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D
Thank
you
very
much.
The
invocation
this
evening
will
be
led
by
The,
Honorable
Kristen,
Nelson
of
which
will
be
followed
by
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
Commissioner
Nelson.
Thank
you.
Mr
chair,
the
the
micro
I
think
you
need
to
lift
up
the
microphone.
F
Good
evening,
everyone
As
We
Gather
here
this
evening.
Let
us
take
a
moment
to
reflect
on
the
importance
of
our
Collective
purpose
and
the
impact
we
can
make
through
our
actions.
May
we
approach
this
meeting
this
evening
with
open
minds
and
a
shared
commitment
to
the
greater
good
in
the
diverse
and
inclusive
space?
F
Let
us
recognize
and
celebrate
the
unique
perspectives
and
experiences
each
of
us
bring
to
the
table,
maybe
embrace
the
power
of
collaboration,
understanding
that
our
Collective
wisdom
and
expertise
can
lead
us
to
innovative
solutions
and
positive
outcomes
as
we
navigate
through
the
challenges
and
opportunities
before
us.
Let
us
be
guided
by
integrity
and
transparency,
and
may
we
always
strive
to
uphold
the
highest
standards
of
accountability,
knowing
that
our
actions
have
far-reaching
consequences.
F
In
this
moment
of
reflection,
let
us
also
Express
gratitude
for
the
trust
placed
upon
each
of
us
to
serve
in
these
roles.
May
we
approach
our
responsibilities
with
humility
and
a
deep
sense
of
purpose
recognizing
the
privilege
we
each
have
to
contribute
to
the
betterment
of
the
communities
we
serve
and,
as
we
begin
our
meeting
this
evening,
may
we
carry
with
us
the
spirit
of
unity,
collaboration
and
dedication
to
our
shared
Mission,
amen.
D
Next
up,
our
August
3rd
meeting
moved
by
commissioner
Rahman
seconded
by
commissioner
Spitz.
Any
discussion
see
none
all
in
favor
of
approving
the
minutes
say
aye
aye
opposed,
say,
nay,
let
the
record
reflect
that
the
minute
has
been
approved
unanimously
and
that
will
move
us
to
approval
of
the
agenda.
The
only
modification
we're
going
to
switch
the
Oakland
80
update
presentation
first
filed
immediately
by
the
Oakland
Community
Health
Network
update.
So
if
someone
can
make
a
motion
for
that
agenda,
move
by
Lube
second,
and
by
long
any
discussion.
D
See
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
aye,
aye
opposed,
say,
nay.
Let
the
record
reflect
that
the
agenda
has
been
approved
if
one
item
that
requires
us
to
hold
a
public
hearing
on
the
reissuance
of
series,
2018
bonds
to
the
Detroit,
Skating
Club,
Inc
project
city
of
Bloomfield
Hills.
We
can
extend
our
bond
rating
to
non-profit
agencies
like
this
and
we
when
we've
issued
them.
D
D
F
D
D
It's
in
the
packet,
so
I
I
can
get
staff
to
help.
Get
that
information
to
you,
even
during
the
meeting
great.
Thank
you
very
much
see
no
other
public
comments,
I'm
going
to
close
the
public
hearing
for
the
reissuance
of
the
series,
2018
bonds
and
that
will
bring
us
to
presentations
and,
like
I
said
we
have
a
couple
presentations
and
a
proclamation,
so
we're
going
to
start
off
the
preg
the
presentations
this
this
evening
with
the
Oakland
80
update.
D
This
is
a
initiative
that
is
a
county,
we're
incredibly
proud
of
I'm,
going
to
call
up
our
chief
Deputy
Hillary
Chambers,
who
will
bring
up
the
other
members
of
the
team,
but
they're
no
strangers
to
us.
Our
Workforce
Development
director,
Jennifer
Llewellyn
and
the
administrator
of
this.
The
Oakland
a
pro
program
run
a
alago.
H
D
D
D
H
You
thank
you.
Yes,
that's
perfect!
Thank
you
so,
good
evening,
everybody
we
are
thrilled
to
be
here
and
we
were
excited
to
hear
that
all
of
you
asked
for
an
update
on
Oakland
80.,
we're
so
excited
to
to
get
an
opportunity
to
plan
to
talk
about
Oakland
80
that
we
always
dress
alike.
I
H
H
I
am
blessed
to
have
such
tremendous
Partners
in
Jennifer
Llewellyn,
who
is
by
far
the
best
Workforce
Development
director
in
this
state
of
Michigan,
and
we
have
the
best
Workforce
Development
offices
in
the
state
of
Michigan
and
our
Oakland
80
administrator
and
Rana.
Alago
is
just
really
a
tremendous
leader,
but
when
we,
when
we
start
these
presentations,
we
always
like
to
talk
about.
You
know
the
people
behind
why
we
are
doing
this.
H
Why
is
the
goal
of
having
80
percent
of
our
residents
with
a
post-secondary
degree
or
credential
so
important
to
Oakland
County,
and
it
really
is
the
people
that
it
impacts
and
often
we
talk
about,
and
we
have
some
success
stories
in
here.
We
talk
about
those
individuals
who,
because
of
our
efforts,
have
been
able
to
achieve
an
associate's
degree
or
a
bachelor.
H
Pretend
it
has
to
do
with
so
not
only
did
the
Oakland
80
tuition,
you
can
see
how
loudly
I
don't
even
really.
J
H
Not
only
do
the
Oakland
a
scholarships
pay
for
this
training,
but
the
support
services.
All
of
you
have
provided
the
wrap
around
for
gentlemen
14
weeks
and
get
it
into
be
recognized.
Credential.
H
methods
other
individual
who
went
from
17.60
cents
an
hour
to
28
dollars
an
hour
so
really
proud
that
we're
able
to
help
on
a
one-on-one
basis
in
the
resource
like
this.
This
is
an
update
on
a
story
that
the
county
executive
told
at
the
state
of
the
stadium.
We
had
a
video
about
this
young
woman
who
now
is
graduated
from
Rochester
University
and
is
looking
at
her
dream
and
her
ambition
is
to
own
and
operate
her
own
child
services
and
said
we're
really
happy
about
that.
H
Also,
you
may
have
seen
Business
Leaders
of
Michigan
did
a
really
important
report
on
community
colleges
throughout
the
state
of
Michigan,
with
a
list
of
really
important
recommendations
that
they've
made
to
improve
Community
College
performance
throughout
the
state
and
they
spotlighted
Oakland
80.
So
they
had
a
special
section
in
their
report.
Spotlighting
us-
and
we
were
also
recently
asked
to
present
at
the
governor's
you
know,
Summit,
on
higher
education
with
our
state
representatives
Samantha
stethgloff.
So
we
were
really
happy
to
talk
about
Oakland
80
in
all
of
those
settings.
H
So
that
is
really
some
recent
success,
but
I
kind
of
want
to
go
back
to
the
beginning,
just
to
kind
of
remind
you
of
why
we
started
this
really
bold
initiative
and
there
was
really
a
couple
of
things
that
came
together.
One
David
become
the
County
Executive
and
we
were
evaluating
the
strengths
that
Oakland
County
has
and
what
was
going
to
be
important
to
our
future
and
the
governor
was
setting
and
had
set
the
goal
of
60
by
30..
H
At
that
point,
Michigan
was
a
hand
one
of
a
handful
of
states
that
didn't
have
a
post-secondary
goal,
and
it's
really
amazing.
When
you
look
at
the
states
around
US
states
that
you
wouldn't
think
are
leading
in
this
area,
the
Tennessee's
and
the
kentuckies
of
the
world.
They
had
set
goals
before
us
and
they
were
turning
their
post-secondary
curve.
Much
stronger
than
Michigan
was
so
setting
a
goal
makes
a
difference
and
that's
what
we
learned
from
the
state,
but
we
were
already
at
61
percent
so
clearly
that
couldn't
be
our
goal
right.
H
So
what
we
did
is
we
gathered
really
a
small
group
at
that
point,
those
early
meetings,
but
you
know
a
really
important
group
of
all
the
stakeholders
in
the
county,
and
we
talked
about
the
data
right.
We
talked
about
how
important
it
is,
how
important
educational
attainment
is
in
terms
of
median
wages.
You
can
see
it
up
on
this
chart
and
in
terms
of
unemployment,
so
it's
really
important
to
our
residents
and
our
businesses,
and
we
also
talked
in
the
early
days.
H
This
was
my
favorite
chart,
because
what
this
said
to
me
is
that,
while
Oakland
county
is
the
number
two
county
in
the
state
of
Michigan
on
post-secondary
degree
or
credentials,
if
you
look
at
us
compared
to
our
peer
counties
around
the
around
the
country,
because
you
know
we
don't
want
to
just
be
first
in
the
state
right,
we
know
we
are
competing
against
other
counties
around
the
country
to
attract
businesses.
We
were
kind
of
in
the
middle,
so
we
knew
that
we
had
to
take
an
advantage
that
we
had
and
maximize
it.
H
What
are
we
going
to
have
to
do
to
get
that
goal?
Right
like
where
might
we
be
by
2030
and
then
what
are
we
going
to
have
to
change
about
what
we're
doing
to
get
to
2030.
in
terms
of
high
school
students
that
graduate
folks
that
go
on
to
Community,
College,
folks,
that
complete
Community,
College
and
on
and
on,
and
on
folks
that
move
here
from
other
countries
and
getting
they
get
their
degree
transferred
here
so
that
they
can
be
employed
here
in
in
in
with
our
businesses.
H
So
that
was
the
the
basis
of
what
we
started.
But
the
most
important
thing
we
did
is
we
put
money
behind
our
effort.
We
were
definitely
the
convener
which
I
think
as
Rana
will
go
on
to
show.
You
has
been
really
instrumental
in
leveraging
all
of
our
wonderful
institutions,
but
we
also
put
money
behind
our
effort.
H
We
hired
Rana,
who
has
a
tremendous
background
in
Workforce
and
in
education,
and
we
also
financed
really
a
first-class
consulting
company
that
helped
us
develop
the
report
that
she's
going
to
speak
about
and
helped
us
look
at
the
data
so
that
we
would
know
not
only
how
Oakland
County
overall
was
doing,
but
that
how
Oakland
County
geographically
was
doing
and
in
different
demographics,
because
what
we
want
to
make
sure
happens-
and
we
know
this-
whether
we
think
about
small
businesses,
whether
we
think
about
housing,
whether
we
think
about
any
opportunity.
We
cannot
let
we.
H
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
focused
on
Equity,
because
everybody,
whether
they
are
in
Hazel,
Park
or
Oak,
Park
or
Hal
or
Holly
or
Huntington
Woods,
should
have
an
opportunity
to
get
a
post-secondary
degree
or
credential.
So
the
demographics
and
the
data
that
we
looked
at
is
really
important
in
terms
of
closing
the
gaps
that
we
see
around
the
county,
but
now
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
irana
and
she's,
going
to
bring
you
up
to
date
on
everything
that
has
happened
in
phase
one.
L
So
we've
made
quite
a
bit
of
progress
since
I
started
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
over
the
next
couple,
slides
about
what
we
did
to
build
the
Partnerships
and
really
grow
the
support
that
we
have
throughout
the
county
for
Oakland
80.
I'll
talk
about
how
we
were
very
strategic
about
using
ARP
funds
to
make
sure
we
were
investing
in
areas
that
could
really
make
a
difference
for
our
residents
and
for
our
employers.
L
We
did
a
lot
of
work
around
strategy,
development
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
and,
lastly,
I'll
talk
a
bit
more
about
the
data
analysis
that
Hillary
touched
on
really
digging
deep
into
the
data
to
make
sure
that
we're
strategic
about
what,
where
we
put
our
investments
and
where
we
start
to
Think
Through,
actionable
items
to
implement
I
love
sharing
this
slide,
if
you
recall,
Hillary's
slide
earlier
about
those
core
partners
that
we
that
they
convened
early
on,
this
really
goes
to
show
the
work
and
the
efforts
that
we've
made
to
really
grow
the
partnership.
L
It's
really
representative
of
different
organizations
throughout
the
county.
Obviously,
you
see,
there's
not
just
education
at
the
table
or
public
sector,
but
there's
employers,
there's
non-profits,
there's
a
regional
organizations
and
just
a
really
great
depth
of
partners
that
we've
been
able
to
grow
Oakland
80
into
the
other
nice
thing
about
the
representation
around
Oakland
80
is
it's
not
just
the
CEO
or
the
president
level
or
participation
on
our
on
our
Oakland
80
committees?
L
We
have
representation
from
all
different
sectors
and
all
different
levels
of
organizations
to
make
sure
we
really
have
the
subject
matter.
Experts
at
the
table
with
us
thinking
through
what
are
some
strategies
and
some
projects
we
can
Implement
to
achieve.
Oakland
80.
L
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
report.
You
all
have
a
copy
at
your
tables,
it's
also
available
online.
If
anyone
would
like
an
electronic
version,
the
pre,
the
the
report,
really
has
four
major
components.
It
has
some
explanation
around
our
priority
strategies.
It
has
a
lot
of
good
data
and
a
lot
of
Deep
dive
data.
L
We
did
a
lot
of
research
around
National,
best
practices
and
best
practices
that
we
work
on
locally
together
and
then
there's.
The
last
section
is
really
the
listening
sessions
and
findings
that
we
had
through
hosting
focus
groups
with
residents
who
were
either
just
going
back
to
school
or
older
students
throughout
the
county.
L
Really,
the
work
that
we're
really
really
proud
of
is
our
priority
strategies,
and
we
went
through
a
really
in-depth
process
of
narrowing
down
our
strategies
from
about
starting
with
about
40
narrowing
it
down
to
these
five,
which
we
think
are
really
really
critical.
L
One
through
four
are
committees
that
will
host
and
then
really
that
that
one
on
equity
and
inclusion
is
one
that
is
Incorporated
in
all
our
strategies,
but
we
felt
it
was
important
to
call
it
out
on
its
own
as
well.
So
we
have
a
wonderful
cross-section
of
committees,
our
our
top
committees,
our
leadership
committee.
It's
really
the
levels
of
the
organizations
where
we
have
superintendents
presidents
provosts.
L
The
next
level
is
steering
committee
and
they
do
a
lot
of
the
data,
the
day-to-day
work
of
making
sure
that
all
of
the
Committees
are
cohesive,
that
again
we're
implementing
the
projects
and
implementing
the
work
strategically.
L
L
L
You
can
see
the
top
bar
is
sharing
information
on
residents
in
Oakland
County
with
post-secondary
education
and
the
Bottom
bar
is
residents
without
post-secondary
education.
So
you
can
see
the
rate
of
residents
without
post-secondary
education.
L
Our
job
postings
distribution
chart
is
really
interesting
as
well.
You
can
see
over
the
past
year
about
66
of
the
postings
in
Oakland.
County
have
required
an
associate's
degree
or
higher
I'll
get
into
that
First
Column
a
little
bit,
which
is
quite
interesting.
You
can
see
high
school
or
vocational
training
at
34.
Unfortunately,
the
data
isn't
available
for
us
to
separate
High
School
from
vocational
training,
so
we
suspect
the
percent
of
of
job
postings
just
requiring
a
high
school
diploma.
L
L
Median
wages
are,
are
interesting
as
well.
You
can
see
that
the
higher
the
educational
attainment,
the
higher
the
earnings
for
Oakland
County
residents
again
this
some
college
no
degree
bucket,
is
quite
interesting.
Those
again
could
be
individuals
that
have
credentials
or
certificates.
It's
just
the
way
the
data
is
currently
available.
It
buckets
them
together.
So
again
that
anomaly
is
quite
interesting
for
us.
You
can
see
the
living
wage
for
one
adult.
No
children
in
Oakland
county
is
1449,
so
an
individual
who
just
has
a
high
school
diploma
who's
who's
single.
L
Is
it
making
a
living
wage
right?
It's
very
difficult
for
them
to
make
a
living
and
have
good
good
quality
of
life
here
in
Oakland
County,
if,
if
they
don't
have
a
post-secondary
degree
or
credential,
we
also
want
to
make
sure
we're
looking
at
race
and
ethnic
disparities,
you
can
see
of
our
residents
that
are
Latino
other
races,
black
residents,
they're
all
I,
don't
they're
all
earning
post-secondary
education
attainment
at
a
much
lower
rate
than
some
of
our
other
residents.
L
So
it's
important
for
us
to
understand
what's
causing
that
and
what
we
can
do
to
really
make
a
difference
in
in
their
lives.
L
We
also
look
at
geography,
so
in
Oakland
County
we
have
eight
Puma
areas,
that's
areas
of
the
census
that
really
lets
us
dig
deep
into
some
of
the
demographics
you
can
see
in
the
Farmington
and
Southfield
area,
West
area
and
the
Pontiac
Waterford
area.
Those
are
all
areas
that
are
below
the
county-wide
average,
but
post-secondary
education.
So
again,
what
can
we
do
to
make
sure
we
go
into
those
geographies
and
make
sure
we
apply
supports
or
initiatives
or
projects
that
uplift
those
communities
and
help
them
increase
their
rates?
L
This
is
a
race,
ethnic
and
gender
disparities.
You
can
see
amongst
the
different
ethnicities
and
genders
and
races,
there's
quite
a
quite
a
difference.
It's
interesting
to
see
between
men
and
women
of
the
same
races.
The
difference
is
it's
interesting
to
see.
For
example,
black
men
and
women
have
some
college
no
degree
at
a
rate
of
almost
25
percent.
So
again,
that's
that's
that's
interesting
to
us.
L
We
have
to
understand,
what's
preventing
them
from
finishing,
and
what
can
we
Implement
to
help
make
sure
that
they're
successful,
so
this
chart
really
shows
our
progress
towards
our
goal
as
Hillary
shared
when
they
first
announced
the
initiative
they
were
at
61
percent
and
we're
really
proud
to
say
through
the
work
that
we've
done,
that
we're
now
at
69,
we've
got
about
11
going
left
and
we
like
to
joke
that
the
11
left
is
going
to
be
quite
the
hardest
right
to
achieve.
M
M
Our
career
in
education,
Navigators
are
the
most
extraordinary
group
of
people
that
you
have
ever
met.
We
have
eight
of
them
deployed
across
Oakland
County
and
since
July
of
2022
they
have
made
over
22
000
connections
been
to
over
400
180
community
events
and
provided
in-depth
services
for
820
residents.
One
piece
we're
most
excited
about
is
those
Oakland
A.D
career
and
education.
Navigators
have
now
started
individual
follow-up
with
over
18
000
Oakland
County
residents.
M
We've
entered
into
a
pilot
for
a
data
sharing
agreement
with
the
state
of
Michigan
to
receive
email,
addresses
and
phone
numbers
for
Oakland
County
residents
who
have
applied
for
Michigan
reconnect,
but
have
it
taken
advantage
of
that?
Yet
so
we're
reaching
out
to
them
by
text
by
email,
to
find
out
what's
interfering
with
their
decision
to
enroll
in
complete
education
when
they
have
a
free
tuition
pathway
through
Michigan
reconnect
that
was
made
possible
with
a
2.8
million
dollar
investment
of
American
Rescue
plan
funds.
M
The
piece
here
on
Supportive
Services
is
one
of
the
sections
that
I'm
most
excited
about
since
launching
this.
This
investment
into
November
of
2021
620
residents
have
received
funds
to
address
over
a
thousand
barriers
to
employment
and
education.
So
this
could
be
things
like
books
and
educational
materials.
For
example,
we
have
a
student
who's
enrolled
at
Oakland,
Community
College
for
Michigan
reconnect,
which
provides
free
tuition
but
she's
in
the
dental
hygiene
program
there
and
the
costs
for
the
tools
and
supplies
and
books
that
she
needed
was
over
two
thousand
dollars.
M
We
were
able
to
provide
funding
for
those
purchases
and
allow
her
to
continue
in
her
program.
It
also
offsets
costs
for
transportation,
housing
utilities
and
child
and
dependent
care.
Our
child
care
scholarships.
I
know
I
worked
closely
with
several
of
you
bringing
this
initiative
to
life,
but
there
are
a
thousand
Child
Care
scholarships
available
at
twelve
hundred
dollars
each
to
assist
our
residents,
who
are
enrolling
in
education
or
employment,
or
maintaining
education
or
employment
to
receive
child
care
scholarships.
We
award
them
directly
to
the
licensed
Child
Care
Facility.
We
have
less
than
300
available.
M
So
if
you
know
individuals
that
are
facing
child
care
as
a
barrier,
this
has
been
really
important,
particularly
for
individuals
as
they're
transitioning
back
to
work
or
into
our
education
programs,
and
then
the
Oakland
80
tuition
scholarships.
This
isn't
a
American
Rescue
plan
funded
investment.
This
is
part
of
a
two
million
dollar
competitive
grant
that
Oakland
County
Michigan
Works
received
from
the
state
it's
a
U.S
Department
of
Education
Grant,
but
under
the
Oakland
80
scholarships
we
can
provide
two
thousand
dollars
of
tuition
assistance
to
individuals
enrolling
in
education.
M
The
really
neat
part
about
this
is
we've
integrated
into
our
Oakland
County
Michigan
Work
system,
so
folks
might
come
in
and
think
that
they're
applying
for
two
thousand
dollars,
but
we
screen
them
for
our
other
federal
grants
and
oftentimes
we're
able
to
provide
four
thousand
or
six
thousand
dollars
of
assistance
and
make
that
two
thousand
dollars
grow.
We
find
that
this
has
been
really
critical
for
students
who
are
at
their
last
semester,
they've
gotten
all
the
way
to
the
end,
and
they
don't
have
funding
to
get
them
through
that
last
semester
of
Education
phase.
M
Two
is
the
piece
that
we're
most
excited
about,
so
you
can
see
the
progress
that
we've
made
so
far
and
we're
starting
to
look
ahead
at
what
the
next
few
years
look
like.
As
Rana
said,
we
have
the
last
11
percent,
which
is
like
the
last
10
pounds
on
the
scale
right.
It's
going
to
be
the
hardest
part
for
us,
so
what
our
plan
is
over
the
next
few
years
is
to
extend.
M
Excuse
me,
the
Oakland
A.D
career
and
education
services
through
December
of
2026
expand
the
Oakland
AED
career
and
education
Navigators
into
high
schools,
we've
currently
piloted
at
Hazel
Park,
Alternative
High
School
to
have
an
Oakland
80
career
and
education
navigator
on
site.
That's
going
extremely
well
we'd
like
to
expand
that
we'd
like
to
continue
that
investment.
That
I
mentioned
earlier
on
the
Supportive
Services
for
transportation,
books
and
supplies.
M
We
would
like
to
continue
to
implement
those
priority
strategies
that
Rana
mentioned
and
also
continue
to
expand
our
Partnerships
and
leverage
the
resources
that
are
available
and
ultimately
develop
our
sustainability
plan.
In
the
next
few
weeks,
we
will
be
bringing
a
resolution
to
this
board
requesting
15
million
dollars
to
continue
the
Oakland
80
program,
an
initiative.
M
This
is
extremely
important
to
the
success
of
our
Oakland
80
career
and
education
Navigators,
and
our
goal
is
to
braid
that
with
our
federal
dollars
and
State
dollars
that
we've
received
through
Oakland
County,
Michigan,
Works
and
Workforce
Development,
and
we're
very,
very
proud
of
that
effort,
our
call
to
action.
So
we
always
love
to
leave
each
presentation
with
our
call
to
action.
Our
goal
is
to
create
a
college-going
culture
county-wide
by
spreading
the
news
about
Oakland
80.,
we
say
college
going,
but
it's
really
post-secondary
education,
not
just
College.
M
We
have
proprietary
schools
across
Oakland
County
that
can
help
with
certificates
and
credentials.
We'd.
Ask
that
you
share
information
on
Oakland,
AED
services
and
resources,
promote
the
child
care
scholarships,
the
tuition
scholarships,
the
services
of
our
career
and
education.
Navigators
we've
also
launched
our
Oakland
80
road
show
where
we're
taking.
Essentially
this
presentation
on
the
road
and
adding
to
our
committee
structure
our
partners.
This
is
not
work
that
Oakland
County
can
do
alone.
It
takes
a
village
and
we
need
all
of
our
partners.
M
So
if
you
know
of
any
organizations
that
be
interested
in
Oakland,
80
Roadshow,
what
promise
to
wear
our
green
or
orange
again
and
then,
if
you're
interested
in
one
of
our
subcommittees
or
know
someone
who
is
we'd
love
to
have
you
with
it's
meaningful
work,
it's
impactful
work
we're
committed
to
not
just
ideas
but
action
and
making
those
committees
action
oriented
on
behalf
of
the
team.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
this
evening.
M
D
Do
Commissioners
have
any
quick
questions?
Oh
I
guess
so
start
with
commissioner
Lewis,
followed
by
commissioner
Covell.
H
H
The
subcommittees
now
are
aligned
around
the
Strategic
goals.
So
if
we
go
back
to
that
one
slide,
the
subcommittees
now
are
each
organized
around
the
the
the
action
items
that
we
have.
So
there's
a
subcommittee
around
each
of
these
five
items.
M
B
No
I
I
love
this
so
much
I.
Most
of
you
know
that
my
day,
job
I
work
for
Samsung
off,
so
I
spend
most
of
my
time
talking
about
higher
education
in
60
by
30
and
I,
just
love
bragging
about
our
home
county
and
and
how?
How
really
we
are
I
think
a
model
not
just
for
Michigan
but
I.
Think
for
a
lot
of
the
country
in
terms
of
model
setting,
just
in
terms
of
that
last
11
and
I.
B
H
Well,
I
I
I'll
tell
you
that
when
we
first
started
it,
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
projection
by
the
state
of
Michigan
is
that
we
would
get
to
71
without
without
doing
anything.
Okay,
so
that
reflects
just
the
natural
course
of
demographic
shifts
right.
So
that's
where
Leo
said:
if
you
do
nothing,
you'll
probably
get
to
71
and
that's
why
the
the
final
amount,
the
change
of
the
curve,
is
what
is
necessary
to
get
to
80.
D
D
Thank
you
thank
you
Rana
and
Jennifer
and
Hillary
for
your
for
your
leadership
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
be
partners
and
funding
and
seeing
us
hit
that
80
goal
by
the
end
of
the
decade.
Our
next
presentation
is
no
stranger
to
us
I'm,
going
to
welcome
the
CEO
of
the
Oakland
Community
Health
Network,
here
Dana
Lazenby,
who
will
give
us
an
update
on
what
OCS
ochn
is
doing.
D
This
board
remains
fully
supportive
of
supporting
the
agency
that
holds
the
addressing
mental
health
needs
across
our
County
and
Dana's.
Always
a
pleasure
to
have
you
and
thank
you
for
for
being
here.
Do
we
have
a
different
presentation
that
we
have
to
pull
up.
O
Oh,
no,
no,
okay!
So
an
oral
presentation,
perfect,
okay,
good
evening,
everybody
in
front
of
you,
you
have
your
packet
and
I
just
want
to
start
by
saying
great
minds,
think
alike,
and
then
also
this
aligns
with
the
priorities
of
the
county,
exec
and
the
Board
of
Commissioners.
So
I'm
happy
to
be
here
and
I
just
have
to
thank
you
for
your
ongoing
support
and
everything
that
we
do
through
service
and
working
together
and
collaborating
it's
been
amazing.
O
So
I
will
tell
you
you
do
have
a
big
packet
of
information
in
front
of
you,
including
my
director's
report,
our
annual
report
from
2022
and
our
revised
program.
Descriptions
as
well
as
we
just
want
to
thank
you
again
for
the
Board
of
Commissioners
in
your
launching
of
mental
health
Monday.
That
was
amazing
to
get
the
additional
information
and
resources
and
we're
going
to
plan
on
putting
that
on
our
website
as
well.
So
I
do
want
to
highlight
just
a
few
things
from
our
report.
O
Probably
the
biggest
thing
happened
today
and
it's
not
in
the
report,
but
I
have
to
put
this
in
front
of
it.
We
had
our
values,
our
your
voice,
your
values
conference
this
morning
and
I
have
to
say
it
was
amazing.
What
we
do
is
we
identify
and
award
our
peer
Advocates
and
our
people
we
serve,
who
really
overcome
some
of
the
challenges
in
their
lives
and
they
continue
to
Advocate
and
help
others.
We
also
had
a
highlight
from
the
Oakland
County
Health
Department.
O
We
had
Kate
Guzman,
come
in
and
talk
to
individuals
about
redetermination
for
their
Medicaid
applications
and
things
of
that
nature,
as
well
as
vaccine
updates.
She
was
well
received
really
great,
having
her
there
and
being
a
resource
for
the
people
we
serve.
So
thank
you
for
that,
and
that
partnership
is
one
of
many
also
I'd
like
to
focus
on
our
Justice
initiatives.
We
know
recently,
a
lot
of
attention's
been
brought
on
about
threat.
O
We
address
stigma
as
it
relates
to
people
with
mental
health
conditions.
The
other
thing
I
really
want
to
showcase,
which
is
really
really
important
to
this
community.
As
we
talk
about
the
workforce
and
development
of
our
Workforce
is
some
of
the
work
that
we've
done
on
a
national
level
with
the
American
Psychiatric
association
Foundation.
This
year
year
we
are
awarded.
We
were
originally
going
to
get
one,
but
we
actually
received
three
resident
fellows
or
diversity
fellows,
which
are
psychiatrists
that
actually
work
in
the
community.
So
there's
Psychiatry
students
but
they're
working
with
us.
O
So
they
get
that
experience
in
our
most
vulnerable
communities,
and
so
what
will
happen
is-
and
our
hope
is-
is
that
they
like
the
work,
that
they
do
it's
it's
challenging
but
rewarding
as
well,
and
that
they'll
want
to
stay
with
us
and
work
in
the
community.
So
that's
huge
in
terms
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
to
address
some
of
our
Workforce
challenges.
We
know
we're
always
struggling
to
get
people
to
work
in
a
mental
health
or
behavioral
health
field.
O
It's
not
easy
work,
but
it's
so
rewarding
and
people
who
have
the
heart
to
do
it.
Do
it
so
well.
So
the
next
thing
I
want
to
talk
about
also
are
other
things
that
we're
doing
around
the
jail.
Diversion
and
Justice
initiatives
include
threat
assessment,
so
we're
doing
a
lot
of
training
with
the
community
with
the
prosecutor's
office
office,
with
law
enforcement,
about
diversion
and
about
threat
assessments.
And
how
do
we
handle
those
threat
assessments?
So
we
can
prevent
tragedy.
So
that's
huge
and
I'm
sure
Dr,
Posey
or
Trish
can
add
in
to
this.
O
We
also
had
a
huge
conference
this
week,
Crisis
Intervention
team
training
and
it
was
a
conference
and
it's
an
International
Conference.
It's
called
CIT
International
and
it
was
held
in
Detroit,
Wayne
County
and
it
was
huge
and
our
team
played
a
huge
role
in
that
not
just
the
team
at
Oakland,
Community,
Health
Network,
but
also
the
team
of
Oakland
County
Sheriff's
department
and
law
enforcement
officials
who
received
this
40-hour
training,
mostly
through
Trish
and
her
team
and
other
collaborators.
O
But
this
40-hour
training
does
support
police
officers
in
their
role
in
their
job
to
de-escalate
situations,
as
opposed
to
taking
someone
to
jail
and
arresting
them.
This
allows
a
person
to
be
taken
to
a
crisis
center
or
hospital,
or
they
can
receive
the
services
and
supports
they
need
and
they
can
be
diverted
from
law
enforcement
and
that
intervention
that
often
happens
and
the
other
part
of
that
piece
is
our
co-responders.
O
So
we've
been
working
diligently
with
the
board
of
commission
owners
to
continue
to
support
our
co-responders,
who
are
qualified
mental
health
professionals
who
act
as
a
ride-along,
so
to
speak
with
the
law
enforcement
community,
so
they're
a
critical
part
of
the
team
that
helps
and
works
with,
law
enforcement.
After
the
law
enforcement
clears
the
scene,
they
are
actually
able
to
work
with
people
and
get
them
the
services
and
supports
that
they
need.
O
They
also
can
do
the
follow-up
work,
that's
needed
to
ensure
that
people
are
in
touch
and
engaged
in
the
services
and
supports
that
they
continue
to
need
so
another
big
thing
and
I
hope
you
all
feel
free
to
come
over
and
take
a
tour
and
just
to
see
the
work
we're
doing
at
our
crisis
center.
The
resource
and
crisis
center
is
on
this
campus
and
you
are
very
familiar
with
common
ground,
which
is
the
adult
portion
of
our
crisis
services.
O
But
now
we
have
the
youth
Family
Care
Connection
Center,
which
is
a
crisis
center
and
a
screening
Center
for
Young
People,
and
so
we
hear
a
lot
about
young
people
who
are
in
Mental
Health
crisis,
sitting
in
Waiting
rooms
of
hospital
emergency
departments
for
hours
and
for
days.
This
is
a
way
to
get
those
individuals,
those
children,
youth
and
their
families
into
a
center.
That's
ready
to
receive
and
support
and
even
start
treatment
for
them.
So
there's
two
parts:
the
first
part
is
really
a
screening
Center.
O
You
don't
have
to
be
in
crisis
to
go
there
or
take
a
young
person
there.
They
can
actually
get
there
just
to
be
linked
to
services,
and
the
other
portion
of
this
Center
involves
a
eight
bed
unit,
where
you
can
provide
crisis
services
for
up
to
72
hours,
so
many
Don't
Know
About
Us.
Quite
yet
we
had
a
huge
soft
opening
and
then
we
had
a
grand
opening
and
we
have
served
probably
over
a
thousand
people,
Our
Youth
and
Family
in
the
screening,
Center
and
then
also
almost
100
kids
in
the
crisis.
O
Service
Unit
I
don't
want
to
call
it
stabilization
because
that's
still
under
some
decision
making
of
the
state,
but
really
it's
been
very
helpful
in
support
of
a
families
and
the
benefit
of
it
is
that,
instead
of
a
hospital
where
children
are
often
restrained
and
they're
not
treated
until
they
get
to
where
they
need
to
be,
they
actually
can
start
treatment,
which
is
really
critical.
So
a
lot
of
times
we
can
send
youth
home
with
their
families
connected
to
service,
and
so
that's
really.
O
D
You
Dana,
thank
you
very
much,
I
mean
always
a
lot
of
things,
a
lot
of
things
that
are
always
happening
and,
at
the
same
time,
always
willing
to
entertain
another
partnership
to
improve
the
health
outcomes
and
mental
health
outcomes,
specifically
in
our
community.
A
couple
questions,
commissioner,
long.
I
I
It
was
absolutely
ridiculous
that
there
was
a
boy
that
was
having
a
mental
health
issue
out
in
the
hallway
trying
to
answer
and
I
said
you
have
to
you,
know:
I
hit
a
butt
in,
because
I
said
you
have
to
put
them
in
a
room
he's
not
going
to
answer
correctly
and
stuff.
I
mean
I,
couldn't
believe
it,
and
there
was
actually
two
cases
there
in
the
hallway
at
ER,
so
I'm
very
glad,
I
hope
this
word
gets
out.
That
has
a
more
appropriate
spot
for
them
to
go.
I
Has
Pro
ears
if
no
one's
been
there
they're
in
the
hallways
on
the
gurneys.
Now,
because
there's
no
doctors
and
stuff
and
they
run
out
of
rooms
and
I,
just
thought
that
was
terrible
to
have
two
young
people
with
mental
health
issues
out
in
the
hallway.
I
So
I'm
glad
to
hear
that,
and
if
there's
anything
I
can
do
to
help
you
get
the
word
out
or
any
of
us,
we
I'm
sure
we'd,
like
the
information
to
post
somewhere,
whether
we
can
do
Facebook,
whatever
you
think,
is
appropriate,
but
because
I
would
like
to
get
the
word
out,
because
that
is
sounds
much
better
spot
for
people
in
need.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
O
D
I
had
nothing
just
before
it
opened,
I
mean
an
opportunity
with
Emmy
Dan
and
her
team
to
tour.
That
facility
is
it's
pretty
phenomenal,
and
so,
if
I
mean
maybe
we
can
entertain
a
commission
tour
just
so
you
can
see
it.
It
really
is
amazing
that
this
asset's
here
to
help
those
in
need
any
other
questions.
O
One
more
comment:
one
more
comment:
I
do
have
to
recognize:
Deputy
County,
exec,
madiha
Tariq
in
I,
forget
Leanne
staffer.
They
have
been
wonderful
partners
for
us
and
I.
Tell
you
the
level
of
support,
we're
really
setting
our
priorities
in
the
lining,
so
I'm
expecting
more
great
things.
Thank.
D
Okay,
next
up,
we
have
a
proclamation
honoring
welcome
week,
2023
I
mean
as
a
tradition.
Is
this
County
welcoming
all
people
to
Oakland
County
and
to
I
mean
reveal
that
Proclamation
commissioner
Miller.
P
How
about
now
there
we
go
all
right,
so
we're
not
presenting
this
to
any
organization
at
this
time.
There's
going
to
be
a
few
events
that
happen.
The
reason
why
we're
doing
this
Proclamation
now
is
because
by
the
September
meeting
welcoming
week,
will
be
over.
So
we
don't
want
to
do
that.
That's
so
just
so.
You
know
the
reason
and
there's
over
here
to
accept
it.
But
I'll
read
it
so
you
know
it's
on
here.
P
It's
a
welcome
week
2023,
whereas
new
residents
who
bring
fresh
perspectives
open
business
and
contribute
to
our
vibrant,
diverse
Rich
diversity,
enrich
our
local
communities
and
make
Oakland
County
a
welcoming
peaceful
place
for
all.
Welcoming
America
is
a
non-profit
nonpartisan
organization
that
guides
the
efforts
of
inclusivity
in
communities
to
become
more
prosperous
by
ensuring
everyone,
including
immigrants,
newcomers
belong
and
I
just
wanted
to
expand
and
belong
everybody
in
this
room,
everybody
in
Oakland
County
everybody
in
this
state
wants
to
belong
even
myself
right.
P
We
want
to
have
that
feeling
of
belonging
and
have
that
feeling
and
not
belonging
I'm.
Sure
everybody
in
here
has
felt
that
that
we
know
what
it
feels
like.
One
of
the
reasons
why
I
was
pushing
this
initiative
in
2019
and
I
appreciate
everybody
in
this
room
that
helped
me
out
to
get
across
the
line
to
continue
to
continue.
P
Oakland
county
is
a
member
of
the
organization
welcoming
Network,
a
movement
of
more
than
300,
non-profit
local
government
working
and
local
governments
working
to
build
an
environment
where
the
voices
of
people
of
all
backgrounds,
identities
and
perspectives
are
heard.
P
25
percent
of
high-tech
companies
in
Michigan
were
started
by
were
started
by
immigrants
and
the
number
one
growing
population
Source
in
Detroit
is
immigration,
and
whereas,
since
2012
welcoming
America
has
hosted
welcoming
week
a
10-day
observation
that
highlights
daily
themes,
Focus
focusing
on
action
items
and
topics
such
as
a
Civic
engagement,
Economic,
Development
government
and
computer
Community
leadership,
building
safe
communities,
Refuge
Refugee
co-sponsors
and
more
Oakland
County
has
joined,
welcoming
America
an
observation
since
2019.,
whereas
welcoming
Oakland
County
welcome
our
welcoming
week,
2023
showcase
hundreds
of
in-person
virtual
and
Global
events
celebrating
collaboration
and
mutual
respect.
P
As
part
of
this
year's
welcoming
week,
welcome,
America
is
partnering
with
little
Emil
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
the
name
little
Emil
means
pure
and
hope,
which
is
a
perfect
thing
for
this
year,
a
12-foot
puffet,
a
puppet
which
is
of
a
10
year
old
Syrian
refugee.
P
The
interactive
Tour
event
has
traveled
to
14
countries
since
2021
and
draws
attention
to
Urgent
polite
of
the
Staggering
number
of
children,
fleeing
War
violence
and
prosecution
worldwide
and
whereas
and
and
the
on
the
special
occasion
of
welcoming
week,
we
join
with
counties
across
the
country
and
cities
around
the
world
and
celebrating
the
effort
from
a
stronger
Community
throughout
inclusivity
and
acceptance.
P
Now,
therefore,
David
T
Woodward,
chairman
of
the
Board
of
Commissioners
commissioner
William
Miller,
and
the
entire
Board
of
Commissioners,
do
hereby
Proclaim
September
September
7th
through
the
18th
2023
as
welcoming
week
in
Oakland
County.
Thank
you
and
I
will
send
out
those
dates
when
we
have
them
locked
in.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Mr
chair,
there
are
three
communications:
the
first
being
dated
August
14th
dear
dear
chairman,
Woodward
I
am
pleased
to
reappoint
Jeffrey
Lance
abood
of
174
Catalpa
Drive
in
Birmingham
Michigan
to
the
board
of
directors
of
the
regional
convention
facility.
Authority.
This
appointment
is
made
per
act
per
Public
Act
554
of
2008
section
141.1359,
Mr
aboud's
appointment
continues
from
the
day
he
takes
his
oath
of
the
Oakland
County
clerk's
office.
He
has
appointed
to
a
six-year
term
which
will
expire,
August,
21st
2029
or
until
a
new
appointment
is
made
by
the
county
executive.
A
Thank
you
for
your
cooperation
in
this
matter.
Sincerely
David
Coulter
Oakland
County
Executive
dated
August
11
2023,
addressed
to
the
Board
of
Commissioners.
Regrettably,
I
have
reached
the
point
where
I
believe
my
continued
membership
on
the
Oakland
County
Historical
commission
is
counterproductive.
Therefore,
effective
August,
14,
2023
I
am
resigning
from
the
commission.
I've
enjoyed
the
opportunity
to
have
worked
with
you
over
the
past
year
and
my
role
as
chair
of
the
historical
commission.
You
have
been
extremely
helpful.
A
Best
wishes
James
N
Craft
of
Royal,
Oak
Michigan
and,
lastly,
dated
August
17
2023
to
the
Oakland
County
Board
of
Commissioners.
Please
accept
this
letter
is
notification
that
I've
exercised
the
authority
granted
to
the
chair
of
the
board
to
approve
Grant
applications
in
excess
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
purposes
of
meeting
a
submission
deadline
due
to
the
grander
deadlines
and
the
board's
Grant
submission
process
and
calendar,
it
is
not
possible
to
submit
the
application
for
full
board
consideration
in
accordance
with
our
normal
procedures.
A
I've
authorized
the
submission
of
the
following:
Grant
application:
fiscal
year:
2023
Edward,
Byrne
Memorial,
Justice
assistance
grant
program
for
the
Sheriff's
Office
Community
Corrections
division
in
the
amount
of
88
114.
The
Grant
application
deadline
is
August,
31st,
2023,
sincerely
David
T
Woodward,
chairman
open
County
Board
of
Commissioners.
D
A
file
by
commissioner
weipert
seconded
by
commissioner
Lubes,
any
discussion
see
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
opposing
a
let
the
record
reflect
that
the
communications
are
received
unanimously.
This
will
move
us,
bring
us
to
the
first
public
comment
of
tonight's
meeting
as
an
opportunity
to
comment
on
any
item
on
the
agenda,
and
we
have
some
people
maybe
signed
up,
and
so
we'll
start
with
them.
D
And
if
you
didn't
sign
up,
we
will
I'll
recognize
you
afterwards.
We
ask
you
to
keep
your
comments
to
three
minutes.
Please
state
your
name
and
community
of
residence
and
I
will
start
with.
G
One
thing
is
that
education
is
a
mess
we're
at
the
bottom
third
of
the
United
States.
So
we
got
a
big
problem
here
and
nobody
even
addresses
what
the
problem
is.
So
it
just
keeps
going.
I
went
to
a
Board
of
Education
meeting
and
I
was
shocked
that
when
they,
the
10th
grade
reading
over
half
of
them
were
below
level,
and
many
of
them
were
below
three
years
behind
the
level.
So
we
got
a
big
problem
and
nobody
is
dealing
with
it.
So,
anyway,
getting
back
to
the
agenda
items.
G
This
I
was
down
with
the
Board
of
Commissioners
in
Detroit
today
at
Wayne
County.
That
was
an
experience
because
they're
giving
away
money
right
and
left
and
I'll
give
you
a
copy
of
what
they're
doing
they're,
given
600
million
dollars
to
illich,
for
something
that
is
to
put
three
high-rise
buildings
in
front
of
the
foot
foot,
the
baseball
stadium,
that's
how
crazy
they
are,
and
it's
just
off
the
chart.
G
So
you
guys
are
looking
good
except
I,
drove
by
the
new.
What
Coulter,
building
in
Pontiac
I
don't
understand?
How
that
what
the
justification
is
on
that
there's
no
available
documents
about
the
costs
and
what
the
expectation
is
who's
going
to
move
where
and
what's
going
to
go
on,
it
sounds
like
it
should
have
been
better
presented
before
this
deal
was
cut.
G
What
are
they
going
to
do?
I
close
down
Patterson's
home
here
and
then
have
Colter's
home
down
there
and
I
talked
to
some
people
says:
oh,
we
have
years
to
figure
it
out,
yeah!
Well,
you
you
bought
it
now.
You
got
the
obligation
that
should
have
been
better
presented
than
what's
taken
place.
So
it's
very
upsetting
to
see
this
amateurish
presentation
on
it.
There
should
be
some
document
that
you
could
pass
out.
That
has
the
information
on
it.
Instead
of
what
we're
working
on
it.
Q
Good
evening
I'm
Dr
Deirdre
Waterman
of
Pontiac
Michigan
I'm,
the
immediate
past
mayor,
the
city
of
Pontiac,
first
two-term
consecutive
elected
mayor,
the
city
of
Pontiac,
I'm,
glad
we
accomplished
so
much
and
I'm
here
to
speak
to
your
agenda
item
20a
known
as
the
Pontiac
downtown
Redevelopment
project
and
something
we
belong
awaited
in
the
city
of
Pontiac.
Q
It
is
great,
I
think
a
boon
for
both
of
us,
both
Oakland
County
and
the
City
of
Pontiac,
that
you're
moving
your
some
of
your
Executive
offices
right
back
to
your
county
seat
in
the
heart
of
downtown
Pontiac
as
a
catalyst
for
the
development
of
our
downtown.
Our
Historic
downtown
one
of
the
things
in
the
long
Saga
of
the
Phoenix
Center,
which
we
are
by
this
deal,
going
to
transfer
to
you.
Ownership
of
Oakland
County
was,
and
it's
been
a
long
Saga
I'll
shorten
it.
Q
By
saying
that,
when
I
became
mayor,
the
emergency
manager
had
left
the
city
in
such
a
debacle
that
he
was
ready
to
give
the
Phoenix
Center
to
the
owners
of
Ottawa
towers
for
one
dollar,
one
dollar
we've
lost
it
plus
the
city
might
have
been
subject
to
a
30
million
dollar
judgment,
Levy
and
posted
on
the
citizens
of
Pontiac.
Q
So
we
were
able
to
work
out
a
settlement
agreement
by
which
the
city
kept
the
Phoenix
Center,
Garage
and
Amphitheater
as
an
asset
of
the
city,
and
that's
why
the
deal
that
we're
talking
about
today
is
able
to
happen.
So
that's
quite
an
indication
of
all
the
effort
that
went
into
saving
that
property
as
an
asset
for
the
city
of
Pontiac.
Q
At
last,
Tuesday's
city
council
meeting
in
Pontiac
I
went
over,
who
were
the
big
owners,
Big
Winners
and
some
Losers
of
the
deal
that
you're
looking
at
this
evening.
Of
course,
Oakland
county
is
a
big
winner,
a
50
million
dollar
Grant
from
the
state
of
Michigan
to
accomplish
this
project,
the
city
of
Pontiac
of
all
the
things
that
have
been
promised
by
this
deal
that
we've
heard
both
verbally
and
non-verbally,
are
carried
out.
Certainly
that
will
be
a
Big
Boon
for
the
city
of
Pontiac.
Q
Certainly
one
of
the
winners
of
this
is
the
people
that
you
are
purchasing
the
Ottawa
Towers
from
who
bought
the
Ottawa
Towers
their
share,
but
was
seven
million
dollars
out
of
20
million
dollars,
a
city
paid
the
other
13
million
dollars?
But
by
this
deal
you
were
going
to
give
them
buy
from
them
the
Ottawa
Towers
they
paid
seven
million
dollars
for
19.2
million
dollars,
so
they're
walking
away
with
a
12
million
dollar
Winfield
profit
in
two
years,
not
bad.
Q
That
certainly
went
up,
but
one
of
the
things,
if
you
hear
I
told
any
rumbling
about
this
deal,
is
because
probably
as
trains
Crane's
article
described
it
a
lack
of
transparency,
the
people
of
Pontiac
were
not
given
all
the
documents
publicly.
There
was
an
attempt
as
late
as
this
Tuesday's
council
meeting.
After
a
closed
session
and
with
no
discussion,
no
deliberation,
the
council
came
out
and
by
a
voted
five
to
two
voted
to
augment
and
change
part
of
the
minimum
understanding,
I'm,
not
even
sure.
That's
supposed
to.
D
Thank
you
very
much
all
right.
Anybody
else
who
wants
to
speak
during
public
comment
see
none.
We
will
move
on
to
the
agenda
reports
of
standing
committees.
First
up
is
the
consent
agenda.
D
D
A
sufficient
number
voting
the
affirmative,
the
consent
agenda
is
adopted.
Let's
move
this
to
the
regular
agenda
under
Economic
Development
infrastructure.
Those
items
were
taken
up
under
the
consent
agenda.
Moves
to
the
finance
committee,
commissioner,
Gwen
Markham.
J
Sure
I
have
one
item
on
for
the
finance
committee
tonight
and
that
is
a
partnership
with
Fern
care,
free
clinic
to
increase
health
care
availability
for
uninsured
County
residents,
and
it
helps
them
provide
an
extra
day
of
service.
They
have
been
providing
seven
Clinic
sessions
a
month.
This
will
allow
them
to
open
for
an
eighth
session.
D
Moved
by
commissioner
Markham
seconded
by
commissioner
gershenson
is
there
any
discussion,
see
no
discussion.
Mr
clerk,
please
prompt
the
vote.
D
Commissioner
Markham
includes
that's
the
only
item.
Yep
public
health
and
safety
items
were
taken
up
in
the
under
the
consent
agenda.
Under
reports
of
special
committees.
There
is
none
special
order:
business,
not
an
unfinished
business,
none
new
and
miscellaneous
business.
There
are
two
items.
D
The
first
is
an
item
to
fully
execute
the
fully
executed
memorandum
of
agreement
for
the
pionic
Redevelopment
project
moved
by
commissioner
gershenson
seconded
by
commissioner
lubes.
Is
there
any
discussion.
D
D
D
Actually,
okay,
commissioner
gershenson
will
move
to
take
up
this
item
immediately
seconded
by
Lubes.
Any
discussion
on
favorite,
yes,
I
oppose
opposed.
Okay,
the
eyes
have
it
so
now
we're
in
the
main
motion
moved
by
commissioner
gershenson
second
about
commissioner
lubes,
we're
good
any
discussion,
commissioner
spiz.
C
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
My
position
on
this
has
not
changed
since
the
start.
I
think
we've
won
overpaid
for
these
pieces
of
property,
which
is
was
brought
up
during
public
comment
today,
and
lack
of
a
business
plan
in
my
opinion,
is
still
one
of
the
biggest
things
that
I
would
like
to
see
before
we
could
move
forward
on
this
project,
so
I
will
be
voting
now.
B
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
I
am
just
looking
through
the
memorandum
of
agreement
that
has
come
before
us
now
and
I
I,
guess,
I'm,
just
looking
for
a
little
bit
of
clarification
on
section
four
subsection
C.
No,
that
is
wrong,
wait
hold
on
o
e.
It
is
e.
B
It
looks
like
a
c
because
this
one
looks
a
little
bit
different
than
the
last
time
we
saw
it
and
it's
about
the
Green
Space
that
we
had
discussed
Ad
nauseam
in
our
in
our
caucus
before
the
deal
went
through
and
I
guess,
I'm,
just
looking
for
clarification
from
you,
Mr
chair
on
what
the
word
all
means
in
relating
to
all
space
that
is
not
occupied
by
a
new
parking
structure
that
is
north
of
Orchard,
Lake,
Road
and
south
of
Water
Street
within
the
Woodward
Loop.
D
Yes,
let
me
speak
to
this,
and
this
is
I
mean
a
question
that
I
mean
worked,
I
mean
with
our
attorneys.
This
section
speaks
to
two
pieces:
the
development
of
a
campus
plan
with
the
I
mean
with
the
city
of
Pontiac,
and
then
also
the
the
specific
language
that
we
had
include
the
specific
specific
language
that
we
included
that
designated
by
parameters
the
amount
of
space.
That's
there
I
in
the
issue
of
all
the
the
green
space
is
basically
anything.
D
That's
not
doing
that
and
that's
going
to
be
part
of
a
campus
plan
and
that's
the
way
it
was
described
by
the
attorneys,
so
at
Green,
Space,
Shelby,
all
the
spaces
that
are
not
occupied
by
the
structure
or
the
roads,
and
everything
like
that
being
part
of
the
campus
plan,
that's
being
developed
and
how
we
actually
use
that
that
facility,
the
land.
The
commitment
to
convey
a
minimum
of
two
acres
I
mean
fouls
exactly
the
same
thing,
but
I
hear
I
mean
your
point
and
I.
D
I
do
not
believe
that
this
changes
our
ability
to
develop
a
campus
plan
together
for
things
that
are
outside
of
the
parking
structure
and
the
buildings
that
we
currently
have.
B
D
The
agreement
speaks
to
I
mean
the
overall
agreement,
speaks
to
the
process,
to
tear
down
the
Phoenix
Center
and
build
a
parking
structure
to
be
able
to
support
those
those
two
towers.
The
a
campus
plan,
Green
Space
defined
here,
is
basically
everything
else
that
doesn't
fall
within
that
space
to
be
part
of
a
campus
plan
to
develop
a
plan
with
the
city
of
Pontiac
and
how
we
use
everything.
D
So
that's
everything
now
in
terms
of
land,
to
be
conveyed
to
the
city
of
Pontiac
Falls
within
the
same
parameters,
so
I
I
I,
definitely
see
like
where,
like
the
question
like
well,
it's
defined
as
Green
Space.
Basically,
anything,
that's
not
a
parking
structure,
but
basically
it's
with
all
the
land.
That's
not
a
road
that
is,
would
be
part
of
the
discussion
about.
How
do
we
develop
a
campus
plan
together.
B
B
D
But
I
hear
your
point
any
other
discussion,
commissioner
Yolanda
Smith
Charles.
R
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
I
would
I
was
peeking
at
item
4B,
where
it
kind
of
hard
codes
in
a
30
million
dollar
expenditure
on
a
parking
garage,
and
our
parking
structure
sounds
more
sophisticated.
R
What
if
it
comes
in
less
like
if
we
supplies
go
down
and
labor
goes
down
no
offense
Mr
Miller,
you
know
how
would
that
impact
that
firm,
30
million
being
there?
If
you
can
speak
to
that
I.
D
Can
absolutely
speak
to
that,
so
these
two
buildings
200
square
feet
each
require
a
certain
amount
of
Park
heat
and
capacity
to
be
able
to
support
to
support
the
operations
of
those
buildings
at
the
bare
minimum,
and
there
were
some
renderings
and
they
were
purely
renderings.
I
know
that
the
committee
and
we
had
looked
at
it
that
looked
at
I,
think
the
smallest
amount
necessary,
which
I
believe
was
around
north
of
800
900
spots,
was
a
a
structure
to
do
that.
Remember,
I.
D
Think
the
park,
the
Phoenix
Center
has
a
3
000
parking
limit
capacity.
The
going
rate
of
the
going
rate
per
spot
is
is
set
that
if
you
multiply
that
out,
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
build
a
parking
structure,
less
of
that
and
I've
I
mean
having
been
involved
in
communities
who
built
parking
structures.
D
That
is
a
very
small
parking
structure
and
it
will
be
north
of
that,
and
so
that
is
the
reason
that
the
economic
development
team,
as
well
as
all
of
our
Consultants,
felt
comfortable
a
commitment
to
build
a
parking
structure
that
can
support
at
a
minimum.
The
the
minimum
parking
requirements
to
support
those
two
buildings
I
think
the
bigger
question,
and
this
is
the
conversation
that
working
in
a
public-private
partnership
will
incur.
S
Thank
you,
chairman,
Woodward
I
have
the
same
concerns
as
commissioner
Spitz
that
there's
really
not
a
plan
going
forward,
but
I
also
have
a
great
concern
about
a
plan
for
the
vacant,
Office
Buildings
or
an
office
space
we're
leaving
behind.
We
talked
about
that
in
the
finance
meeting
last
week
and
this
week,
and
it
was
acknowledged
that
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
vacant
space
and
then
I
hear
to
sell
this
project
in
Pontiac.
S
D
You,
commissioner,
I
mean
I
I,
think
the
mischaracter
rate,
characterization
of
what
you
said.
We
have
550
million
dollars
of
defer.
I
mean
maintenance
that
has
to
be
done
on
these
campus
buildings,
any
any
employees
that
move
out
of
those
buildings
into
this,
then
we
can
defer
and
not
do
those
improvements
and
unload
those
properties,
sell
those
properties
and
save
us
the
cost
of
having
to
make
those
improvements
on
those
individual
buildings.
That's
the
first
thing.
The
second
thing
to
argue
that
there's
not
a
plan
there.
There
is
a
plan.
D
The
plan
is
to
move
500
to
600
of
our
employees
in
downtown
Pontiac
in
one
of
the
tower
Oakland
County
will
own
and
occupy
one
of
the
towers.
The
other
Tower
half
occupied
currently
and
we
will
be
working
with
with
with
I,
mean
our
Consultants
to
fill
and
manage
that
the
long
term.
Do
we
own
it
long
term?
D
That's
a
conversation
and
an
action
that
this
board
is
going
to
have
to
take
going
forward,
building
a
parking
structure
to
be
able
to
support
that
and
support
the
ACT
economic
development
that
will
follow
as
a
result
of
all
of
this
is
the
plan
the
cost.
The
preliminary
cost
estimates
which
have
been
talked
about
in
finance,
which
have
been
talked
about
in
Economic
Development,
that's
been
LED
under
the
leadership
of
our
Deputy
executive
Sean
Carlson
has
brought
that
information
at
nauseum
at
multiple
meetings
over
the
last
many
months.
D
Do
we
know
all
the
absolute
details?
No,
we
don't
know
all
the
absolute
details
and
we're
going
to
go
through
an
RFP
process
to
select
I
mean
select
vendors
to
help
build
the
parking
structure
to
help
manage
the
construction,
the
renovation
and
all
those
types
of
things.
We've
also
been
working
with
our
facilities
team
on
this
County
who've,
looked
at
this
building
had
looked
at
the
good.
These
towers
were
built
by
GM
at
a
time
they
built
things
to
last.
D
It
has
good
bones
and
we
need
to
make
it
work
for
us
and
the
plan
over
the
next
couple
years
to
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so
not
this
project
has
engendered
the
support
of
the
state
of
Michigan.
I
mean
that
that's
a
50
million
dollar
investment
from
there
to
help
make
this
happen
plus
hour
dollars,
plus
pursuing
like
a
lot
of
communities,
do
public-private
Partnerships
to
help
build
the
the
structures
around
that
are
necessary
to
activate
them.
D
So
I
would
disagree
and
say
there
is
a
plan
and
we
are
going
to
be
working
through
that
planning
process
together
in
the
development
of
that
RFP
process
together
in
the
developments
of
the
campus
plan
with
the
city
of
Pontiac,
together,
like
I,
like
we've
set
out
to
do,
and
what
this
agreement
allows,
I
mean
allows
for
the
I
mean
the
last
thing
I
will
just
say
is
that
I
mean
this
is
a
process
that
has
I
mean
the
opportunity
presented
itself.
D
This
board
and
this
County
took
action
swiftly
to
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity,
getting
the
support
from
the
state
of
Michigan
and
was
approved
unanimously
by
the
the
the
the
the
city
council
in
Pontiac,
and
today
we
commemorated
that
with
an
amazing
event
that
shows
at
Oakland,
County
and
the
City
of
Pontiac
are
working
in
closer
partnership
than
we
ever
have
before.
D
500
million
dollars
is
the
facility
needs
of
all
I
believe,
there's
40
buildings
that
we
have
to
deal
with
and,
as
presented
in
committee,
I
believe
that
this
that
this
project
has
I
mean,
has
the
ability
and
is
projected
to
defer
30
million
dollars
by
of
of
repairs
and
improvements
and
maintenance
on
buildings
that
we
currently
have.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
anything
else.
D
D
Moving
forward
next
up
after
new
business
extension
of
school
resource
officer
in
the
school
district
in
the
city
of
Pontiac,
again,
I
would
like
to
talk
to
the
leadership
of
I,
mean
both
caucuses
after
this,
before
the
sake
of
to
make
everyone
happy,
can
we
get
a
motion
to
take
up
the
item
immediately
moved
by
commissioner
Joliet
seconded
by
commissioner
Powell,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
opposed,
say,
nay,
they
let
the
record
reflect
unanimously
that
they
were
taken
up
immediately,
moved
by
commissioner
Powell
seconded
by
commissioner
Hoffman.
K
Basically,
city
of
I
mean
Pontiac
School
District
currently
has
an
SRO
officer
that
we
assist
with
financially
and
it
ends
October.
You
know
August
31st
and
we're
still
in
discussion
on
some
things
and
we
need
to
extend
the
time
of
the
contract
because
it
does
expire,
August
31st,
to
have
further
discussions
and
finalize
things
for
their
SRO
for
the
next
school
year.
Right
so.
D
In
essence,
this
resolution
just
continues
the
arrangement
that
we
set
up
a
couple
years
ago
to
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
and
through
our
budget
process
and
working
with
the
school
district,
to
figure
out
a
way
long
term
and
how
it
will
be
be
funded.
So
this
is
adds
another
month
basically
to
the
arrangement
we've
been
in
place,
the
last
couple
years,
any
further
discussion
seeing
none
Mr
clerk.
Please
prompt
the
vote.
D
J
I
also
want
to
thank
our
staff
and
the
staff
of
the
Departments
who
have
you
know,
really
done
extra
work
for
the
last
couple
of
weeks
and
kept
us
moving
and
answered
all
our
questions
and
I
especially
want
to
thank
all
the
members
of
the
finance
committee,
because
it
meant
a
big
commitment
of
four
hours
a
day
three
days
a
week
for
the
last
two
weeks
and
for
part-time
jobs.
That's
a
big
commitment
and
I
really
appreciate
that
people
showed
up
asked
questions
were
prepared.
J
B
You
Mr
chair
because
I
don't
think
we're
going
to
be
meeting
before
this
I
wanted
to
be
sure
to
invite
you
all
to
the
2023
arts
and
apples
festival
in
downtown
Rochester,
Friday
September
8th
through
September
10th.
It
is
the
superior
Arts
Festival
in
Oakland
County
I
know
those
are
fighting
words,
but
it
is
a
really
good
time
be
sure
to
come.
I
make
sure
to
do
it
every
single
year
and
I
hope
to
see
you.
There.
K
I
just
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
as
I
stated
earlier.
Today
was
a
good
day
for
us.
We
signed
off
I
mean
we
had
a
press
conference
earlier
in
regards
to
the
Phoenix
Center
Redevelopment
project
and
I'm
just
excited
that
that
is
moving
forward,
and
it
is
a
game
changer
for
the
city
of
Pontiac.
Finally,
we're
giving
some
attention
to
turn
that
City
around.
So
thank
you
great.
D
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Powell
any
further
announcements
see
none.
This
I
will
move
us
to
the
second
public
comment
of
tonight's
meeting.
This
is
an
opportunity
of
the
members
of
the
public
to
speak
on
any
topic
whether
it
was
on
the
agenda
or
elsewhere.
So
if
you
just
come
to
the
mic
and
state
your
name
and
Community
residence.
G
John
long
again
welcome
back
I'll,
give
you
a
copy
of
this.
G
I
totally
went
down
and
talked
to
the
Wayne
County
Commissioners
and
you
guys
look
good
compared
to
them,
and
this
is
the
example
that
I
gave
them
and
it's
on
one
page
starts
out
with
600
million
and
they
take
that
money
from
School
operating
State
education,
186
million
their
Intermediate
School
District.
G
Then
they
take
a
28
million
out
of
sales
tax.
The
problem
is
that
the
constitution
says
you
have
to
use
school
aid
money
for
educational
purposes,
don't
worry
about
it!
It's
just
the
education,
it's
just
the
Constitution!
So
here's
a
copy.
This
is
their
actual
document
in
a
book.
That's
that
thick
and
then
here's
what
they
want
to
do.
G
One
of
their
projects
is
to
build
these
three
skyscrapers
in
front
of
the
ballpark
so
that
it'll
restrict
access
and
make
a
big
nightmare
of
congestion,
and
it's
going
to
tie
up
Woodward
Avenue
for
years
while
they
make
this
big
contribution
and
on
top
of
it
and
here's
the
the
numbers
for
these
different
things,
one
is
177
million
dollars
out
of
the
score
fund.
Here
the
it's
a
total
of
320
million
for
these
four
projects.
One
of
them
is
the
Fox
Theater.
The
Fox
Theater
is
going
to
get
Brownfield
money.
G
G
So
here's
a
copy
of
this
I'd
like
to
give
it
to
you,
so
you
can
pass
out
and
see
how
the
Constitution
works
for
nobody
except
Ilitch.
He
gets
a
free
deal.
The
other
thing
is
in
his
when
he
signed
up
for
the
free
ballpark,
he
signed
an
obligation
to
give
50
000
tickets
to
Children
of
low-income
families.
You
know
how
many
gives
away
none
and
that
I'm
trying
to
get
that
enforced,
but
we
got
that
quarter
billion
dollar
man
Cabrera
this
is
last
year.
G
D
We'll
bring
it
to
the
clerk.
Thank
you,
Dr
Deidre
Waterman,
for
for
this
next
public
comment.
Welcome
back!
Thank.
Q
Q
To
say
that,
based
upon
what
you
passed
this
evening,
I
look
forward
to
the
opportunity
to
work
with
Oakland
County
in
the
city
of
Pontiac
I'm,
proud
of
all
we've
accomplished
this
by
and
taking
us
from
the
days
of
the
emergency
manager
to
where
we
are
today
in
terms
of
how
the
city
has
been
revived
and
redeveloped,
and
look
forward
with
the
opportunities
that
you
will
bring
also
to
the
city.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you,
Dr
Waterman
anybody
else
who
would
speak
during
public
comment,
the
young
lady
back
there
do
you
want
to
speak.
E
D
I'm
waiting,
no,
no
see
no
further
comment
comment.
We
will
stand
adjourned
till
September,
14th,
2020,
2023
or
call
the
chair.