HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2008.11.06 - 9581MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION itn R9 17 November 6, 2008
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDINCI—M1MITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION RESOLUTION
APPROVING PROORCT AREA AND PROJECT DISTRICT AREA (ENVIRONMENTAL WOOD
SOLUTIONS, INC. PROJECT) - CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS there exists in the County of Oakland the need for projects to
alleviate and prevent condOtions of unemployment, to assist and retain local
industrial and commercial enterpr:l.ses in order to strengthen and revitalize
the County's economy and to encourage the location and expansion of such
enterprises to provide needed services and facilities to the County and its
residents; and
WHEREAS the Economic Development Corporations Act, Act No. 338 of the
Michigan Public Acts of 1974, as amended (the Ac .t) provides a means for the
encouragement of Such projects in this County through the County's Economic
Development Corporation (the "EDC"): and
WHEREAS the EDC has commenced proceedings under the Act for the benefit
of such a project (Environmental Wood Solutions, Inc. Project) and has
designated to this Board of Commissioners a Project Area and Project District
Area for its approval.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby certifies and approves the Project Area as designated by
the EDC.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, it having been determined that the
territory surrounding said designated Project Area will not be significantly
affected by the Project because the surrounding territory is devoted to
commercial/industrial uses, a Project District Area having the same
description as and boundaries coterminous with the Project Area herein
certified as approved be hereby established.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, it having been determined that there are
less than eighteen residents, real property owners, or representatives of
establishments located withn the Project District Area, a Project Citizens
District Council shall not be formed pursuant to Section 20(b) of the Act.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby directed to
provide four certified copies of this resolution to the Secretary of the Board
of the 8DC.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move
the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNiNG AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Potts, Gingell and Gosselin
absent.
Company:
Project:
Location:
Project Cost:
Environmental Wood Solutions, Inc.
Township of Orion
EDC No. 08-06
'40
Environmental Wood Solutions (EWS) was organized in 2000 as a
Michigan corporation. The owner/president of the company is Larry R.
Mullins. EWS .s primary services and products are the recycling of wood
and yard waste materials_
Logs, stumps, brush, pallets, and other wood materials are recycled into
wood mulch for resale to local landscape companies. Some of the
material is sent to power plants for boiler fuel. Yard waste is processed
and converted into compost for resale.
Due to the seasonal nature of the business, the number of employees will
vary from a seasonal low of approximately six to a yearly high of about 25
employees.
The proposed business expansion, described as a pellet operation, will
utilize wood waste material to produce a wood pellet product and sold in
bulk to commercial operations for the purpose of fueling power
generation.
A new metal fabricated building, measuring approximately 5,000 sq. _ft.,
will be constructed to house the equipment and processing operations to
maintain a pellet production rate of approx. 4-5 tons an hour. Forty-six.
pieces of processing equipment will also he purchased.
6.5 acres of land, located at 3560 Giddings Rd, Orion Twp., MI 48359.
Land
Building (purchase and constniction)
Machinery and Equipment
Site work (land prep. utilities, landscaping) .
Professional Fees (engineering, legal)
Other costs (financing fees, contingencies)
Total
$1,075,000
$1,250,000
$3,575,000
$450,000
S300,000
$350,000
$7,000,000
Job Impact: Retained
6-25 (varies depending on the season)
Owner: Environmental Wood Solutions Inc.
Created
5-7 Skilled and Unskilled
• Prior Approvals:
1. County EDC: Resolution of Inducement (9/16/2008)
2. -County EDC: Resolution Recommending Project Area, District Area, & Requesting
Appointment of Additional Directors (9/16/2008)
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Site Address
3560 GIDDINGS RD ORION„Tvil 48359-
Postal Address>
42380 YEAREGO DR STERLING HEIGHTS.MI,48314-
Parcel ID
0927301033
Owners
MOBILE CONCRETE
Municipality
• CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
Assessed Value
255090
Taxable Value
245660
Use
INDuSTR_IAL IMPROVED
School District
LAKE ORION SCHOOLS
Neighborhood Code
Date Added
11/10/1980
Property Description
T4N, R.10E. SEC 27 PART OF E 1/2 OF SW 1/4 BEG AT PT DIST N 01-09-04 E 1384.37 FT & S 89-
31-02 W 33'6.83 FT & N 01-09-04 E 460.06 FT FROM S 1/4 COR. iii N 47-46-12 W446.66 FT, TH
N 01-09-04 E 681.93 FT, TH N 85-54-14 E 338.10 FT, III S 01-09-04 W 1006.35 FT TO BEG- 6.52 A
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Site Address
3500 GIDDINGS RD ORION.MI 48359-
Postal Address>
3500 GIDDINGS RD ORION,M1.48359-
Parcel ID
0927301035
Owners
ENVIRONMENTAL WOOD SOLUTIONS
Municipality
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ORION
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
Assessed Value
683300 -
Taxable Value
645340
Use
INDUSTRIAL IMPROVED
School District
LAKE ORION SCHOOLS
Neighborhood Code
Date Added
11/10/1.980
Property Description
T4N, R10E, SEC 27 PART OF SW 114 13E0 AT PT DIST N 01-09-04 E 1541.33 FT FROM S 1/4
CDR, TH N 47-46-12 W446.66 FT, TH N 01-09-04 E 1006.35 FT, TH N 5-54-14E 338.10 FT, TH S
01-09-04 W 1330.03 FT TO BEG 9.03 A
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I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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Resolution #08237 November 6, 2008
Moved by Clark supported by Nash the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda be
adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Clark, Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin,
Greimel, Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector,
Woodward, Zack. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on
November 6, 2008, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 6th day of November, 2008.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk