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January 9, 2007
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Douglas at 9:07 a.m. in Committee Room A,
Auditorium Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Sue Ann Douglas, David Potts, Jim Nash, Bradford Jacobsen, Michael Gingell, Robert
Gosselin, Marcia Gershenson, Dave Woodward, Tim Burns
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE:
None
OTHERS PRESENT:
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT David Ross, Director
Robert Larkin, Supervisor
Dick Johnston, Manager, Maintenance
Paul Hunter, Manager, Engineering
Mike Hughson, Property Mgmnt. Specialist
HUMAN RESOURCES Gary Vaught, Analyst
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS Kathy Gray, Reporter
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Doyle, Administrative Director
Sheryl Mitchell, BOC Senior Analyst
Harvey Wedell, BOC Senior Analyst
Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator
APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES
Jacobsen moved approval of the minutes of December 5, 2006, as printed. Supported
by Woodward.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
Chairperson Douglas brought up the issue of changing the time of the P lanning & Building
Committee meetings from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Some of the members did mention that they
had difficulties making it here by 9:00 a.m. There were no objections to changing the time to
9:30 a.m. for future meetings.
AGENDA ITEMS
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
Bradford Jacobsen
Michael Gingell
Robert Gosselin
Marcia Gershenson
Dave Woodward
Tim Burns
SUE ANN DOUGLAS
Chairperson
DAVID POTTS
Vice Chairperson
JIM NASH
Minority Vice Chairperson
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1. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT – PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 9.53 ACRES, PARCEL
NO. 08-19-351-003 (PART) FOR FUTURE SITE OF 52-2 DISTRICT COURTHOUSE
On April 6, 2006, per the rules and procedures of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners ,
the Planning and Building Committee authorized staff to obtain appraisals and begin
negotiations for the purcha se of two parcels totaling approximately 10 acres located on Dixie
Highway, near I-75 in Independence Township for the future construction of a new 52 -2 District
Courthouse facility. On November 30, 2006, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
approved and accepted a purchase for the acquisition of the property for $2,500,000, subject to
obtaining a Phase One Environmental Assessment. At this time, a Phase One Environmental
Assessment has been received, which indicates the property has no recognized en vironmental
conditions. The final parcel split survey resulted in the County purchasing a total of 9.53 acres
with a final purchase price of $2,383,069. Items still in process include receipt of an Alta survey,
final title commitment and completion of th e operating easement agreement. The anticipated
completion date of the purchase is by the end of January 2007.
Jacobsen moved to receive and file the document titled, “Future Site of 52 -2 District
Courthouse Land Purchase Update. Supported by Gingell.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
2. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - OVERVIEW
Dave Ross, Director, Facilities Management, introduced himself, Bob Larkin, Paul Hunter and
Mike Hughson to the committee and gave a brief description of their responsibilities. The
facilities that they are responsible for include 46 county -owned facilities and five leased spaces,
which totals to almost 2 million square feet. They have about 80 acres of parking lots that they
are responsible for. The County Service Center is 453 acres . He gave a brief history of the land
and buildings within the County Service Center. There are 97 acres of land that the County
owns that is off campus, which includes the South Oakland Health Center and an office building
in White Lake. The average cost for maintenance operations of these facilities is $12.03 per
square foot.
a. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT – 2007 – 2011 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Every January Facilities Management communicates with all the department heads to
find out what their projected needs are for their facilities. Then Facilities Management
starts making plans for those needs. It takes a lot of time to develop accurate estimates
for projects that are going to be five or six years out. Mr. Ross gave a brief overview from
information on Page 2 of the 2007-2011 Capital Improvement Program. He mentioned
the 2007 Roof Replacement Program, which is projected to cost $285,000. He talked a
little about the Jail Renovation and Visitation Addition, which is projected to cost
$4,900,000. These requests have already been approved by the Planning & Building
Committee. Once the County Executive moves all of his staff out of the current facility,
Facilities Management will work on consolidating the Health Department into the existing
County Executive Office building. Then they could move Veterans’ Services, Co -op and
Community Corrections into the current Health Division building. They also need to
consider the facilities at Oakland Pointe where half of the Friend of the Court staff is.
There are plans for an addition and renovations to the Oakland Pointe facility to
accommodate relocating the caseworkers and support staff for Friend of the Court into
that facility so that all Friend of the Court staff would be in one location.
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b. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT – OAKLAND COUNTY SERVICE CENTER 2002-2012
“A FORWARD LOOK”
This is a booklet that first gives some history of the Oakland County Service Center, and
there is a map that identifies all of the buildings in the center. It shows the current s ervice
center with the forecasted capital improvement projects that are planned in 2007. Then it
shows a map of what the plans are for the service center by 2012, which include s capital
improvement projects such as an extensive renovation and addition to the courthouse.
c. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT – 2004 FACILITIES REPORT
Dave Ross highlighted a few things in this report that was submitted to the Planning &
Building Committee last year. It gives a little history of each building and the year of
construction. In regards to the utilities for the Service Center, the County buys electrical
at a primary rate. There is a switch house , and the distribution system is owned by the
County. There is also a power house tunnel system for steam, and that power house can
be fueled by natural gas or fuel oils. It also has an emergency generator. Water for the
Service Center on the east side of Telegraph is purchased from the City of Pontiac, and
water servicing the west side of Telegraph is purchased from Waterford To wnship.
d. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT – ENGINEERING – SERVICE CENTER 88-ACRE
MASTER PLAN (FOR 5 NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS)
This booklet was only included in the packets of the new commissioners on the
committee. This master plan includes a spreadsheet site plan that shows a proposed
plan for the 88 acres that the County purchased from the State of Michigan. Assuming
there is a need, there would be another jail immediately south of the existing jail. The
current jail is just too large to manage, and the booking area is a problem.
3. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT – 2007 FACILITY INSPECTION
The 2007 Inspection List was passed around to all of the committee members to allow them to
sign up to conduct inspections of these facilities. These inspections must be condu cted by
September of this year. The commissioners need to contact Dick Johnston to coordinate dates
and times for these inspections.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
A. Facilities Management 2006 Capital Improvement Program Monthly Progress Report –
December 2006
OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Commi ttee the meeting adjourned at 9:48
a.m.
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Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator Lawrence M. Doyle, Administrative
Director
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NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.