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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.05.13 - 34427MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21182 May 13, 2021 BY: Commissioners Thomas Kuhn, District#11; David Woodward, District#19; Charlie Cavell, District 18; Bob Hoffman, District #2; Adam Kochenderfer, District #15; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Christine Long, District#7; Gary McGillivray, District#20; Chuck Moss, District#12; Philip Weipert, District#8; Penny Luebs, District #16; Yolanda Charles, District #17; Janet Jackson, District #21; Karen Joliat, District #4; Eileen Kowall, District #6; Gwen Markham, District #9; William Miller, District #14; Kristen Nelson, District #5; Angela Powell, District #10; Michael Spisz, District #3; and Michael Gingell, District #1 RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DESIGNATION OF MAY 2021 AS ASIAN AND PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month is a national celebration during the month of May to recognize the tremendous contributions of Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent; and WHEREAS Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have become the fastest growing population group in the United States; and WHEREAS the Asian and Pacific American population grew in the United States by 25.7% between 2010 and 2017; and WHEREAS the total Asian and Pacific American population in the U.S. in 2017 was 23.8 million; and WHEREAS the City of Novi Asian population has grown to 23.22% of the overall total; and WHEREAS Asian and Pacific Americans have enriched our culture, excelling in many fields, including education, business, science, technology, government, sports, and the arts; and WHEREAS countless Asian and Pacific Americans have answered the call to protect the cause of freedom by serving in our Armed Forces; and WHEREAS Oakland County is home to the second largest Asian population in Michigan and nearly half of Asians in the tri-county area; and WHEREAS the City of Troy is home to the largest number of Asians in the region, comprising almost 24.65% of the total population; and WHEREAS the entrepreneurship and innovation of Asian and Pacific Americans have strengthened Oakland County's economy; and WHEREAS Asian and Pacific Americans contribute greatly to the economic, social, cultural, and civic life of Oakland County. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby designates May 2021 as Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month in Oakland County and encourages our citizens, governmental agencies, businesses, and schools to celebrate and recognize the achievements of Asian Americans. Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resol on. Commissioner Thomas Kuhn Commissioner David Woodward Di c 11 �" Distric Commiss&tdr Philip Weipert Commissioner Adam Koche rfer DistRct #8 Dis�ri�t #15 ff) fenny Lu bs Commissioner er 6Hoffman F r Commissio r Penny Luebs Commissioner ob District.416 Di ict#2 (Zo—mmi!.sioner Yolanda Charles C3rtfmissioneV7hdst:,,ne Long U f rict1District#7 � ..NeJA44 Commissioner Kristen Nelson Commissioner Michael Spisz District #5 District #3 Commissioner Eileen Kowall al J. G' gell ComfoAsioner Charlie Cavell District #18 9t-(4 / . Commissionerc2i is Gershenson Dis ict #1 Commissioner A ge�5 la Powell Dis ict #10 Jaw �` ` �G i`�`�' CommiAlone ary cGillivray District #20 Commissioner Gwen Markham Distric� #9 Q,(, - Comm issioner K�*n Joliet District #4 Commissioner William Miller District #14 Commissioner Moss DMCner JanetJl kson District #21 Commissioner District # LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. Resolution #21182 May 13, 2021 Moved by Gingell seconded by Nelson the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). AYES: Charles, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliat, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Weipert, Woodward, Cavell. (20) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). RESCLUT�Chl TO BECOME EFFECTM WITHOUT COUNTY EXECUTIVE SIGNATURE. 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 May 13, 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 1311 day of May, 2021. Lisa Brown, Oakland County