HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.03.25 - 34259MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21100 March 25, 2021
BY: Commissioner Kristen Nelson, Chairperson, Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT OF OAKLAND COUNTY LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES'
EFFORTS TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE BECK ROAD BUSINESS CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County supports the local municipalities' efforts to secure federal funding for the Beck Road
Business Corridor Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS this funding will empower the economic success and growth in the southeast Michigan region and
advance safety measures for motorists and pedestrians; and
WHEREAS the Beck Road Business Corridor Improvement Project is one of the largest road infrastructure projects
in southeast Michigan; and
WHEREAS Beck Road is a key business and residential corridor, supporting the direct employment of at least 7,000
jobs with manufacturing facilities, hospitals, including a regional trauma center, residential communities, offices and
retail centers; and
WHEREAS Beck Road serves as a major arterial connector that supports a densely populated region covering four
communities (City of Wixom, City of Novi, City of Northville, and Charter Township of Northville), and two counties
(Oakland and Wayne); and
WHEREAS Commissioner Gwen Markham, District #9, serving the residents of the cities of Novi, Northville and the
township of Novi along with Commissioner Philip Weipert, District #8, serving the residents of the cities of South
Lyon and Wixom, Lyon and Milford townships, and the Village of Milford fully support the local municipalities' efforts
to secure funding for the Beck Road Business Corridor Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners commends the local municipalities for their efforts to
improve the quality of life for Oakland County residents.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby stands in support
of the multi -jurisdictional efforts to secure funding for the Beck Road Business Corridor Improvement Project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward copies of
the adopted resolution to the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, the Secretary of the
United States Department of the Treasury, the members of the Michigan congressional delegation, the Michigan
Association of Counties, the Wayne County Executive, the Mayor of the City of Novi, the Mayor of the City of Wixom,
the Mayor of the City of Northville, the Township Supervisor for the Charter Township of Northville, and the Board
of Road Commissioners for the Road Commission for Oakland County.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee, I move the adoption of
the foregoing resolution.
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Commissioner Kristen Nelson, District #5
Chairperson, Legislative Affairs and
Government Operations Committee
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Commissioner David Woodward
District,#19 i
Commissioner Eileen Kowall
Comr s loner Charlie Cavell
D'strict`#18
Commissioner Marcia Gershenson
Disttict #13
Commissdiner Penny Lu bs
District
Commissioner Adam Kochen rter
D)4trict #15
(, k� �
missioner Christine Long
District #7
Commissioner
Chuck Moss
District #12
Commissioner Michael Spisz
District #3
Commissioner Bob Hoffman
Dis ict #2 f
Commissioner Gwen Markham
District R9
� Com issioner K en JoliatZ
District #4
Commissioner William Miller
Distric #14
ic ssioner Yolanda Charles
istricty
ort�missioner Janet Jl kson
District]#21
Commissioner Thomas E. Kuhn
Dis ict #11
Commis%ionei`Gary McGillivray
Di rict #2
Commissioner Angela Pow-e-ff -
Drljr��t, �0u' Commissi Philip J. Weipert
District #8
Resolution #21100 March 25, 2021
Moved by Weipert seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted.
AYES: Charles, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliat, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn,
Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward,
Cavell. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 March 25, 2021,
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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 251h day of March 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County