooperative recreational partnerships; and
2. Amend the 7th WHEREAS paragraph, as follows:
WHEREAS transferring at a mutually-agreed upon amount, the ownership,
operations and management of Catalpa Park to the Oakland County Parks
and Recreation Commission would be consistent with their urban park
strategy and preserve recreational park property; and
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.
Miscellaneous Resolution #07063
BY: Commissioners Vincent Gregory, District #21 and Bill Bullard, Jr., District #2, Eric Coleman,
District #23, Hugh ID. Crawford, District #9, David Coulter, District #25, David W. Potts,
District #20, Jim Nash, District #15, Mike Rogers, District #14, Helaine Zack, District #22
RE: Board of Commissioners — Support for Oakland County Parks and Recreation
Commission's Urban Park Initiative and Acquisition of Catalpa Park
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Catalpa Park, located in Southfield, has been used for 28 years by residents throughout
the region for recreation. Oakland County purchased the land from the Berkley School District in
1964, to locate an office for the Oakland County Health Division. Since that time, the City of
Southfield has leased the property to provide six soccer and two baseball fields; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopted Miscellaneous Resolution
#06102 that requested the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission (OCPRC) 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; and
WHEREAS the OCPRC developed a feasibility assessment report. The conclusion contained in the
report indicated that OCPRC would manage Catalpa Park if the property is transferred to Oakland
County Parks and Recreation Commission; and
WHEREAS Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission, established in 1966, has long been
recognized nationally as a premier county park system; and
WHEREAS SEMCOG projects that by the year 2030, two-thirds of Oakland County will meet the
definition of an urban area. Communities in the southeast quadrant of Oakland County have
expressed a need for additional areas of recreation; and
WHEREAS Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commissionis initiating a county-wide Urban
Park Strategy to help guide them in parkland acquisition, capital improvements, grant applications,
and cooperative recreational partnerships: and
WHEREAS transferring the ownership, operations and management of Catalpa Park to the Oakland
County Parks and Recreation Commission would be consistent with their urban park strategy and
preserve recreational park property.
WHEREAS Oakland County's Corporation Counsel has indicated that the Board of Commissioners
may take action to restrict the use of land for a designated purpose, such as recreational usage.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
concurs with the urban park strategy initiated by the Oakland County Parks and Recreation
Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests the
Oakland County Parks and Recreation to take the necessary measures to have Catalpa Park,
located in Southfield, Michigan become a part of the Oakland County Park system.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby requests
Corporation Counsel to draft the necessary documents to be signed by the Chairperson of the Board
of Commissioners and filed with the Register of Deeds to restrict the use of Catalpa Park for
recreational purposes, and upon the assumption of Catalpa Park by the Oakland County Parks and
Recreation, this property is to be maintained perpetually for recreational purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission, the County Executive
and the City of Southfield.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #07063 March 22, 2007
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #07063 April 26, 2007
Moved by Gregory supported by Coleman the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Gregory supported by Coleman the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Gregory supported by Bullard the resolution be amended as follows:
2ND WHEREAS:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopted Miscellaneous Resolution #06102
that requested the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission (0CPRC) Staff to investigate
the feasibility of managing the 22-24.96 acre parcel as a County park and provide a report of its
findings to the General Government Committee; and
6TH WHEREAS:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission is initiating a county-wide Urban
Park Strategy Recreation Initiative to help guide them it in parkland acquisition, capital
improvements, grant applications, and cooperative recreational partnerships with urban
communities; and
7TH WHEREAS:
WHEREAS transferring the ownership, operations custody, control and management of Catalpa
Park to the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission would be consistent with Their its
urban pack—strategy recreation initiative and preserve resreational urban park property and
recreation opportunities; and
8TH WHEREAS:
strike the entire paragraph and substitute:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission will convey
$725,000 to the Oakland County Building Improvement Fund as consideration for the
assignment, in perpetuity, of the custody, control and management of Catalpa Park to
the Oakland County Parks Commission by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
concurs with the urban park btrategy-initiateki-by concept of the Urban Recreation Initiative of the
Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission.
1ST BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests hereby
transfers and assigns, in perpetuity, the custody, control and management of Catalpa Park to
the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission e • - • : - . : - which
park will hereafter be managed as a county park pursuant to
the provisions of P.A. 1965,
No. 261 and as authorized by the Oakland County Board of Supervisors Miscellaneous
Resolution #4531 dated February 8, 1966. The effective date of this transfer and assignment
will be May 1, 2007.
Insert as 2ND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the property description contained in Attachment "A" will be
the property transferred and assigned pursuant to this resolution.
Insert as the 3RD BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the economic portion of this transaction will be reflected in
the Building Improvement Fund in the Sale of Land and Building Revenue Account (40100-
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I HEREBY APPROVE THf FOREGOING RESOLUTION
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel, Hatchett, Jacobsen,
KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Suarez, Woodward, Zack,
Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Coulter. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, 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 April 26, 2007, 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 26th day of April, 2007.
Ru-tlilMrilicfn, County Clerk