HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.08.16 - 28363MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #07185 August 16, 2007
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION RESOLUTION
APPROVING PROJECT AREA AND PROJECT DISTRICT AREA (CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL
COMMUNITY PROJECT) - CITY OF BLOOMFIELD HILLS
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 (Cranbrook Educational Community 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 Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby certifies and approves the Project Area as designated by
the EDC.
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.
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.
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 unanimously on a roll call vote.
Cranbrook Educational Community
City of Bloomfield Hills
EDC No. 07-06
Company:
Project:
Cranbrook Educational Community was founded by George and Ellen
Booth in 1904, and was incorporated in its current form in 1973.
Cranbrook is comprised of a pre-kindergarten through 12 th grade
independent college prep-school, a graduate academy of art, a
contemporary art museum and a natural history and science museum.
They focus on strong academics and a balance of fine arts and liberal arts
education. For the 2006-07 school year Cranbrook enrolled 1,629 pre-k
through 12th grade students, including 258 boarders. These students came
from 15 states and 20 countries. Cranbrook also enrolled 151 students
from 10 disciplines, into its Graduate Academy of Art. The campus
includes 319 acres and features the work of world-renowned architects. In
1989, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.
The project has 6 parts. The first of which is the restoration of the
Kingswood Building's 83,000 sq. ft. copper roof. The second part is the
restoration and improvement of the Cranbrook Quad/Oval. All plans are
guided by the Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The third
step will be the construction of an addition to the boys' middle school
along with the renovation of the existing Building. The forth step will be
the installation of a wireless high-speed interne infrastructure through out
45 building across the Cranbrook campus. The fifth section of the project
will be the comprehensive renovation of the Cranbrook Art Museum. The
sixth stage will be the construction of a new girls' middle school.
Location: 39221 Woodward Ave. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
Project Cost: Buildings (Construction) $17,800,000
Buildings (Renovations) $35,300,000
Site Work (Land Prep) $17,100,000
Machinery and equipment $9,700,000
Engineering Fees $7,500,000
Professional / Fees $6,800,000
Refinance Existing Debt $49,500,000
Total Project $143,700,000
Job Impact: Jobs retained
Faculty 193
Union 112
Professional 153
Admin/Other 137
Owner: Cranbrook Educational Community
Prior Approvals:
1. County EDC: Resolution of Inducement (7/17/2007)
2. County EDC: Resolution Recommending Project Area, District Area, & Requesting
Appointment of Additional Directors (7/17/2007)
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survey and is not intended to be used as one. Users should consult the information
sources mentioned above when questions arise.
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Resolution #07185 August 16, 2007
Moved by Gregory supported by Long the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel, Hatchett,
Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Scott, Spector, Suarez, Woodward, Zack,
Bullard. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
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I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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 August 16, 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 16th day of August, 2007.
RuTlAri, County Clerk