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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
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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
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(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.
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Pamela L. Worthington Lawrence Doyle
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Committee Coordinator Administrative Director
NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.