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March 13, 2001
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Palmer at 9:00 a.m. in Committee Room
A, Auditorium Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Charles E. Palmer, Peter H. Webster, Tim Melton, Lawrence A. Obrecht, John P.
Garfield, Nancy Dingeldey, Terry L. Sever, and William Brian
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE:
Vincent Gregory
OTHERS PRESENT:
Facilities Management Dave Ross, Director
Facilities Engineering Paul Hunter, Manager
Drain Commissioner John McCulloch
County Executive Jerry Poisson, Asst. Deputy County Executive
Corporation Counsel Keith Lerminiaux, Deputy
Joseph Colaianne
Board of Commissioners Harvey Wedell, Senior Analyst
Nancy Wenzel, Committee Coordinator
APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES – FEBRUARY 27, 2001
Garfield moved to approve the minutes of February 27, 2001 as printed.
Supported by Brian.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
1200 NORTH TELEGRAPH ROAD PONTIAC, MICHIGAN 48341-0470
Telephone: (248) 858-0100 FAX: (248) 858-1572
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Lawrence A. Obrecht
John P. Garfield
Nancy Dingeldey
Terry L. Sever
William Brian
Vincent Gregory
Charles E. Palmer
Chairperson
Peter H. Webster
Vice Chairperson
Tim W. Melton
Minority Vice Chairperson
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CONSENT AGENDA
Garfield moved to receive and file the items on the Consent Agenda.
Supported by Melton.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM RESOLUTION "CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE
GEORGE W. KUHN DRAIN PROJECT"
Drain Commissioner McCulloch, Assistant Deputy County Executive Poisson and
Mr. Colaianne of Corporation Counsel were available to the Committee to
answer their concerns. There are several issues involved as to
responsibilities, best use of property, land contamination/clean up, and
litigation involving the Sports Village. Due to the lack of definitive
paperwork surrounding the acquisition of the land and construction it is very
difficult to determine the relationship between the parties involved.
Dingeldey moved to receive and file Item #1. Supported by Garfield.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - 2000 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING AND BUILDING
COMMITTEE
This Report identifies the Service Center facilities inspected in the 2000
portion of the biennial inspection, projects completed in 2000 and
projects underway and expected to be completed in 2001.
Garfield moved to Report to the full Board that the 2000 Annual
Report of the Planning and Building Committee be accepted. Supported
by Webster.
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote with Gregory absent.
DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF PONTIAC'S
INTEREST IN PURCHASING 216.02 ACRES OF STATE OF MICHIGAN PROPERTY, LOCATED IN
THE CITY OF PONTIAC, KNOWN AS PART OF TAX PARCEL NO. 14-19-351-009
Both the County of Oakland and City of Pontiac have expressed interest in
purchasing this property from the State of Michigan. Oakland County and the
City of Pontiac are working cooperatively regarding the purchase of the
referenced property and rezoning of the Oakland County Service Center. The
City of Pontiac has conferred an irrevocable zoning designation of G-O-T
Governmental, Office Technology District for the Oakland County Service
Center, including the newly purchased 88 acres that were formerly part of the
CVC property. Oakland County is agreeing to take a secondary position to the
City of Pontiac regarding the purchase of the subject CVC property. The
County also agrees that it will support the City's negotiations with the
State regarding the purchase. In the event the City of Pontiac is unable to
conclude its negotiations and finalize a purchase of the CVC property, the
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Oakland County Executive will request the support of the Board of
Commissioners to purchase the property from the State with the intention of
selling the property to the City of Pontiac on mutually agreeable terms.
Dingeldey moved approval of the attached suggested resolution.
Supported by Garfield.
Motion carried on a roll call vote:
Palmer, Obrecht, Garfield, Dingeldey, Sever and Brian: Yes
Webster and Melton: No
Gregory: Absent
CLOSED SESSION
Webster moved that the meeting be closed for the purpose of discussing
possible litigation. Supported by Dingeldey.
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote with Obrecht, Sever and
Gregory absent.
The Chair declared the meeting closed at 10:45 a.m. The meeting resumed in
open session at 10:58 a.m.
OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT
Dingeldey moved to adjourn the meeting at 11:02 a.m. Supported by
Garfield.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
Nancy Wenzel, Committee Coordinator
James H. VanLeuven, Jr.
Administrative Director
NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to committee approval.