HomeMy WebLinkAboutReports - 1994.09.08 - 8918REPORT
BY: Ad Hoc Groundwater Protection Committee, Charles Palmer, Chairperson
IN RE: GROUNDWATER PROTECTION REGULATION RECOMMENDATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the charge of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners, given March 24, 1994, the Ad Hoc Groundwater Protection
Committee has reviewed the formulating of a policy for groundwater
protection and reports as follows:
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AD HOC GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
COMMITTEE
1) Oakland County's unique subsurface geology, sustained growth
and development (commercial, industrial, and residential) and
the lack of municipal sewer systems in developing areas makes
it necessary for Oakland County to develop regulations
protecting our groundwater, while allowing for growth and
development vital to our continued well being.
2) That density control, utilization of alternative and emergent
technologies, land use restrictions and permitting procedures
are all valid and useful methods to be incorporated in a
comprehensive protection policy.
3) That any regulatory policy should provide for:
A) A waiver of conditions due to special or unique
circumstances, as long as public health or safety is
not degraded.
B) An appeal procedure in cases of dispute.
4) That the Board of Commissioners should request the Health
Division to develop proposed groundwater protection
regulations and submit those recommendations to the
appropriate committees for Board review.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Ad Hoc Groundwater Protection
Committee, I move the acceptance of this report and the attached minority
report, and ask for referral to the appropriate standing committees.
AD HOC GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
COMMITTEE
Moved by Obrecht supported by Law the report be amended in the
paragraph reading:
"Chairman, on behalf of the Ad Hoc Groundwater Protection
Committee, I move the acceptance of this report and the attached minority
report, and ask for referral to the appropriate standing committees."
Delete the words: and the attached minority report,
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Newby, Obrecht, Garfield, Gosling, Jensen, Johnson, Law,
McPherson, Miltner. (9)
NAYS: Moffitt, Oaks, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf,
Crake, Dingeldey, Douglas, Huntoon, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Kramer, McCulloch.
(16)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the amendment
failed.
The Chairperson referred the Ad Hoc Groundwater Protection
Committee Report to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, along with Chairperson Larry
Crake, presented a Proclamation saluting Parks and Recreation for their
exceptional work on the 1994 World Championship BMX event, to Pecky Lewis
of the Parks and Recreation Commission.