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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2010.11.09 - 36485 November 9, 2010 The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott at 9:30 a.m. in Committee Room A, Auditorium Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: John Scott, Robert Gosselin, Jim Nash, Kim Capello, Jim Runestad , Tim Burns, Steve Schwartz PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Bradford Jacobsen OTHERS PRESENT: COUNTY EXECUTIVE Doug Smith, Depu ty County Executive FACILITIES MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS Art Holdsworth, Director PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT David Schreiber, Supervisor Bret Rasegan, Supervisor Brad Hansen, Program Coordinator WATER RESOURCES COMMISSIONER Joe Colaianne, Attorney Gary Nigro, Civil Engineer ALTAIR ENGINEERING Dave Simon, President BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Doyle, Administrative Director Julia Ruffin, Commissioner Liaison Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT None. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Gosselin moved approval of the minutes of October 26, 2010, as printed. Supported by Schwartz. Motion carried on a voice vote. 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 Kim Capello Jim Runestad Tim Burns Steven Schwartz JOHN SCOTT Chairperson ROBERT GOSSELIN Vice Chairperson JIM NASH Minority Vice Chairperson Planning & Building Committee Page 2 November 9, 2010 AGENDA ITEMS 1. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSIONER – BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP CSO DRAINAGE DISTRICT BONDS – FULL FAITH AND CREDIT RESOLUTION The Water Resources Commissioner is requesting approval of a resolution that provides for the County of Oakland to pledge its full faith and credit to the Bloomfield Township CSO Drainage District Drain Bonds, Series 2010 in the amount of $5,000,000 to construct the Bloomfield Township CSO Drainage District – Sewer Rehabilitation Project. Because of the short time frame to utilize the recovery bonds’ allocation, in which they plan to have the competitive sale occur in e arly December, it is necessary for this item to be directly referred to the Finance Committee to be considered this week. Gosselin moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Runestad. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call v ote with Jacobsen absent. Burns moved to directly refer this resolution to the Finance Committee for immediate consideration at the November 10th meeting. Supported by Runestad. Motion carried on a voice vote. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS – ACCEPTANCE OF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) FY 2009 EDI – SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT AND AUTHORIZATION OF SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH ALTAIR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CENTER, LLC The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the County of Oakland a Special Projects grant in the amount of $380,000 for Fiscal Year 2009. The funds would be used to renovate a building at 164 Indusco Court in Troy, MI to house an advanced manufacturi ng incubator as the centerpiece and first phase of a new private/public initiative entitled, “Southeast Michigan Advanced Energy Efficiency Center of Excellence”. In relation to this initiative there is a subrecipient three-year agreement between the Coun ty of Oakland and Altair Clean Tech Center, LLC that allows Oakland County to allocate grant funds to Altair Clean Tech Center for the renovation of the facility. The advanced manufacturing incubator will allow the County to partner with a number of companies, including DTE to work together and provide services to companies that are involved in the research, development, commercialization and manufacturing of advanced energy efficiency technologies and products throughout Southeast Michigan. Schwartz moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Runestad . Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jacobsen absent. 3. WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT UNIT – RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROVISIONS OF A BROWNFIELD PLAN FOR THE 4800 LAPEER ROAD PROJECT The Waste Resource Management Unit is seeking approval of the provisions of a Brownfield Plan for the 4800 Lapeer Road Project. The property on Lapeer Road has been vacant for 4 or 5 years, and it is the intention of Brothers LLC, the purchaser of this property, to develop an automotive body shop . A Brownfield cleanup and redevelopment plan has been prepared to restore the environmental and economic viability of this parcel, which the Oakland County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Planning & Building Committee Page 3 November 9, 2010 (OCBRA) has reviewed and modified. A public hearing on the adoption of this Brownfield Plan, which was approved by the OCBRA for the 4800 Lapeer Road Project in Orion Township, shall be held on November 18 in the Oakland County Board of Commissioners’ Audi torium, 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Pontiac, MI. Runestad moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Nash. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jacobsen absent. 4. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT/PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVE LOPMENT – 2010 REGIONAL GREEN STREETS PROGRAM (RGSP) GRANT ACCEPTANCE The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) has awarded the County of Oakland $100,000 in grant funding for the period of September 1, 2010 through September 30, 2012. The gr ant is a pass-through of funds received by SEMCOG from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of a larger grant award for the Regional Green Streets Program (RGSP). The funds are to be used to install landscape improvements on the Service Center Campus that will reduce storm water runoff. The grant requires a County match of $95,000. Facilities Management/Planning and Economic Development is seeking approval of the grant acceptance. The RGSP in Oakland County includes constructing approximately 2.5 acres of roadside bioswales/bioretention areas, 15.5 acres of grow zones and planting 150 roadside trees on the Oakland County Campus located in the City of Pontiac and Waterford Township. Storm water runoff from both County Center Drive and Telegra ph Road would be managed through these green infrastructure techniques , which in the long-term will save maintenance costs. Runoff from the County Campus discharges into the Mainland Drain, which is a tributary to the Clinton River. Nash moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Schwartz . Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jacobsen absent. CONSENT AGENDA – INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A. Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes of October 6, 2010 Runestad moved to receive and file the item on the C onsent Agenda. Supported by Burns. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Scott reminded the commissioners that there are still some facility inspections that need to be completed before the end of the year. There being no further business to come before the Commi ttee, the meeting adjourned at 10:01 a.m. _________________________________ __________________________________ Pamela L. Worthington Lawrence Doyle Planning & Building Committee Page 4 November 9, 2010 Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.