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August 21, 2007
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Douglas at 9:34 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:
CIRCUIT COURT Kevin Oeffner, Court Administrator
CORPORATION COUNSEL Judy Cunningham, Corporation Counsel
DRAIN COMMISSIONER Joe Colaianne, Insurance Administrator
Philip Sanzica, Chief Engineer
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT David Ross, Director
Dick Johnston, Manager
Mike Hughson, Property Management Specialist
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Dan Stencil, Executive Officer
PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOP. Mary Langhauser, Supervisor
Kristie Everett Zamora, Marketing Coordinator
OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION Lisa Stadig Elliot, Executive Director
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Doyle, Administrative Director
Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst
Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator
APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES
Potts moved approval of the minutes of August 7, 2007, as printed. Supported by
Gershenson.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
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. DRAIN COMMISSIONER – RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE EVERGREEN FARMINGTON
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM VILLAGE OF BEVERLY HILLS FOOTING/DRAIN
HOUSELEAD REHABILITATION PROJECT
The Houselead Rehabilitation Project is a program that is federally-funded. Communities are
required to eliminate some of the infiltration entering in the sanitary sewer system. The
communities have to enter into an agreement with Oakland County. The Vill age of Beverly Hills
is in urgent need of sewage disposal facilities and services constituting a part of the Evergreen
and Farmington Sewage Disposal Systems in order to promote health and welfare of the
residents, as well as the County and its residents. The resolution approves establishment of the
project as part of the system, which would consist of the construction and provision of the
Evergreen Farmington Sewage Disposal System Village of Beverly Hills Footing/Drain
Houselead Rehabilitation Project, a s specified. The estimated cost of this project is $300,000,
which is being funded 50% by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The other 50%
would be funded by the Village of Beverly Hills. The resolution approves the contract between
the County, through the County Drain Commissioner, and the Village of Beverly Hills.
Jacobsen moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Suppo rted by Gingell.
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Woodward absent.
2. DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT – APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF
LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION FOR USE OF
OFFICE SPACE OAKLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
On June 5, 2007, pursuant to the rules and procedures of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners, the Planning and Building Committee authorized staff to negotiate the terms
and conditions of a lease agreement with the Oakland County Bar Association for the use of
approximately 913 square feet of office space in the Oakland County Courthouse West Wing
Extension. The Department of Facilities Management, with the assistance of Corporation
Counsel negotiated the terms of the lease agreement with representatives of the Oakland
County Bar Association. The Lease Agreement provides for the use of approximately 913
square feet of office space on the first floor of the West Wing Extension of the Oakland County
Courthouse from October 1, 2007, until September 30, 2010 at the rate of $13.73 per square
foot, with annual increases or decreases (based on County operation and mai ntenance cost).
The resolution approves and authorizes the Lease Agreement between Oakland County and the
Oakland County Bar Association. The lease may be extended at the County’s discretion on a
year-to-year basis for up to an additional three years. The Bar Association would provide its
own furniture, phones, computers, fax machines, office equipment, etc.
Jacobsen moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by
Gershenson.
Woodward moved to amend the third WHEREAS paragraph, f irst sentence, as follows:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Lease the agreement provides
for the use of approximately 913 square feet of office space on the first floor of the West
Wing Extension of the Oakland County Courthouse from October 1, 2007, until
September 30, 2010, at the rate of $13.73 14.81 per square foot with annual increases or
decreases (based on County operation and maintenance cost).
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Supported by Potts.
Motion to amend carried on a voice vote.
Jacobsen moved to substitute paragraph 3. Rent, in the Lease Agreement with the
following paragraph:
3. Rent. Lessee understands and accepts that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners sets the “gross square footage rental rate” for all Oakland
County property on October 1st of every year. That rate is in effect from
October 1st until September 30th of the following year. The rate in effect starting
October 1, 2007 will be Fourteen Dollars and eighty-one cents ($14.81) per
square foot per year, payable in monthly installments of One Thousand One
Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars and seventy-nine cents ($1126.79). That rate will
be adjusted up or down depending on the rate in effect on October 1, 2008, and
on every October 1st thereafter, for the duration of this Lease or a ny extension.
Supported by Nash.
Motion to amend the Lease Agreement carried on a voice vote.
Main motion, as amended, carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
3. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS/ARTS,
CULTURE & FILM – FY 2007 REGIONAL REGRANTING SERVICES PROGRAM GRANT
ACCEPTANCE – MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs has awarded Oakland County $20,400 in
grant funding for its Regional Regranting Services Program for Fiscal Year 2007. The Regional
Regranting/Mini-Grant Program provides funding for locally developed, high quality arts projects
to address local arts needs and increase public access to the arts. No County match is
required, and acceptance of this grant award does not obligate the County to any future
commitment. The resolution authorizes the acceptance of the grant agreement with the
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs in the amount of $20,400.
Gingell moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Woodward.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
4. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS/ARTS,
CULTURE & FILM – FY 2007 REGIONAL REGRANTING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
PROGRAM GRANT ACCEPTANCE – MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL
AFFAIRS
The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs has awarded Oakland County $6,800 in grant
funding for administrative services relating to its Regional Regranting Services Program for
Fiscal Year 2007. The Reg ional Regranting/Mini-Grant Program provides funding for locally
developed, high quality arts projects to address local arts needs and increase public access to
the arts. There is a County match of $6,800 required for the grant award. Acceptance of this
grant award does not obligate the County to any future commitment. The resolution authorizes
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the acceptance of the grant agreement with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs in
the amount of $6,800.
Woodward moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gingell.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
5. PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION RESOLUTION
APPROVING PROJECT PLAN (ORCHARD LAKE SCHOOLS PROJECT) – CITY OF
ORCHARD LAKE VILLAGE
The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Oakland County recommends that the Board
of Commissioners approves the Orchard Lake Schools Project, as required. The EDC has
determined that the project is reasonable and necessary to effectuate the purposes of the
Economic Development Corporations Act. The Project Plan satisfies all of the requirements of
the Act regarding project plans. A letter of credit issued by Comerica Bank will be available to
pay debt service. The Project includes a seminary and a St. Mary’s Preparatory, which is a
boys’ school in Orchard Lake. They would be refinancing $7.4 million, and the balance of $2.4
million is for upgrades to that facility. Ms. Langhauser handed out a new legal description of the
property, as the EDC had just received a change this morning.
The governing body of the City of Orchard Lake Village approved the Project Plan unanimously
and has given its consent to the exercise of jurisdiction over the Project by the EDC. The
resolution authorizes the EDC to take such steps as are necessary to implement the Project and
the financing thereof by the issuance of its limited obligation revenue bonds as contemplated by
the Project Plan.
Potts moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gingell .
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
6. PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION RESOLUTION
APPROVING PROJECT PLAN (CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT) –
CITY OF BLOOMFIELD HILLS
The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Oakland County recommends that the Board
of Commissioners approve the Cranbrook Educational Community Project, as required. The
EDC has determined that the Project is reasonable and necessary to effectuate the purposes of
the Economic Development Corporations Act. The Project Plan satisfies all of the requirements
of the Act regarding project plans, and a letter of credit issued by a financial institution
acceptable to the EDC will be available to pay debt service. The Project Plan will take place over
the next three years and consists of expansion, repair and restoration of community buildings
including the Kingswood Roof, Boys’ Middle School, the Cranbrook Art Museum and a new Girls’
Middle School; repair and restoration of interior roadwork near the Boy s’ Middle School; repair
and replacement of all paved areas in the Cranbrook Quad and installation of a heated pavement
system: acquisition and installation of campus -wide information technology infrastructure,
including replacement and upgrading of the legacy campus-wide data network with a high-speed
Ethernet backbone, exterior building fiber optic cable , and a full complement of new electronics
equipment will be installed to support and maintain the network.
Potts moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Jacobsen .
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Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
CONSENT AGENDA - INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
A. Facilities Management – Participation of Environmental Program
B. Oakland County Building Authority Minutes – July 11, 2007
C. Inspection Tour of Central Heating Plant, “L” Building, and Materials Management –
Commissioner Brad Jacobsen
D. Department of Central Services – Oakland County International Airport – Grant Program
Acceptance – Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Permit for North
Hangar Area
Gershenson thanked Mr. Ross for putting together Item A, Facilities Management – Participation
of Environmental Programs. She indicated that it was good to see what Facilities Management
is doing with regards to the environment.
Jacobsen indicated that his tour of Central Heating Plant “L” was very clean, and he found the
tour very interesting, considering he works with boilers and steam heat. He also toured the
Materials Management Department where the mail is handled. He indicated that all the mail
goes through x-ray machines.
Jacobsen moved to receive and file the items on the Consent Agenda. Supported by
Burns.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT
Phil Sanzica, Chief Engineer, Drain Commissioners’ Office, submitted the rainfall data for
August 2007, thus far. He gave a brief summary of the rain event that we had just encountered
on August 20, 2007. He indicated that it was one of the largest rain events they had
encountered. They did not have any sanitary sewer overflows, which are untreated overflows.
He invited the committee to tour the facility. Mr. Colaianne indicated that most drain systems
are built to a ten-year, one-hour storm (a storm that happens once in ten years).
There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting adjourned at 11:38
a.m.
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Pamela L. Worthington Lawrence Doyle
Committee Coordinator Administrative Director
NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.