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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2016.09.27 - 37009 September 27, 2016 Chairperson Weipert called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m. in Committee Room A of the Courthouse Auditorium Wing, County Service Center, in Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Philip Weipert, Robert Gosselin, Gary McGillivray, John Scott, Bill Dwyer, Hugh Crawford, David Bowman COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Janet Jackson OTHERS PRESENT: CIRCUIT COURT Kevin Oeffner, Court Administrator ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS Karry Rieth, Manager Kathy Williams, Housing Counseling Supv. Carla Spradlin, Grant Compliance & Prog Coord FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Art Holdsworth, Director PARKS AND RECREATION Sue Wells, Manager, Operations Jeremy Brown, Asst. Supv. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chris Ward, Administrative Director Julia Ruffin, Sr. Community Liaison Connie Srogi, Analyst Jami Monte, Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairperson Weipert led the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Scott moved approval of the minutes of September 13, 2016 & September 22 , 2016, as printed. Supported by McGillivray. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA McGillivray moved approval of the agenda, as printed. Supported by Gosselin. Motion carried on a voice vote. PUBLIC COMMENT 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 John Scott Bill Dwyer Hugh Crawford Janet Jackson David Bowman PHILIP WEIPERT Chairperson ROBERT GOSSELIN Vice Chairperson GARY MCGILLIVRAY Minority Vice Chairperson Planning and Building Committee Minutes Page 2 September 27, 2016 None. AGENDA ITEMS 1. PARKS AND RECREATION - 2016 FAIR FOOD NETWORK DOUB LE UP FOOD BUCKS GRANT ACCEPTANCE Parks and Recreation is seeking acceptance of $15,000 in grant monies from the 2016 Fair Food Network. The Fair Food Network is a non-profit organization that provides money to farmers to produce healthy food to low income families. The $15,000, will provide individuals who are on food assistance up to $20 per card to be spent at the market. This has been very successful in previous years. The grant period runs from April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017. Dwyer moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by McGillivray. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jackson absent. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - COMMUNITY & HOME IMPROVEMENT DIVISION - 2016 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ACCEPTANCE FOR COMMU NITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CD BG), HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) PROG RAMS The Department of Economic Development & Community Affairs - Community & Home Improvement Division is seeking acceptance of a consolidated 2016 program year grant package totaling $9,602,853 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the CDBG, HOME, and ESG grants, the estimated Revolving Loan Fund, HOME Program income, and HOME County match dollars. Once accepted by the full Board of Commissioners, letters will be sent to the participating communities to spend their share of the CDBG dollars. There is a formula allocation of funds to each of the participating communities, and each community share is represented in the annual report which lists the total amount received with the individual line items or activities that they’ll undertake. The funds are used for activities deemed eligible by H UD that focus on housing and community development activities. The community development aspect is generally targeted to either direct households o f low income or targeted geographies that are of low income as deemed by HUD, to do capital improvements, infrastructure improvements, or what HUD calls a presumed benefit class or special needs clientele. Whether the focus of the funds is on brick and mortar type activities , public services, or housing activities, all of the programs have to benefit low to moderate income people. Some communities pay their code enforcement officers through these funds, as they’re focusing on improving their neighborhoods by trying to prevent or eliminate blighting conditions. Code enforcement is only eligible on an area wide basis, which means the code enforcement officers are working in the areas defined as low and moderate income to improve the neighborhood conditions . The program is set up to give communities the maximum local discretion to determine what the ir highest and best use of the dollars might be. Bowman moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by McGillivray. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jackso n absent. 3. CIRCUIT COURT/FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - ACCEPTANCE OF A NEW LIBERTY TREE AND REPURPOSING OF FORMER LIBERTY TREE The Circuit Court and Facilities Management are requesting acceptance of a new liberty tree to be planted next spring, and to repurpos e wood from the original tree as a reminder of what the liberty tree symbolizes. During the colonial days, in the common areas of various cities, there would typically be a large tree that the colonists would gather under to talk about issues of the day and what was going on during the Planning and Building Committee Minutes Page 3 September 27, 2016 revolution. The trees carried a special meaning going forward after the war. The last of those trees were in Maryland and didn’t survive a hurricane. A number of years ago, gra fts of that tree were made and have been distributed to various states, including here in Oakland County. Due to damage through the shipping process in mid-summer, the tree didn’t survive the first winter; however, another tree has been allocated to Oakland County . By acquiring the tree now and housing it in a greenhouse, it will allow the root system to be more established before it is planted. In the courtyard, there is a plaque where the previous tree was planted, and the new tree will be placed there. The total cost is estimated to be under $2,000. Gosselin moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by McGillivray. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Bowman voting no and Jackson absent. COMMUNICATIONS A. Memo - Facility Inspection Tour, 52 -3 District Court - Commissioner Philip Weipert, District #8 B. Building Authority Minutes - June 8, 2016 C. Building Authority Minutes - July 14, 2016 D. Building Authority Minutes - August 10, 2016 Scott moved to receive and file Communication It ems A - D. Supported by Dwyer. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Mr. Holdsworth stated that he still needs two more commissioners to sign up for building tours at Children’s Village Building J and Children’s Village S chools. There being no further busine ss to come before the Committee, the meeting adjourned at 9:48 a.m. ______________________________________ _____________________________________ Jami Monte, Committee Coordinator Chris Ward, Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.