HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2022.05.12 - 35492BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
May 12, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-158
Sponsored By: Thomas Kuhn, Charles Cavell, David Woodward, Philip Weipert, Marcia Gershenson, Michael
Gingell, Michael Spisz, Robert Hoffman, Yolanda Smith Charles, Janet Jackson, Karen Joliat, Adam
Kochenderfer, Eileen Kowall, Angela Powell, Christine Long, Penny Luebs, Gwen Markham, Gary
McGillivray, Kristen Nelson, William Miller I1I, Charles Moss
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Designating May 2022 as Asian and Pacific American Heritage
Month in Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
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 total Asian and Pacific American population in the U.S. as of 2020 was over 24 million; 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 25.59%
of the total population; and
WHEREAS the City of Novi Asian population has grown to 23.22% of the overall total; 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 2022 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, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Thomas Kuhn, Charles
Cavell, David Woodward, Philip Weipert, Marcia Gershenson, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Robert
Hoffman, Yolanda Smith Charles, Janet Jackson, Karen Joliat, Adam Kochenderfer, Eileen Kowall,
Angela Powell, Christine Long, Penny Luebs, Gwen Markham, Gary McGillivray, Kristen Nelson,
William Miller Ili, Charles Moss.
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David Woodward, Commissioner
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Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
Date: May 12, 2022
Date: May 18, 2022
Date: May 18, 2022
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-05-03 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - recommend to Board
2022-05-12 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Kristen Nelson seconded by Commissioner Michael Gingell to adopt the attached
Resolution: Designating May 2022 as Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month in Oakland County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Moss, Marcia
Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary
McGillivray, Robert Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer (21)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
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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 12, 2022, 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 on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk/Register ofDeeds