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A
D
C
C
Wonderful.
Thank
you
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
F
C
C
Thank
you.
Is
there
a
second
I'll
support
it?
Thank
you,
miss
mark
and
markham,
and
I
think
we
need
a
roll
call
to
approve
the
agenda.
E
I
see
that
we
have
an
on
the
agenda,
something
about
the
oxford
shooting
incident
on
there.
That
was
yesterday.
Oh
one,
yesterday,
okay,
that's
hard.
I
I
just
didn't.
I
was
just
curious:
why
we're
still
working
on
the
funding
for
oxford?
It's
almost
six
months
now
and
we
we
got
the
pot
shops
financed,
pretty
quick
and
we're
ross
yep.
C
D
Catherine
kennedy
from
lake
orion,
thank
you
and
there's
several
things
on
this
particular
agenda.
I
have
concerns
with
the
first
is
10g
automation
alley
in
oakland,
county
michigan
is
being
designated
by
the
world
economic
forum
as
the
us's
first
and
only
advanced
manufacturing
center,
and
this
claims
to
have
been
started.
A
D
Okay,
we're
all
set
okay,
catherine
kennedy
from
lake
orion
and
I'm
very
concerned.
10G
automation,
alley
in
oakland
county
is
being
designated
by
the
world
economic
forum
as
the
us's
first
and
only
advanced
manufacturing
center,
and
this
claims
that
we
became
automation
alley
in
2018
and
I
have
a
2000.
I
mean
18
1987
annual
report
of
economic
development
and
daniel
murphy
already
had
the
automation
supply
sector
in
michigan,
and
the
entire
thing
was
already
established
back
in
this
is
the
1987
annual
report.
D
D
D
D
That
conservation
is
the
way
to
preserve
our
economy
and
our
environment,
not
this
craziness.
Now
the
fact
that
we
have
to
have,
I
don't
know
why
we
would
be
declaring
ourselves
a
watertown.
I
don't
understand,
what's
the
purpose
of
that,
I
have
issues
with
the
broad
pen
feasibility
study
for
a
million
dollars
for
feasibility
study
and
so
far,
it's
my
understanding
that
foreign
interests
were
the
ones
that
were
being
considered
for
suppliers
of
our
broadband.
C
We
do
need
a
motion
to
receive
and
file
communication
item,
a
which
is
the
road
improvement
fiscal
year,
2022
application
for
local
road
improvement
program,
I'll
move
it.
Thank
you,
mr
wiper.
Is
there
support
mr
smith
move
to
support
it
all
in
favor?
Are
we
prompting
the
vote?
We
can
do
it
either
way?
Yes,
let's
prompt
a
vote.
C
E
C
B
Well
good
morning,
thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
being
here
I'm
with
steve
korth,
who
just
popped
on
the
picture.
Lean
seymour
and
it's
gonna
be
talking
with
something
later
ann
vara,
my
chief
deputy,
is
here
amy
plouffe
in
charge
of
water
and
she'll,
be
talking
about
the
other.
The
next
presentation
in
just
a
couple
minutes,
I'm
here
to
present
the
annual
report.
We
do
it
every
year
it
ran
from
you
know,
up
for
the
year
ending
in
october,
I'm
sorry
end
of
september.
B
Of
last
year
we
cover,
and
every
year
we
cover
all
the
projects.
We've
been
doing,
there's
a
lot
of
projects
that
that
we
carry
on
on
a
constant
basis.
The
couple
in
the
in
the
letter
we
we
point
out
in
pontiac
we
did
some
water
main
work,
eight
inch,
water,
main
significant
water
main
a
little
over
two
miles
two
and
a
quarter
miles
that
we
replaced
last
year.
This
has
been
a
long-term
plan
of
of
replacing
of
this
extremely
old
infrastructure
and
all
around
pontiac.
B
There's
there's
a
lot
of
newer
infrastructure,
some
of
it
we
put
in
and
we're
going
to
be
working
on
that
for
a
long
time
to
come.
The
omid
oklahoma,
interceptor
drainage,
district,
the
northeast
pump
station
we've
been
working
on
that
we're
replacing
some
very
old
stuff.
That's
been
there
a
long
time
with
the
new
high-tech
things
that
should
make
it
operate
much
more
smoothly.
It's
nothing
smooth
and
large
operations
like
this,
so
you
discover
other
problems
as
you're
fixing
the
first
problem.
B
So
it's
it's
an
ongoing
program
and
the
last
thing
I'm
going
to
mention-
that's
not
in
the
letter
is
our
affordability
group
that
we've
been
operating
for
gosh
almost
a
year
and
a
half
now,
including
pontiac
and
royal
oak
township
of
the
cities
that
we
have
in
our
communities
that
are
are
our
most
issues,
have
had
the
most
issues,
with
affordability
for
their
ratepayers,
so
we've
been
working
with
them.
B
We
got
a
grant
right
about
this
time
last
year
from
the
state
to
to
do
this
on
a
more
regional
and
statewide
basis,
so
we're
trying
to
come
up
with
best
practices
and
a
plan
to
help
all
the
communities
in
the
state
better
help
their
customers
with
affordability
issues,
and
this
is
something
we've
been
working
across
the
state
of
country
and
even
internationally
kind
of
getting
advice
on
how
best
to
approach
these
things.
So
we
work
with
a
group
from
the
communities
a
stakeholder
group
of
about.
B
Well,
we
in
send
out
about
75
invitations
every
every
a
month
for
our
meetings
and
we
get
about
40
to
45
people
at
our
meetings,
a
lot
of
community
buy-in
and
we're
making
sure
that
everybody
understands
that
we're
working
for
a
really
sustainable
future
for
affordability.
So
that's
what
we're
doing
now.
If
I
can
answer
any
other
questions
or
any
of
my
folks
here,
can
we're
happy
to
do
so.
C
G
Thanks
this
is
just
the
annual
report.
We're
gonna
do
the
lead
line,
replacement,
powerpoint
next
right.
A
B
Well
I'll,
ask
steve
steve,
you
know,
is
way
more
informed
on
these
things
as
they
go
daddy
today,
go
ahead.
Steve,
oh
you're,
not
you're,
not
coming
through.
H
A
B
Well,
we're
financing
a
project
up
in
the
where
is
it
north
of
the
county
right
now,
it's
a
lake
level
and
some
drainage
issues
that
we're
fixing
there
we're
just
finishing
that
bond
up.
We.
I
know
that
we're
looking
at
several
other
bonds
going
forward,
steve.
H
Sure,
there's
a
drain
called
the
bald
eagle
lake
drain,
which
we're
financing
again
just
aging
infrastructure,
replacing
entire
an
entire
drain
up
in
the
northern
part
of
oakland
county,
and
then
a
recent
bond
sale
that
that's
coming
up.
That
went
along
with
the
the
county
rating
from
the
rating
agencies,
that's
associated
with
a
water
tank
in
oakland,
township
and
so
again.
Improving
these
systems
for
for
water
quality.
F
Well,
I
guess
I
can't
say
that
in
that
bond
process
it
reaffirmed
our
county's
triple
a
bond
rating
and
that's
what
was
I
mean,
herald
at
the
economic
forecast.
So
I'm
again,
congratulations
and
I
mean
I
congratulations-
the
entire
team
and
finance
team.
My
question
coming
coming
back
to
financing
and
projects.
F
We
have
this
unprecedented
time
in
history
with
the
bipartisan
infrastructure.
The
federal
bipartisan
infrastructure
bill
that
passed,
and
so
is
there
anything
I
mean
and
we've
got
time,
but
obviously
a
lot
of
it.
I
mean
it's,
it's
getting
those
proposals
in
there,
particularly
for
the
discretionary
space.
B
Well,
you
know
I'll
start
out
with
we
got
last
year.
We
got
two
earmarks
for
a
pontiac
and
royal
township,
a
million
bucks
altogether
and-
and
you
know,
we've
been
working
with
with
the
board
to
to
can
just
distribute
some
of
the
arp
money
to
local
communities
because
they
have
to
do
those
planning
parts
of
these
projects
that
are
usually
aren't
covered
by
the
grant.
So
that's
that's
something
that
we've
been
doing
locally.
B
We
we're
again
we're
looking
we're
gonna
help
this
year
again
with
with
earmarks,
but
we
got
a
grant.
I
guess
it's.
A
principal
forgiveness
grant,
for,
I
think,
was
five
million
dollars
for
lead
lines
in
pontiac
and
I'm
not
sure
how
much
in
royal
oak
another
one
there.
So
these
these
are
part
of.
What's
going
to
be
coming.
Is
these
forgivable
loans
through
the
state
revolving
fund?
B
That's
it
looks
like
that's
where
they're
going
to
be
sending
a
lot
of
this
money
through,
because
we
can't
just
use
loans
a
lot
of
these
communities.
Loans
are
just
more
money.
That's
the
rate
payers
have
to
pay
too.
So
we're
looking
to
try
to
do
this
in
a
way.
That's
going
to
increase
the
amount
of
money,
that's
coming
into
our
systems
for
these
future
projects,
and
again
all
of
this
is
around
both
safety
and
health.
You
know,
I
mean
one
of
the
problems.
B
We
have
that
there's
legislation
now
moving,
hopefully
through
this
to
the
house
and
senate,
the
srf
program
really
doesn't
allow
for
for
storm
water
projects
for
flooding
just
for
water
quality.
So
there's
there's
legislation.
Now
I
think
it's
already
been
written.
That's
going
to
go
through
that's
going
to
allow
us
to
use
these
kind
of
refundable
loans
for
storm
water
problems
and
that's
again
going
forward
as
weathers.
The
climate
is
is
getting
warmer,
we're
seeing
heavier
rainstorms,
and
it's
just
getting
more
and
we
saw
it.
B
F
F
We
have
one
of
the
absolute
largest
water
retention
systems
in
the
world
already,
and
it
still
is
able
to
get
filled
up
in
a
matter
of
an
hour
with
the
rainfall.
So
can
you
speak
a
little
bit?
I
mean
I
don't
know
if
it's
captured,
I
mean
I
saw
the
highlights
here.
So
maybe
it's
in
the
details.
It's
I
mean
you've
been
probably
the
most
aggressive
in
trying
to
advance
green
infrastructure
and
partner
with
local
communities.
F
B
Sure,
there's
there's
a
couple
of
things
you're
saying
here:
one
was
the
very
fast
storms
and
and
that
area
experienced
one
about
three
years
ago.
I
think
it
was
a
major
flood.
Hap
well
not
flooded
major,
but
there
was
a
storm
that
was
about
a
mile
and
a
half
wide
and
three
miles
long,
that
just
kind
of
slid
through
the
george
w
area
and
it
rained
so
hard
that
the
the
flooding
happened
in
those
small
areas
before
he
even
reached
our
bigger
pipes.
B
There
was
so
much
coming
in
at
once,
so
part
of
what
we
need
to
do
is
keep
that
water
on
the
surface,
not
get
it
into
those
storm
water
drains.
So
the
green
infrastructure
is
that
approach
and
there's
also
there's
a
there's,
a
gray
infrastructure
project.
That's
going
on
that
will
help
in
the
georgia
mccoon
area,
along
I-75,
from
12
mile
to
8
mile
they're,
putting
in
a
14
and
a
half
foot
storage,
pipe
100
feet
underground
all
that
water
from
that
area
used
to
go
right
into
the
george
w.
B
Now
it
won't
anymore,
the
first
you
know
a
million
or
so
will
because
that's
the
first
flush
it
takes
the
pollutants
after
that,
it's
good,
clean
water
that
goes
right
into
a
storm
drain,
so
that's
at
least
25
million
gallons
of
storm
water
that
won't
go
in
a
huge
storm
into
the
georgia
bucoon
evermore
and
then
the
the
the
smaller
fast
moving
storms
and
the
larger
storms
to
prevent
flooding
green
infrastructure,
keeping
that
on
the
ground,
simple
things
like
a
storm
drain,
you
put
you,
you
restrict
the
flow
in
that
storm
drain.
B
Instead
of
just
flowing
freely,
you
put
small
holes
in
it,
so
it
stays
in
the
street
better
in
the
street.
That
goes
away
slowly
than
in
in
your
storm
drain
that
can
flood
the
flood
homes.
So
there's
a
lot
of
we
can
do
and
and
small
parks
can
do,
that,
there's
there's
green
infrastructure
in
several
parks.
Already
in
the
georgia
between
areas.
Royal
oak
is
an
example,
so
we're
working
to
encourage
that
we're
working.
B
We
want
to
to
partner
with
communities
all
over
the
county,
not
just
the
urban
communities
and
work
together.
We
can
work
with
the
michigan
state
extension
service.
They
have
a
master
gardener
program,
they're
interested
in
helping
with
these
kind
of
things.
These
are
just
gardens.
So
this
is
the
kind
of
thing
we
can
do
and
we're
working
towards
and
the
communities
are
really
heading
in
a
good
direction.
That
way.
A
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Just
one
final
point:
it's
more
of
a
recommendation
because
the
internet
reports
252
pages
long-
is
there
a
way,
maybe
for
yours
going
forward.
We
can
put
like
an
executive
summary
in
there,
so
somebody
doesn't
have
to
go
line
by
line.
I
think
most
of
that
is
finances.
A
You
know,
I
think
a
good
two
three
page
executive
summary
would
be
a
beneficial
to
all
of
us
and
beneficial
to
the
public
that
doesn't
necessarily
have
the
time
to
read
through
252
pages
of
of
information.
I
think
it
just
and-
and
maybe
it
would
help
when
you
come
in
front
of
us
next
year
too,
to
do
that
as
a
presentation
to
us
just
hit
those
high
points
touch
on
everything
and
move
on
just
a
recommendation.
B
C
Any
other
questions
on
the
presentation,
a
no,
I
would
just
interject,
and
I
think
it
piggybacks
on
what
mr
spitz
just
said,
which
is
my
question
simply
and
it
may
you
know
this
annual
report
might
be
a
good
space
for
it,
but
it
may
also
be
a
better
location
and
you
guys
will
know
better,
but
some
type
of
animation,
because
quite
honestly,
this
is
all
very
to
see.
It
is
to
understand
it
and
to
be
able
to
help
our
communities
understand
what
we're
talking
about.
C
B
Absolutely
this
is
this
is
the
thing
that
the
law
says
we
have
to
deliver.
We
almost
always
have
the
the
executive,
you
know
report
with
it
again.
We
will
make
sure
you
get
that
right
away.
We
have
hard
copies
too,
so
we
can
send
you
both
and
just
to
make
sure
you
guys
get
it.
I'm
really.
Sorry,
you
didn't
and.
H
Yeah,
the
there's
not
a
written
executive
summaries.
I
think
what
the
request
was
it's
more
of
a
list
of
our
projects
that
we're
planning
on
that
we're
currently
undertaking
and
that
we
recently
completed.
I
think
I
understand
the
request
to
be
more
of
a
presentation
type
for
next
year,
hitting
the
highlights
of
our
project.
Will
we
can
throw
it,
throw
together
a
half,
a
dozen
slides
and
really
touch
on
some
of
the
significant
work
we've
done
and
planning
and
to
do,
and
we
could
set
that
up
for
next
year
for
sure.
C
A
C
F
C
What
we
do
here,
nothing
but
good
ideas.
Having
said
that,
we
need
I.
I
will
accept
a
motion
to
receive
and
file
the
wrc
2021
annual
report.
C
B
Well,
thank
you
again.
I
am
going
to
just
completely
leave
this
to
to
amy
plouffe,
our
our
water
engineer
chief
engineer,
so
go
ahead.
Amy.
I
All
right
good
morning,
can
you
hear
me
it's
a
little
muffled
but
okay?
Thank
you
all
right!
That's
wonderful!
That's
the
hardest
part,
all
right!
So
we're
going
to
talk
about
lead
and
drinking
water
today,
especially
in
the
city
of
pontiac.
You
could
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please
so
sis
lockhart
and
I
attended
the
march
back
in
presentation
to
discuss
the
pontiac
bomb
sale
for
five
million
dollars
for
lead
service
language
places
and
after
that
meeting
there
were
several
questions
that
came
up.
I
So
we
we're
here
today
to
address
those
issues.
So
today's
topics
we're
gonna,
cover
the
rear
seat,
operated
water
system,
we're
going
to
look
at
needs
and
repairs
and
water
systems,
we'll
look
at
the
cost
and
funding
available
for
those
repairs,
we'll
talk
about
the
cost
to
the
county
and
just
long-term
funding
for
water
and
sewer
improvement,
and
we
also
received
a
couple
additional
questions
from
mr
kavala,
so
we'll
cover
those
throughout
the
presentation
as
we
go
next
slide.
I
Okay,
so
this
is
the
oakland
county,
water
resources
commissioner's
office.
So
on
the
map
you
can
see
that
the
blue
hashes
represents
the
service
area
of
the
great
lakes,
water
resort
and
those
communities
receive
treated
surface
water
from
the
jlwa.
The
communities
outside
that
area
are
groundwater
supplied,
well
systems,
so
the
yellow
shape
yield.
The
communities
that
are
shaded
in
yellow
are
systems
that
are
operated
by
wrc
that
are
well
supplied,
and
then
the
blue
shading
represents
communities
that
are
operated
by
wrc
at
our
great
lakes,
water
authority
supply
system.
I
We
have
called
out
two
highlighted
communities
here,
just
as
a
note,
pleasant
ridge
and
silver
lake,
so
those
are
communities
that
we're
just
going
to
start
operating.
We
just
got
the
examination
for
those
glasses,
we're
excited
about
that.
But
you
know
why
do
we
operate
systems
for
communities
and
there's
there's
two
basic
two
different
things:
one
is
economy
would
scale
wrc.
We
have
the
crews,
we
have
the
equipment.
I
We
have
the
license
operators
to
do
this
work,
but
when
communities
have
us
operate
their
systems,
they
don't
need
to
maintain
that.
C
I'm
sorry,
I
don't
know
if
anyone
else
is
having
a
hard
time,
picking
up
those
words,
and
I
think
what
you're
saying
is
really
important.
Perhaps
you
could
test
your
mic
with
you
know
with
your
me
with
you
on
mute
and
test
your
mic
on
your
end
or
dial
in
if
your
microphone
isn't
working
properly.
C
I
I
I
All
right,
I
apologize
that
better,
yes,
okay,
all
right,
I'm
gonna
use
my
outside
voice
inside
okay,
all
right
so
just
just
to
quickly
summarize
this
slide,
then
so
this
represents
the
service
area
of
the
oakland
county
water
resources.
Commissioner
office,
yellow,
yellow
shading
represents
communities
that
are
well
supplied
that
we
operate
in
the
blue,
refrigerant
communities
that
are
served
by
the
great
lakes
water
facility.
So
the
communities
that
are
shaded
completely
in
blue
are
communities
that
we
operate,
that
are
great
lakes,
water,
employee
supply
customers.
I
So
why
do
communities
have
wrc
operate
their
water
system?
But
we
do
this
for
two
reasons.
Primarily
one
is
a
level
of
service,
so
wrc
has
contractors
to
do
this.
Where
you
have
the
skills,
we
have
the
knowledge.
So
we
can
do
this
for
communities
and
we
write
an
excellent
level
of
service
and
they
don't
need
to
maintain
that
in-house
and
the
other
is
an
economy
of
scale,
because
we
have
large
contractors
to
do
this
work.
We
have
a
large
leader
contract.
Most
of
the
county,
buys
their
meters
through
our
contract.
I
All
right
so
we're
just
going
to
zoom
in
on
one
of
the
communities
that's
operated
by
oakland
county,
and
that
is
the
city
of
pontiac,
we're
going
to
talk
about
lead
and
drinking
water,
particularly
so
the
primary
source
of
lead
and
drinking
water
is
customer
plumbing
and
the
silver
flying
that
provides
water
to
individual
homes.
We
call
that
the
water
service
line
is
typically
a
one
inch
line
runs
from
a
water
main
street
into
the
home.
I
I
When
that
rule
went
into
effect,
there
were
many
new
requirements
for
drinking
water
systems.
One
of
those
was
a
community
required
to
complete
a
preliminary
service
land
materials
inventory.
So
what
they
asked
all
of
us
to
do
is
to
go.
Do
a
records,
research
and
tell
us
what
tell
them
what
their
service
plan
materials
were.
We
use
that
information
to
develop
this
map,
so
in
communities
that
are
shaded
in
yellow
reported
that
they
had
known
lead
or
unknown
service
line
materials
in
their
drinking
water
system.
I
Well
then,
another
change
in
the
michigan
drinking
water
rule
that
came
through
at
that
was
that
they
changed
water
sampling
requirements.
The
communities
were
required
to
request
to
do
complete
more
sampling
at
more
homes,
so
we
missed
two
liter
sample
approaches
now
and
because
of
the
change
in
the
sampling
protocol,
additional
communities
exceeded
the
lead
action
level,
so
you
can
see
those
communities
that
are
highlighted
in
orange
and
the
largest
change
in
the
drinking
water
rules
impacted
in
2018
was
service
line
replacement.
I
The
communities
are
now
required
to
replace
all
lead
service
lines
over
the
next
20
years.
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
that's
a
substantial
amount
of
work
and
a
substantial
cost
to
these
communities.
So
we
use
that
information
available
from
eagle
regarding
the
preliminary
materials
inventory
to
estimate,
you
know
what
the
scale
of
that
is
in
the
county.
So
when
we
looked
at
that,
there's
probably
about
29
000
accounts
service
lines
in
the
county.
That
need
to
be
replaced
and
the
cost
to
do
that.
Work
is
probably
in
the
exit
of
about
250
million
dollars.
I
I
We
do
that
through
an
operations
and
maintenance
agreement
designed
by
the
community
and
the
county
in
pontiac,
we
own
the
waters.
The
county
owns
the
water
system,
so
the
pontiac
water
system
is
an
older
water
system,
there's
about
300
miles
of
water
maine.
So
it's
a
large
system,
but
about
half
of
that
water
vein
is
at
the
end
of
its
useful
life.
The
water
main
starts
to
age.
We
have
other
problems
in
the
system.
I
We
have
areas
with
low
fire
fighting,
we
have
many
main
breaks,
and
one
of
the
big
challenges
in
the
city
of
pontiac
is
a
lot
of.
It
is
under
the
bone
when
we
do
repairs
or
improvements.
I
I
I
So
how
how
do
we
plan
to
address
the
potting
mix
drinking
water
system?
We
know
that
the
water
names
are
needed
replacement
when
they
know
that
there
are
lead
service
lines
that
need
to
be
replaced.
So
we
are
constantly
proposing
as
a
comprehensive
approach
to
address
both
at
the
same
time
there's
a
level
of
scale
that
gets
better
there.
I
So
we
moved
here
in
on
a
particular
area.
The
next
year
we'll
be
working
in
this
particular
area.
That's
shaded!
In
green
on
your
map,
that's
our
2023
project
area.
So
in
that
area,
we're
gonna,
replace
two
miles
of
water
main
and
that's
gonna
cost
about
seven
million
dollars
and
we're
also
going
to
replace
about
316
watersheds
for
an
estimated
cost
of
two
and
a
half
million
dollars.
I
So
the
neighborhood
that
we're
working
in
there
that's
about
nine
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
work
there
and
we
picked
these
areas
correspond
because
they
prioritize
with
other
areas
in
the
system
that
need
work.
So
we
looked
at
lead
density.
So
we
looked
at
the
previous
map.
You
saw
that
this
area
had
a
very
dense
area
of
lead.
I
Okay,
so
the
cost
of
doing
all
this
work
is
substantial.
Water
systems
are
funded
through
race,
that's
how
communities
make
improvements
to
their
water
systems,
and
this
is
all
funded
through
customer
bills.
So
we
have
been
actively
looking
for
grant
funding
and
other
means
to
supplement
community
community.
I
So
if
you
look
at
the
repairs
that
are
needed
in
the
system,
you
know
80
million
dollars
for
service
buying
places,
300
million
dollars
for
water
manufacturing
costs
are
substantial
and
customers
can't
afford
any
higher
rates
to
make
those
changes,
but
offset
that
we
have
been
looking
at
the
funding.
We
have
been
successful
and
we're
here
for
the
five
million
dollar
bond
sale
from
school
forgiveness
for
waterline
replacement
service
sign
replacements.
I
I
I
My
apology,
all
right,
so
one
of
the
projects
we
wanted
to
bring
to
your
attention
was
the
affordability
project
that
mr
mash
mentioned
earlier.
So
that's
a
450
thousand
dollar
grant
to
look
at
affordability
programs,
especially
for
royal
township
and
for
the
city
of
so
one
of
the
questions
that
were
sent
in
advance
was
related
to
affordability.
I
You
know
what
what
programs
is
this
to
help?
People
with
affordability
and
wrc
has
a
list
available
on
our
website
at
oakgov.com,
affordability
associated
with
the
affordability
project
and
there's
several
there's
the
water
residential
assistance
program
that
provides
a
25
discount
to
help
with
the
rears,
and
they
also
have
a
front
end
to
help
plumbing
programs.
I
I
The
struggle
is,
are
the
gaps
in
these
programs,
so
the
gaps
are
that
most
of
these
programs
provide
a
very
limited
payment
for
a
short
period
of
time.
So
rap
is
limited
to
two
years
of
assistance
25
a
month
and
and
it's
a
one
time
it's
a
you-
can
opt
out
of
the
product
for
two
years,
so
a
statewide
funding
source
is
needed
to
implement
for
income-based
assistance
for
water
bills
across
the
state.
I
And
then
the
question
was
asked
you
know:
could
we
just
do
a
water
increase,
a
water
rate
increase
for
all
their
brc
customers
to
offset
some
of
these
costs?
And
unfortunately
that's
not
that's,
not
a
legal
option.
We're
not
allowed
to
subsidize
customer
rates
in
another
community
by
charging
all
communities
more.
I
So
then
you
know
another
question
was
asked:
well,
could
we
just
charge
customers
more
to
offset
these
costs,
and
the
problem,
then,
is
that
if
you
increase
the
rates,
then
you
just
have
a
greater
portion:
that's
more
affordable.
So
it's
a
really
difficult
situation
and
we're
working
through
that
in
the
affordability
project.
I
I
It's
a
very
small
water
system
and
it's
a
dire
native
improvement,
so
the
map,
each
one
of
those
stars-
represents
the
water
main
break.
So
this
community
has
been
of
many
many
water
main
breaks,
it's
old.
It
has
poor
fire
flow.
The
residential
wider
flow
is
expected
to
be
about
1,
000
gallons
per
minute
for
residential
firefighting.
85
percent
of
this
community
has
less
than
that,
and
10
percent
has
less
than
half
of
it.
I
I
We
look
at
affordability
in
this
water
system.
57
percent
out
of
these
customers
have
bills
that
are
outside
epa's
affordability.
Guidelines
so
overall
need
overall
watertown
to
water,
water,
water,
plural
of
township
water
system,
with
13
million
dollars
to
replace
the
majority
of
water
like
scientific.
I
All
right,
so
this
is
our
summary
side
just
to
reiterate
that
drinking
water
isn't
critical
to
customer
health
and
safety,
and
we
need
to
make
improvements
to
our
water
systems
to
ensure
that
health
and
safety
is
protected.
Water
systems
have
many
issues,
including
fire
flows,
main
breaks,
service
disruption
and
especially
lead
service
loans.
There
are
many
areas
where
they
cannot
afford
their
current
water
bills
and
they
can't
afford
increases
to
those
bills
to
make
these
improvements.
C
B
Nick
quick
can
I
can.
I
mention
that
amy
when
you
had
that
map
of
the
the
communities
that
had
violated
you
know
had
been
over
the
leads
limit
that
include
white
lake.
Now,
as
far
as
we
know,
white
lake
has
no
lead.
Lot
leads
right,
so
these
are
all
in
home,
led
contacts,
so
you
just.
I
want
you
to
be
aware
that
led
there
are
no
lead
lines
that
we're
aware
of
in
white
lake
that
was
built
as
a
system
much
later
than
they
used
to
use
them
in.
B
So
what
they're
finding
is
in
the
home
plumbing?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
people
understood.
J
Yeah,
this
is
more
of
a
philosophical
statement
than
anything.
This
is
clearly
an
indication
of
our
lack
of
investment
over
the
years,
and
now
it's
kind
of
coming
due
to
us,
and
you
know,
of
all
of
our
utilities,
of
all
of
the
resources
that
are
available
to
us.
Every
single
human
on
this
planet
needs
water
to
live
and
in
these
communities
that
are
economically
disadvantaged,
partly
because
they're,
just
old
and
it's
expensive
to
change.
J
F
Yeah
I
mean
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I
hear
this
correctly.
Is
it
estimated
that
it's
250
million
dollars
to
replace
all
the
lead
service
lines
in
oakland
county
or
just
those
under
the
jurisdiction
or
contracted
with
wrc.
F
Across
the
county,
so
even
the
ones
that
are
not
necessarily
wrc
infrastructure-
okay
and
that's
just
the
lead
service
line
right,
yeah
exactly
and
the
other
infrastructure
stuff
is
another
thing.
So
with
I
mean
I'm
I
mean
on
one
level
I
mean
obviously
some
of
the
I
mean
being
able
to
get
the
labor
to
be
able
to
do
this.
I
mean
I
know
that
there
is
a
a
pretty
low.
I
mean,
there's
a
20-year
runway
to
get
this
done.
F
Is
there
value
from
an
economies
of
scale
perspective,
and
I'm
just
thinking
and
thinking
out
loud
bonding
the
capital
to
be
able
to
do
this
and
to
accelerate
it
to
get
it
done
as
quickly
as
possible,
because
by
doing
full
I
mean
like
large
swaths,
I
mean,
I
guess
intuitively
it
seems
like
it
will
be
cheaper
per
unit
than
spreading
this
out
over
a
long
period
of
time
and
with
more
expensive
costs.
So
if
we
got
a
big
chunk
of
resources
to
inject,
is
it
does
it
save
us
money
long
term?
F
H
I
can
address
that
amy,
you
know
we're
talking
across
the
county.
You
know
that's
a
a
huge
undertaking
in
our
office.
We
we're
looking
at
the
communities
we
serve
and
and
the
disadvantaged
communities
that
have
the
majority
of
the
service
lines
to
get
the
biggest
bang
for
our
buck,
for
the
resources
that
we
have,
I'm
not
so
sure
a
county-wide
initiative.
Every
community
is
in
a
different
stage
of
identifying
their
lead
service
leads
and,
and
their
rates
come
into
play
as
well.
H
H
But
our
emphasis
is
on
the
disadvantaged
communities
that
can't
even
afford
some
of
the
grant
programs,
because
there's
a
matching
component
to
the
grant
program,
so
in
royal
oak
township,
just
the
matching
component
to
get
a
few
million
dollars
is
prohibitive
because
the
rates
would
go
higher
and
you
saw
the
statistics
on
the
income
in
that
area
pontiac's
a
larger
system,
but
they
still
have
issues
with
affordability
and
again,
that's
where
we're
really
pressing
for
grants
instead
of
bonds
and
pushing
for
principle
forgiveness
to
the
srf
program
for
these
two
communities.
F
No-
and
I
definitely
understand
that
I
mean-
I
also
know
that-
there's
no
other
community-
that's
going
to
get
a
lower
interest
rate
than
what
we're
able
to
accomplish
through
I
mean
our
our
bonding
capacity
and
our
I
mean
our
incredible
credits,
so
I
mean
I
think
the
answer
is
probably
a
mix,
but
I
mean
I
look
at
this
to
commissioner
mark
markham's
point
that
I
mean
water
is
a
priority.
It's
a
principle:
it
it's
going
to
cost
money,
I
mean
whatever
it's
going
to
cost.
We
need
to
do
it.
We
want
to
do
it.
F
The
cheapest
cost
possible
to
get
it
done
as
quickly
as
possible,
and
I
mean-
and
we
should
probably
be
approaching
a
marshall
plan
investment
and
I
would
argue
like
the
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
bill
is,
I
mean,
is
the
largest
investment
and
really
the
first
big
time,
investment
in
terms
of
from
a
water
infrastructure
purpose
that
this
nation's
ever
undertook,
and
so,
but
I
appreciate
your
insight
and
operating
on
finite
resources.
I
think
the
approach
you're
talking
you're
outlining
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
G
Yeah
steve
first
to
what
you
were
saying
about
royal
oak
township,
shout
out
to
commissioner
spitz
for
his
help
on
making
our
own
little
bipartisan
infrastructure
thing
happen
with
regards
to
royal
oak
township,
so
chair
woodward
talked
about
the
infrastructure
bill.
Some
of
you
were
mentioning
state
funds.
H
Yeah,
I
think
that's
something
we
want
to
explore
again
with
with
your
committee
and
county
administration,
on
the
best
way
to
procure.
You
know
those
arpa
funds,
and
certainly
our
our
priorities
are
with
just
like
amy's
presentation
showed
with
this
disadvantaged
communities.
We
do
have
a
plan,
you
know
every
year
we
want
to
invest.
H
You
know
seven
to
ten
to
twelve
million
dollars
in
these
systems
in
pontiac
anyway,
for
the
leg
replacement
lines,
but
that's
something
we
have
a
meeting
set
up
with
county
administration
to
speak
to
exactly
that
and
how
to
approach
requesting
these
funds
and
that's
something
we'll
we
can
coordinate
with
your
committee
as
well.
G
H
H
So
so
I
think
that
that's
where
we're
going
to
be
concentrating
on,
but
the
affordability
program.
That's
something
we're
just
writing
up.
The
final
report.
I
think,
in
the
coming
months,
we'll
have
a
final
report
that
that
outlines.
H
How
is
how
a
program
would
work
in
pontiac
and
how
a
program
would
work
in
royal
oak
township
and
the
key
to
the
program
is
not
necessarily
to
keep
the
rates
low,
where
we
can't
afford
to
fix
things
and
do
repairs,
but
to
help
the
disadvantaged
individual
customers
to
provide
the
resources
for
them
and
the
best
way
to
put
it
jim,
I
think,
is
it's
just
like
they
have
the
heat
and
warmth
fund
for
electricity
and
gas
so
that
those
things
don't
get
shut
off.
H
B
Oh
yeah,
absolutely
we're
looking
to
have
this
be
done
as
a
statewide
effort,
and
I
think
hopefully
that's
why
they
gave
us
this
grant.
So
we
could
develop
something
that
would
work
on
a
statewide
basis.
You
know
every
community,
from
the
wealthiest
to
the
poorest
has
people
in
those
communities
who
have
a
real
hard
time
paying
their
water
bills,
so
whatever
community
you're
in
you're
going
to
have
people
on
fixed
incomes,
young
families
who
just
are
having
a
struggle.
B
So
when
we're
doing
this
we'll
this
will
serve
people
in
all
the
communities
and
hopefully,
and
then
the
focus
can
be
on
the
ones
that
have
economic
issues
that
that
they
need
to
overcome
and
again
both
the
the
arp.
Well,
I
think
I
know
the
the
infrastructure,
but
I'm
not
sure
that
sure
about
the
air
b
has.
I
think
it
was
40
set
aside
for
economically
disadvantaged
communities.
So
this
is
specifically
designed
to
help
those
communities.
It's
not
just
oakland
pontiac
and
royal
township.
B
There's
other
communities
down
in
the
bottom
of
the
county
who
struggle
under
those
being
able
to
pay
bills
so
they'll
be
able
to
hopefully
be
able
to
help
with
this,
too.
We're
already
have
the
rap
program
from
the
great
lakes
water
authority
we're
looking
at
the
the
program.
Oh
my
gosh,
I
can't
think
of
it.
B
The
the
la
heap,
the
live
low
income
household
water
assistance
program
that
we
want
to
combine
those
and
see
how
we
can
help
local,
also,
the
local
communities
contribute
towards
this,
and
so
we're
all
working
in
that
same
direction
from
the
state
all
the
way
down
to
the
basically
the
neighborhood.
So
that's
how
we
look.
We
want
to
kind
of
create
this
going
forward.
A
Before
I
make
any
comments,
I
do
have
a
quick
question:
is
there
a
special
I'm
gonna
call
it
a
study
group
specific
to
lead
lines,
lead
service
lines,
feed
lines
on
right
now
that
you
guys
are
doing
in
the
water
resource
commission
or
is
it
as
grants?
Come
up
you're
attacking
at
that
point,
because
I'm
I'm
kind
of
building
on
what
commissioner
woodward
said?
Is
there
a
strategic
plan
is
really
what
I'm
trying
to
get
to.
So
I'm
thinking,
if
you
guys
have
a
group,
that's
working
on
this.
A
B
Not
really,
I
mean
we
each
each
individual
community
contracts
for
water
with
the
under
the
great
lakes
port
authorities,
so
we
don't
really
get
involved,
except
for
the
ones
we
operate,
maintain
directly
for
and
again
pontiac
is
the
one
we
actually
own.
So
we
we,
you
know
we're
the
most
free
to
kind
of
work
with
that.
A
And
understand
it
so
there's
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
communities
out
there
that
you're-
probably
not
even
looking
at
right
now,
because
they're
on
gleeba
or
they're
on
their
own
system
or
they're
somewhere
else
or
just
like
you
said
about
white
lake.
They
might
not
have
any
lead
service
lines,
but
some
of
those
homes
in
there
have
some
faucets
or
systems
that
are
so
archaic.
They
probably
have
lead
either
in
the
putty
that
they
use
to
put
the
pipes
together
or
somewhere
else
through
the
system.
A
B
I
would
be
very
interested
in
doing
that.
I
think
that
that's
something
that
we
could
work
with.
You
know,
because
all
the
communities
are
struggling
with
this,
and
when
we,
when
we
were
talking
about
the
blood
and
copper
rule
a
few
years
ago,
we
had
communities
from
all
across
the
state
and
especially
in
our
region,
really
concerned
about
how
they
can
do
this
without
whacking
the
ratepayers
too
hard
yeah.
A
A
Maybe
mr
wood,
where
we
can
talk
outside
of
this,
maybe
come
up
with
something,
but
my
final
point
is
from
a
financing
perspective
and
is
in
how
to
attack
this
project
is.
I
would
think
we
need
to
be
a
little
bit
thinking
a
little
bit
more
outside
of
the
box.
Don't
just
assume
we're
going
to
go
in
and
dig
up
a
line
and
replace
it.
There's
got
to
be
other
ways.
We
can
do
some
of
this.
That
are
a
lot
more
cost
effective,
efficient
from
a
time
perspective
and
dollar
perspective.
A
I
understand
we're
mandated
to,
but
right
to
me,
we
need
to
think
outside
of
that
box
there's
a
way.
We
can
do
something
a
little
differently
and
maybe
we
can
go
back
to
the
state,
say:
okay,
how
about
we
address
this,
because
everybody's
gonna
be
different
right?
How
about
we
address
this
area?
This
way,
this
area.
That
way,
you
know
in
some
cases,
just
I'm
gonna
throw
something
out
there
just
crazy.
A
You
know,
maybe
in
some
communities
it's
it's
cheaper,
just
to
buy
the
house
and
the
property
versus
replacing
everything
in
that
community
and
say:
okay,
let's
we'll
buy
your
home,
you
guys
can
take
that
money,
go
buy
a
different
home
somewhere
else
and
then
they're
out
of
that
issue
and
they're
good
to
go,
and
then
we
just
eventually,
if
you
get
enough
of
a
plot
of
a
land,
you
sell
to
a
developer
and
you
move
on
and
they
redevelop
the
whole
thing.
I
mean
just
an
idea
thrown
out
there.
A
F
The
lead
service
line,
while
might
be
a
contributing
factor.
It
historically
is
not
the
main
factor
I
mean
you've
got
lead,
paint
and
other
I
mean
a
host
of
other
things
and
so
from
a
public
health
perspective
is
really
looking
at
all
of
this
and
where
there's
lead
paint,
there's
almost
guaranteed
to
have
lead
pipes
inside
the
house
and
then
you're
connected
to
a
lead
service
line,
and
so
I
mean
I
think,
you're
right.
I
think
it's
a
it's
a
global
thing.
F
B
Yeah,
you
know
when
birmingham
discovered
they
had
exceeded
the
lead
level.
I
think
they
they
did
it
really
quick
and
again
because
they
only
had
a
few.
They
didn't
have
very
many,
so
they
did.
They
did
their
program
very
fast
again,
a
lot
of
communities,
farming,
the
hills
where
they're,
not
there,
none
no
lead
lines
in
that
city,
so
it
again,
it's
very
you
just
don't
know
which
cities
are.
Gonna
will
be
part
of
this,
I'm
thinking,
maybe
15
20
cities
and
beyond
that.
B
It
won't
be
that
many
more
so
again,
it
might
be
really
hard
to
run
a
best
practices,
kind
of
generating
system.
That
way.
H
Jim,
I
could
provide
some
additional
information.
I
think
the
county's
critical
infrastructure
planning
grant
program
really
shed
some
light
because
a
lot
of
the
communities
that
our
office
is
recommending.
The
committee
consider
for
this
grant
program
have
in
their
application
this
identification
of
lead
service
leads
and
coming
up
with
a
plan
in
a
program.
H
So
I
think
we've
recommended
21
awards
to
21
communities
and
a
substantial
portion
of
that
has
to
deal
with
lead
service
lines,
so
we're
on
our
way
in
the
planning
part
of
the
program.
G
K
Office
yeah
in
my
my
prior
life,
I
was
a
master
plumber
for
became
an
engineer
and
just
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind.
You're
talking
to
the
state,
is
you
know
these
weren't
part
of
this?
The
system
public
system
are
the
state
and
national
building
codes
when
they
got
installed.
They're
approved
material
back
in
the
day.
So
then
it's
really
the
government
higher
than
us
created
and
now
they're
jamming
it
to
us
to
fix
it.
K
The
issue
is,
you
have
to
do
still
dig
holes
out
in
the
stop
box
in
the
street,
and
there
still
is.
The
piece
of
line
is
between
the
stop
box
and
the
main
that's
not
the
private
line
that
may
be
led.
There's
that
content
with
also,
unless
you
end
up
under
the
roads,
the
sales
have
you
outside
fix
the
roads.
When
dealing
with
this
issue,
and
the
commissioner
woodward's
point
about
attacking
it
earlier
than
later
the
late
one
thing
about
these
things.
K
H
H
But
the
funding
structure
isn't
always
there
and
that's
another
huge
challenge
in
these
disadvantaged
communities
or
these
older
communities,
and
that
adds
significantly
to
the
cost
of
just
replacing
that
service
lines,
because
in
many
circumstances
you
want
to
replace
the
water
main
in
the
street.
It's
at
the
end
of
its
useful
life
and
the
condition
dictates
that,
and
so
it's
most
economical.
H
At
the
same
time,
it's
also
less
disruption
for
the
neighborhood
and
the
residents
you
come
in
once
you
come
in
twice
you
cheer
up
roads,
it's
something
we're
trying
to
get
our
arms
around
and
that's
why
we're
just
just
taking
it
a
piece
at
a
time
and
doing
what
we
can
with
the
funding
we
get.
K
Yeah,
that's
a
great
point:
that's
a
big
srep
program.
They
don't
go
back
to
the
water
main
and
it
really
needs
to
be
a
holistic
approach,
especially
in
older
communities
where
it's
all
patches
versus
main
main
there's
more
patches
and
places
than
maine
amy
can
attest
to
the
relic
township,
especially.
C
C
I
know
that
that
is
technically
a
housing
piece,
but
something
tells
me
if
we're
thinking
creatively
that
these
investors,
people
who
are
trying
to
shore
up
those
capital
gains
who
are
making
investments,
perhaps
there's
just
some
conversations
to
be
had
there
in
terms
of
outside
the
box.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
lifted.
C
You
had
mentioned
in
your
report,
water,
commissioner,
or
maybe
miss
proof
about
the
oakgov.com
for
slash
affordability,
and
so
I
took
them
a
second
to
hop
over
there
and
for
those
listening
who
might
be
in
these
communities
of
pontiac
or
royal
oak
township.
There's
help
in
terms
of
water,
residential
assistance,
low
income,
household
water
assistance,
covert,
emergency
rental
assistance.
C
We
all
know
about
sir
or
state
emergency
relief
and,
dare
I
say
enbridge
like
it
pains
me
to
even
speak
that
that
name
but
there's
a
fueling
future
water
assistance
program
that
they
even
have
so
anyone
who
seems
to
be
having
any
trouble
with
their
water.
The
oakgov.com
forward,
slash
affordability
website
is
the
place
to
go,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
was
articulated
and
with
that
we
can
prompt
the
vote
or
I
need
a
motion
to
receive
and
file.
C
Motion
carried,
they
say
that
you
can
tell
what's
important
to
people
by
how
long
they
take
on
that
issue
on
an
agenda.
So
we
took
literally
like
an
hour
and
a
half
on
water,
because
it's
that
important
moving
along,
though
that
takes
it
into
consent
agenda.
Where,
for
those
of
you
who
may
not
pay
close
attention
to
our
meetings,
don't
know
but
consent
agenda
is
used
in
cases
where
there
are
resolutions
with
agreements
that
have
similar
language
but
need
separate
resolutions
for
each.
So
with
that.
Is
there
a
motion
to
I
move.
C
Six
years,
zero
nas
motion
carried
moves
us
into
the
regular
agenda.
We
have
the
I'll
take
a
motion
to
open
report,
9a
road
improvement,
I'm
sorry
wrong
letter,
10a
water
resource
commissioner,
in
a
local
agreement
with
the
village
of
leonard
to
maintain
the
storm
water,
drainage
and
catch
basin
basin
system.
C
E
So,
actually,
I
usually
attend
these
meetings
remotely.
I
had
a
glitch
with
my
computer
this
morning,
so
I
get
a
chance
to
share
with
you
today
in
person.
Thank
you
so
you've
had
several
of
these
agreements
come
before
the
board.
Previously,
the
only
difference
between
this
one
and
the
ones
you've
already
approved
is
this.
One
is
a
little
bit
smaller
rather
than
an
operation
component
to
an
operation
and
maintenance
agreement.
This
is
just
maintenance,
primarily
it's
just
cleaning,
some
of
the
catch
basins
and
pipes
in
the
village
of
leonard.
E
C
C
Excellent
question
mr
whiteberg:
seeing
no
further
questions,
let's
prompt
the
vote.
C
Zero
success
motion
carry
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Very
much
takes
us
into
item
10b
under
the
regular
agenda
water
resource
commissioner
resolution
declaring
oakland
county
as
a
designated
water
town
need
a
motion.
Yes
I'll
move,
it
matt
miss
markham
and
mr
cavell
all
right.
Lynn,
seymour,
I
believe,
and
aaron
might
be
on
the
call
yeah
aaron
cattell
and
if
you
wouldn't
mind
just
making
sure
to
state
your
name
and
a
little
bit
about
the
presentation
today,.
M
Lynn,
seymour,
I'm
a
chief
engineer
at
the
water
resources
commissioner's
office.
I
was
going
to
have
ann
vara.
Do
some
opening
remarks.
She
was
actually
the
creator
of
watertown
when
she
was
at
the
clinton
river
watershed
council.
So
I
thought
she
could
give
a
great
background
on
the
program
for
us.
N
N
When
I
was
in
that
position
about
10
years
ago,
we
did
it
primarily
as
a
way
to
connect
help
communities
connect
themselves
with
their
water
resources,
and
so
the
the
easy
choices
were
to
find
communities
right
along
the
river
that
could
relate
to
the
river
in
many
different
ways:
recreation,
education,
history,
ecology
and
the
environment,
and
it
was
a
very,
very
successful
program
and
still
is
it
was
I
started
with
a
a
watershed
planner
at
the
waterfront
council
and
also
was
funding
from
the
earth
family
foundation,
and
that
continues
today
beyond
those
communities
along
the
river.
N
Then
then,
we
sort
of
started
looking
for
communities
outside
of
the
direct
river
drainage
because,
as
we
know,
water
connects
everybody
in
some
way,
and
so
we
started
spreading
out
through
oakland
county
macomb
county
from
there.
When
I
was
there,
I
had
never
considered
a
county
being
watertown
until
now
and
in
my
position
now
working
closely
with
lynn,
seymour
and
aaron
cattell
in
in
other
departments,
including
parks
and
rec,
rec
and
fmno.
N
It
just
made
really
good
sense
to
have
oakland
county
come
aboard
as
a
water
town,
and
I
see
chris
fabric
is
on
he's
the
current
watershed
planner
at
the
watershed
council.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
tell
you
what
a
great
program
this
is.
I
have
a
lot
of
passion
for
this.
It's
a
win-win
for
everybody,
it's
a
feel-good
program
and
there's
a
lot
of
tremendous
opportunity
for
for
us
to
connect
with
not
only
our
departments
but
also
individuals
and
people
affected
by
this
program.
M
Ann
and
I
also
wanted
aaron
to
speak
on
it.
You
know:
we've
been
working
with
erin
quite
a
bit
since
she
became
the
sustainability
officer.
We
meet
quarterly
to
sort
of
coordinate
on
issues
and
things
we
can
do
as
a
county
and
erin
when
she
was
with
ferndale
was
part
of
the
watertown
program.
So
I
thought
maybe
she
could
give
a
little
perspective
from
her
point
of
view.
O
Yeah
absolutely
thank
you
so
much
erin
quitel
environmental
sustainability
officer
for
oakland
county.
You
know
this
is
just
another
program
that
is
connected
to
sustainability.
It
offers
a
lot
of
resources
and
support
for
integrating
green
stormwater
practices
and
really
just
thinking
about
our
infrastructure
a
little
bit
differently.
O
You
know
when
we
use
this
in
the
city
of
ferndale
was
pretty
exciting,
because
there
was
a
lot
of
different
ways
to
integrate
green
infrastructure
that
we
didn't
think
about,
or
maybe
didn't
have,
the
expertise
to
really
design
and
consider,
and
so
this
program
allowed
us
to
look
at
our
parking
lots,
for
example,
places
along
nine
mile
areas
in
other
right-of-ways
and
even
in
parks
to
identify
potential
areas.
So
this
would
be
just
another
opportunity
for
oakland
county
to
be
a
leader
in
that
and
support
this
great
program.
O
I
honestly
can't
say
how
much
I
like
this
program
enough
and
I
think
that
it's
really
smart
and
strategic
for
us
to
partner,
since
a
lot
of
our
communities
have
already
participated
in
this.
I
could
gush
and
you
know
nerd
out
even
more,
but
I
think
I'll
stop
there.
N
Yeah
jim-
I
was
just
thinking
about
that
chris
bobrick
is
on.
I
I'm
not
sure
what
the
total
column
communities
is
right
now,
but
maybe
chris
could
could
answer
that
question.
I
I
know
it's
gotta
be
15
or
maybe
more.
M
Know
if
chris
has
those
numbers
available,
I
know
that
we
have
at
least
15
oakland
county
communities
that
are
part
of
the
watertown
program
and
overall,
like
close
to
30
that
are
within
the
entire
project
with
the
entire
program.
So
you
know
we'd
be
joining.
You
know
great
company
within
the
watershed,
with
the
communities
already
part
of
it,
and
you
know
our
our
county.
Has
you
know
five
watersheds,
so
clinton
river
is
only
a
part
of
it
and
so
to
have
15
communities
within
oakland
county
already
part
of
the
watertown
program.
B
Thank
you.
It's
one
of
those
things.
Local
communities
really
learn
a
lot
and
and
apply
it
to
their
own
communities
where
they
might
not
have
been
able
to
do
that
before
as
aaron
said.
So
this
is
a
terrific
way
for
communities
to
really
help
keep
their
own
communities
healthy
and-
and
I
think
the
response
will
be
very,
very
strong,
so.
M
O
If
I
may
add
one
thing
to
that
too
lynn
is
that
you
know
the
program
does
offer
a
lot
of
technical
assistance
and
technical
support,
so
it
really
drills
down
to
how
much
water
is
going
to
be
mitigated
the
type
of
technologies
or
type
of
solutions
to
integrate,
as
well
as
a
cost
benefit
analysis
on
what
that
actually
means
to
your
community.
So
in
very
real
time,
you'll
be
able
to
put
some
numbers
to
exactly
how
many
gallons
of
stormwater
are
mitigated.
C
Great,
thank
you
guys,
mr
webber.
Did
you
have
something.
F
Yeah
I
mean
yeah,
no,
I
mean
I
just.
I
think
this
is
incredible.
This
I
mean
we
were
talking
about
the
importance
of
green
infrastructure.
Here's
I
mean
a
way
to
bring
additional
technical
expertise
here.
To
help
I
mean
guide
what
we're
talking
about.
I
mean
when
we
talk
about
adding
a
lane
of
road.
F
I
mean
that
potentially
contributes
to
thousands
of
gallons
and
more
into
the
I
mean
the
the
drain
infrastructure,
which
I
mean
at
risk
of
ending
in
basements,
and
so
all
of
this
works
towards,
and
I
I
think
aaron
said
it
well,
I
mean
the
the
cost
benefit
analysis
of
being,
I
mean
looking
into
the
future,
making
the
the
strategic
investments
thinking
differently
to
build
a
more
resilient
and
climate,
conscious
communities,
and
I
think,
and
at
the
urban
foundations,
headquartered
in
my
district
and
I've
actually
talked
to
some
of
them,
because
I've
been
look
at
me
like
want
them
to
do
even
more,
and
so
I
I
think
this
is
the
the
appetizer
for
the
entree
for
the
big
ask
so
looking
forward
to
it
right.
C
F
K
M
A
No
okay,
because
that
was
kind
of
my
one
question
from
an
oakland
county
perspective,
because
I
saw
the
list
of
all
the
other
communities.
A
I
went
and
looked
at
the
website
and
looked
at
everything
just
trying
to
understand
how
as
a
county
would
we
help,
I
might
say,
help
in
this
endeavor,
but
I
think
lynn,
I
think
you
you
answered
that
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
county
properties
and
county
sites
that
we
could
potentially
help
and
use
this
program,
for
my
other
question
is,
is
have
any
of
the
other
watersheds,
because
I
I
think-
and
you
mentioned
it's
been
out
there
for
20
years-ish,
something
like
that.
A
N
So
if
I
may,
this
is
a
trademark
program
to
the
clinton
river
watershed
council,
the
huron
river
shed
council
has
a
similar
program
called
river
up.
It's
not
as
a
community
focused
their
program
is
more
river
focused
in
spots
along
the
river.
This
program
actually
brings
in
the
potential
for
all
communities,
whether
you're
directly
connected
to
a
river
or
not.
So
that's
why
that's
why
we
set
this
program
up
this
way,
so
all
communities
can
benefit.
N
Friends
of
the
rouge
does
not
have
a
program
like
this,
but
they
do
have
programs.
Zoning
in
on
master
rain
gardeners
in
creating
a
rain
garden
potential
for
communities.
You
know
within
their
own
communities
and
along
the
river.
So
this
is
this
program
is
unique
to
the
clinton
river
watershed
council.
C
C
Yeah,
I'm
taking
gwen's
lead
from
last
finance
meeting
where
she
wanted
us
to
move
it,
keep
it
moving.
So
if
I
get
a
motion
to
open
report,
10c.
L
L
But
I
would
like
to
bring
before
you
today
the
clinton
river
trail
safety
and
maintenance
improvement
request
for
appropriation
of
funds
for
120
000
from
the
american
rescue
plan.
The
clinton
river
trail
is
a
16-mile
rail
trail
that
follows
the
old
grand
trunk
railroad.
It
goes
through
the
five
cities
of
silva
lake
pontiac,
auburn
hills,
rochester
hills
and
rochester.
L
L
So
there's
a
great
opportunity
right
now
to
provide
the
last
remaining
funds
for
a
726
thousand
dollar
project
total
we'll
be
improving
the
surface,
we'll
bring
it
up
to
state
and
federal
standards
and
guidelines,
because
when
it
was
done
originally
in
2004,
it
did
not
have
those
same
restrictions
and
guidelines
that
we
had
to
meet.
So
we
need
to
bring
it
up
to
code.
L
This
project
was
competitively
bid
last
fall
through
the
city
of
pontiac,
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
address
some
of
our
disproportionately
impacted
populations
within
the
city.
So
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
I
know
we're
running
short
on
time.
There
is
a
map
in
your
packet
of
the
project.
C
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
I
do
have
two
two
people
on
deck,
mr
spitz,
followed
by
mr
weipert,
is
this
project
time
sensitive.
L
A
All
right
reason:
I
asked
that
question.
I've
been
a
big
supporter
of
trails
for
probably
20
years
plus,
and
I
necessarily
don't
have
an
issue
with
this
project
per
se
in
general.
I'm
just
wondering
why,
from
a
county
perspective,
we're
not
putting
a
larger
program
out
there
for
arpa
funds
to
do
trails
across
the
county.
If
we're
going
to
do
it
just
for
this
one
project,
why
aren't
we
doing
a
grant
program
like
we've
done
in
many
other
areas,
for
all
the
other
trails
through
our
throughout
our
great
county?
A
We
got
the
you
know
the
paint
creek
up
in
my
area,
that's
out
there
that
I'm
sure
they
could
use
monies
to
do
upgrades
and
maintenance
to
you
know,
and
I'm
sure,
there's
other
trails
down
and
down
in
the
south.
That
would
have
the
same
thing.
So
why
are
we
earmarking
only
170
000
for
this
program
or
this
project
and
not
putting
other
opportunities
out
there
for
other
districts
in
our
community?
That's
my
big
question
and
I
don't
know
kristen,
that's
probably
not
directed
towards
you.
It's
probably
well.
C
I
think
viper
was
next
and
just
out
of
respect
to
the
order.
C
K
Too,
but
on
this
one,
you're
redoing,
some
ada
right,
the
ada
portions
were
from
the
old
old
days
where
they
weren't
appropriate
and
they
didn't
even
have
the
high
intensity
lights
back
when
it
was
first
approved
right.
So
that's
all
going
to
be
part
of
this
program.
K
F
So
I
mean
just
to
make
sure
that
everyone
knows
that
I
mean
kristin
is
I
mean
the
the
most
knowledgeable
person?
I
know
on
trails,
I
mean
from
a
county-wide
perspective
and
beyond,
and
we're
really
fortunate
to
have
her
and
I
think
to
commissioner
smith's
point.
I
think
it
nothing
would
be
make
more
exciting.
I
think
there's
a
little
bit
there's
an
opportunity
here.
F
Is
that
front
end
stuff,
because
no
one
everyone
wants
to
plant
the
tree
or
clear
the
path,
but
no
one
wants
to
do
the
planning,
and
so
maybe
that
I
mean
some
thinking
through
it
when
the
the
planning
stuff-
and
we
definitely
can
be
looking
at
that,
going
forward-
I'm
open
to
it.
I
know
that
chris
would
have
no
problem
looking
for
opportunities
to
invest
more
to
build
out.
I
I
was
at
a
state
of
the
county
address
and
I
heard
that
we're
building
400
million
400
miles
of
trails.
F
So,
let's,
let's,
let's
start
building.
J
C
Yes,
mr
smith,
and
I
believe
ingrid
thai
has.
A
I
know
a
lot
of
communities
got
some
of
those
grant
funding
that,
just
when
I
saw
this,
I
just
I
was
just
thinking
you
know
we're
taking
this
small
piece
of
our
I'm
gonna
call
it
smart
small
piece
of
hardware
money
I
mean
I
know
100
and
some
thousand
dollars,
not
always
small,
but
when
we
have
244
million
dollars
of
our
money
coming
our
way,
you
know,
I
think
we
can
make
a
little
bigger
and
help
our
communities,
and
I
think
we
all
believe
from
an
economic
development.
Perspective
trails
are
important
from
health
perspective.
A
Trails
are
important.
You
know
it's
something
that
will
help
drive
each
of
those
communities
and
they
should
all
be
able
to
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
the
upper
monies
that
we
have
and
just
as
we've
done
with
many
other
programs
here
through
this
commission
with
the
upper
monies
we
have
is,
let's
get
a
bigger
bang
for
our
buck.
Let's
put
some
matching
grant
funds
out
there
for
for
these
communities
to
take
advantage
of
it
if
they
so
decide
to
go
down
this
path.
C
L
G
Okay,
make
sure
it's
on.
I
just
wanted
to
address
commissioner
spitz
so
absolutely
agree.
One
thing
in
regards
to
this
specific
project
is
time
sensitive.
So
that's
why
we
had
to
move
this
more
quickly
through
the
pipeline
in
terms
of
a
comprehensive
approach,
absolutely
agree.
Actually
kristen
and
her
team
have
done
some
analysis
on
other
projects
where
we
could
have
a
more
macro
level,
comprehensive
approach.
G
The
other
piece
of
that
too,
though,
is
that
not
only
do
we
have
art
funding,
but
let's
be
strategic
in
terms
of
leveraging
our
dollars.
There's
a
lot
of
foundation,
money
out
there
right
now
for
these
types
of
projects,
the
state
with
the
department
of
natural
resources
and
the
trust
fund.
So
I
think,
if
we're
really
thoughtful
and
strategic,
we
can
put
this
together
and
get
many
different
groups
to
come
together,
leverage
those
funds
and
be
more
impactful,
so
absolutely
agree
and
that's
something
we
want
to
work
on.
C
Wonderful
seeing
no
further
comment
on
this
particular
item.
Let's
prompt
the
vote
and
that
is
to
recommend
and
forward
to
finance.
J
Okay,
okay,
thank
you.
So
broadband
is
one
of
the
six
categories
of
arpa
funding
that
we
are
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
manage,
and
this
request
is
for
a
million
dollars
for
us
to
do
a
feasibility
study
in
our
county
as
to
what
the
needs
are
where
the
broadband
access
is,
what
kind
of
service
is
out
there?
J
There
was.
There
is
a
report
that
has
been
generated
by
the
state
of
michigan.
They
hired
an
organization
called
connect
michigan,
I
think,
and
they
it's
been
publicized
in
a
lot
of
different
places,
that
they
are
looking
at
all
of
michigan,
to
figure
out
what
our
broadband
status
is
turns
out.
That
does
not
include
our
county
as
part
of
that,
and
the
reason
is
because
our
county
is
more
dense
and
we
do
have
a
lot
of
broadband
access
across
the
county
that
has
been
built
up
as
the
communities
grew
and
so
on.
J
But
it's
very
some
communities
have
have
really
solid
broadband
others,
it's
very
spotty,
so
this
feasibility
study
it's
up
to
a
million
dollars.
It's
to
really
do
that
study
within
our
county.
We
are
also
working
across
the
or
across
the
boundaries,
with
macomb
and
wayne
county
on
the
tri-county
summit,
to
see,
if
there's
some
economies
of
scale
we
can
get
or
generally
look
at
our
region
in
terms
of
what
we
have
and
where
we're
going.
J
A
A
I
think
it
even
got
more
important
once
our
kids
went
home
to
try
to
do
homeschooling
for
a
while
they're
doing
the
unfortunate
times
of
covid
and
now,
with
all
the
work
from
home
people
trying
to
do
it.
Also
in
some
of
the
remote
areas,
it
becomes
even
more
difficult
for
some
of
them
to
work
from
home
because
they
do
not
have
good
broadband
access
because
there
are
big
holes
within
this
county.
That
being
said,
you
mentioned
the
tri-county
summit.
L
J
We're
meeting
with
them
again
tomorrow,
we've
met
twice
phil,
commissioner
weipert
and
I
are
on
that
committee.
Together
we
met
with
naheed
hook
from
semcob
semcog
last
week
and
they
what
they
are
suggesting.
They
have
a
50
000
grant.
That's
that
they're
going
to
make
available
and
they're
recommending
that
all
three
of
the
counties
each
apply
for
that
50
000
grant
to
supplement
this
kind
of
activity.
So
I
don't
know
exactly
where
mccomb
and
wayne
are,
I
think,
we're
still
very
early
in
the
talking
stages.
K
To
answer
questions,
I
think
we
are
in
the
lead
on
this:
okay,
which
is
typical,
with
oakland
county
and
and
as
part
of
the
infrastructure
coming
down.
There's
billions
of
dollars
going
to
the
states
for
broadband
and
that
that's
going
to
be
allocated
to
all
the
states,
and
we
want
to
be
ready
to
apply
for
that
money
right
right,
right.
That
money's
yeah,
that
money's
coming.
F
Yeah-
and
I
think
what
this
resolution
does
is
appropriate
the
money
to
allow
an
rfp
to
go
out
to
figure
this
out.
I
wouldn't
be
surprised
that
once
a
vendor
is
selected
that
you
would
see
a
mccomb
and
a
wayne
maybe
jump
on,
I
mean
and
bring
resources
to
do
the
same
or
something
or
at
least
complement
what
we're
going
to
do.
I
think
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
F
My
only
question-
and
this
is
I
mean-
maybe
more
appropriate-
for
a
finance
to
take
this
up
in
your
next
meeting-
is
do
do
we,
I
think
it
makes
sense
for
economic
development
and
the
executive
to
and
we
work
through
the
purchasing
proc.
I
mean
the
rfp
review
and
then
select
a
vendor.
Do
we
want
that
contract
to
come
back
before
this
committee
or
you
meaning?
Okay,.
J
Once
once
the
vendor's
broadband
group
just
come
back
here,
yeah
just
have
a
come
back
here.
F
G
Yeah,
that
was
my
question
too,
because
the
reporting
is
we'll
send
it's.
You
know
the
executive
will
send
a
report
detailing
expenditures
when
that
happens,
which
feels
a
lot
different,
having
the
board's
prerogative
for
holding
the
purse
strings.
C
Great
love,
it
teamwork.
Is
there
any
more
discussion
on
this
item,
seeing
none,
let's
prompt
the
vote
to
recommend
and
forward
to
finance.
C
Excellent
six
yay
zero
nays
motion
carried
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
recommend
to
the
board
item
10e
under
regular
agenda
board
of
commissioners,
road
improvement,
fiscal
year
2022
appropriation
for
the
local
road
improvement
program.
Mr
mr
weipert
moved
mr
cabello
supports
and
who's
bringing
some
background
on
this.
Michael
always,
a
pleasure
come
on
up.
E
Hello
commissioners,
so
the
local
road
improvement
program
began
in
2016
by
the
board
of
commissioners,
and
this
is
now
the
what
sixth
year
that
the
program
has
been
undertaken
in
between
each
of
those
six
years,
money
has
been
assigned
or
appropriated
through
the
budget
and
for
fiscal
year
2022
back
in
21
with
mr21378,
we
appropriated
two
million
dollars
to
go
towards
the
program
year
for
2022.,
really
quick
35
of
the
local
communities
that
are
eligible
of
the
of
the
40
that
are
eligible
actually
submitted
applications
to
to
utilize
the
funding.
E
It
came
out
to
six
1.969
million
dollars
of
the
two
million
about
roughly
98
percent
of
that
will
be
utilized
or
requested
for
release.
With
this
resolution,
the
30
000,
that's
left
over
will
be
a
carry
forward
request
into
the
next
fiscal
year
if
we
appropriate
more
funding
for
this
program
in
fiscal
year
2023,
so
that
will
kind
of
be
then
reallocated
to
communities
again,
so
they
can
take
part
of
the
program.
So
again,
this
resolution
just
requests
that
we
release
the
funding
and
approve
the
cost
participation
agreement
for
those
communities
who
have
applied.
E
Luckily,
we
have
two
of
the
well
actually
three
of
the
commissioners
that
sit
on
the
local
road
improvement
special
committee
that
have
approved
the
applications
with
with
with
us
here
today
and
if
they
have
anything
else
to
say,
that's
basically
the
background
to
it.
One
cool,
oh.
K
I
said
on
the
committee
and
I
I
can't
believe
it's
already
six
years
that
we've
been
doing
this,
but
over
time
hearing
from
the
communities
they
really
every
every
city
has
really
appreciated.
Villages
really
appreciated
this.
It's
a
compliment
to
the
tri-party
program
which
helps
the
townships
and
the
municipalities
of
the
cities
and
the
villages.
Really.
I
really
appreciate
this
program
so.
G
C
F
Motion
carries
if
I
for
personal
privilege,
I
want
to
commend
commissioner
mcgilvery,
who
has
made
this.
Like
I
mean
I,
I
for
many
years
pounded
my
head
against
the
wall
until
we
got
this
done
and
we
got
it
done
so.
Six
years
ago
great,
I
have
the
bruises
to
show
it.
C
Well,
it's
always
important
to
recognize.
C
We
are
almost
done
with
our
agenda.
I
will
so
that
motion
carried
and
we'll
entertain
a
motion
to
open
the
report,
10f
board
of
commissioners
resolution
for
the
cost
participation
agreement
with
local
cities,
villages
and
townships
for
the
allocation
of
the
2022
oakland
county,
invasive
moff
lamentria
dispar
program
funding,
mr
spitz
moved
and.
A
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
in
front
of
you.
Today
we
were
asking
for
the
final
approval
to
disburse
the
monies
to
the
communities
that
decided
to
participate
in
this
grant
program.
Our
cost
is
69
thousand
dollars
to
oakland
county.
We
originally
allocated
250
thousand
dollars,
so
we
did
get
six
communities
that
decided
to
participate.
I
was
hoping
for
much
more
but
being
year
one.
I
would
hope
that
we
could
roll
over
the
remainder
of
that
250
to
next
year's
budget
and
continue
the
program
to
hopefully
get
more
communities
to
get
involved
in
the
future.
C
Zero
nays
motion
carries
thank
you,
everyone
that
takes
us
into
the
final
item
on
regular
agenda.
10G
economic
development
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
open
economic
development
resolution
appropriating
funding
for
the
advanced
manufacturing
hub
designation
to
automation
alley
mr
woodward
moved
mr
smith
supports,
and
I
thought
I
saw
deputy
deputy
carlson.
C
C
C
Welcome
and
please
state
your
name
and
give
a
brief
statement
about
the
item.
Q
Yes,
thank
you
very
much
for
taking
up
this
matter
today.
My
name
is
sean
carlson,
a
deputy
county
executive,
overseeing
economic
development,
I.t
and
management
budget
areas.
Today,
I'm
in
front
of
you
in
regards
to
the
resolution
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
and
joining
me
is
tom
kelly.
The
executive
director
for
automation,
ally,
what's
in
front
of
you,
is
a
designation
for
automation,
alley
to
be
the
u.s
center
for
advanced
manufacturing.
So
we
may
want
to
change
the
title
and
also
the
first
now
therefore
be
it
resolved.
Q
Q
C
C
Q
Right
so
anyways
2000
2010,
experienced,
as
everybody
knows,
a
serious
decline
in
manufacturing
and
manufacturing
jobs
and
so
forth,
probably
would
have
been
worse
here
in
oakland
county
in
southeast
michigan,
but
for
automation,
alleys,
work
that
they've
been
doing
ever
since
then
they
have
over
1500
members
now,
statewide
and
500
of
those
members
are
are
here
in
in
oakland
county.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
commissioners.
So,
as
you
know,
automation
alley
was
formed
in
1999
by
brooks
patterson
as
a
branding
mechanism,
because
we
were
known
as
the
rust
belt.
In
fact,
through
the
2000s,
the
joke,
which
infuriated
me
was
last
one
out
of
michigan
turn
out
the
lights
right.
We
went
through
a
very
painful
period
because
china
was
coming
on
board
as
a
great
manufacturing
power
and
because
it
was
a
labor
equation.
P
We
didn't
have
many
resources
to
battle
against
that
and
we
kind
of
lost
our
entire
machine
tool,
industry
and
many
other
industries
in
the
process,
and
it
was
very
painful
we're
today
we're
faced
with
another
threat
in
manufacturing
and
it's
called
the
fourth
industrial
revolution.
The
first
was
steam.
The
second
we
created
in
michigan,
which
was
henry
ford,
created
the
assembly
line
and
that
second
industrial
revolution
created
great
wealth
for
michigan,
and
we
invested
that
wealth
in
in
manufacturing.
P
The
third
revolution
is
when
we
applied
robots
and
computers
to
those
manufacturing
technologies,
so
we
were
able
to
continue
our
wealth
creation
what's
happening
in
the
fourth
revolution,
is
the
digitization
of
everything
and
the
democratization
and
distribution
of
manufacturing
manufacturing
is
shifting.
People
are
not
aware
of
this.
It's
shifting
from
very
heavy
capital
intensive
industry,
that's
tooled
up
to
make
one
part
perfectly
efficiently
and
lean
as
possible
anywhere.
You
know,
somewhere
in
the
world,
to
being
3d
printed
manufacturing
that
is
distributed
and
will
be
localized.
P
The
us
is
about
to
embark
on
a
revolution
where
manufacturing
is
going
to
come
back
to
the
u.s
because
we
import
more
than
we
export,
and
so,
if
manufacturing
relocalizes
around
the
world,
it's
going
to
come
back
to
the
united
states.
It
is
not
a
conclusion
that
it
will
come
back
to
michigan,
because
michigan's
economy
and
manufacturing
is
built
around
supply
chains
that
are
designed
to
make
one
thing
really
well
and
so,
culturally,
that's
where
we're
established
and
what
we
need
to
do
is
shift
our
culture,
which
is
the
hardest
thing
to
do.
P
It's
not
a
technology
problem.
It's
a
cultural
problem.
We
need
to
shift
our
culture
so
that
we
embrace
this
distributed
manufacturing
mentality
and
that
we'll
talk
about
in
project
diamond
which
will
come
up
at
some
other
point,
what
we
did
for
oakland
county
already,
but
the
second
thing
we
need
to
do
is
we
can
begin
to
change
our
culture
and
get
our
small
manufacturers
to
band
together
and
behave
as
big
manufacturers,
because
once
you're
all
banded
together,
you
can
behave
as
a
very
large
entity.
We
need
the
world
to
pay
attention
there.
Today.
P
The
world
economic
forum
is
a
membership
organization
where
the
big
manufacturers
come
together
to
talk
about
issues
that
affect
the
global
manufacturing
community.
There
is
no
world
economic
forum
center
for
advanced
manufacturing.
Automation.
Alley
has
been
building
a
relationship
with
the
world
economic
forum
and
its
members
for
many
years.
P
And
then
we
also
need
to
make
sure
we
have
a
giant
megaphone,
because
manufacturing
is
a
global
business
and
if
we
can
do
those
two
things,
we
can
re-energize
our
manufacturing
and
we
can
really
own
the
future.
So
that's
what
automation
ali
exists
to
do.
We
are
proud
to
be
in
oakland
county
we've
been
here,
our
entire
lives.
We
are
a
non-profit.
We
are
not
in
it
for
profit,
it's
all
based
on
making
sure
our
small
manufacturers
survive
and
thrive.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
K
A
Printing
is
a
small
portion
of
that
in
my
opinion,
but
it
does
help
the
small
manufacturers
by
the
way,
I'm
fully
on
board
with
this
base.
I
I
work
in
the
audit
industry
during
the
day
I'm
seeing
this
play
out
in
real
life:
everybody's
pushing
for
industry,
4.0
everybody's,
going
down
this
path,
you
know,
and
we
need
to
pull
our
small
manufacturers
and
our
small
businesses
along
with
them,
because
the
big
guys
are
just
going
to
take
over
if
we
don't
do
that.
A
My
only
request
here
is
another
amendment
to
the
resolution.
Is
reports
I'd
like
to
hear
more
information
back
from
automation,
ali
back
from
this
project?
So
if
we
can
get
either
you
both
come
back
in
on
a
quarterly
basis,
send
us
a
quarterly
report
something
so
we
understand
the
status
of
where
this
three
million
dollars
is
going,
how
it's
benefiting
the
taxpayers
of
oakland
county
et
cetera,
et
cetera.
A
So
I
would
ask
for
that,
and
maybe
we
can
add
that
to
the
amendment
you're
bringing
into
finance
so
and
the
other
thing
I'd
like
to
add
is
I'm
not
sure
everybody
on
the
board
of
commissioner
is
fully
aware
of
what
automatic
automation
alley
does,
but
has
actually
been
out
there
to
see
it.
So
I
would
also
recommend
if
we
could
set
up
a
date
to
get
some
of
the
board
of
commissioners
out
there,
so
they
can
see
what
you
guys
actually
do.
F
So,
mr
kelly
and
mr
carlson,
I
don't
know
if
I've
ever
met
someone
who
can
make
manufacturing
as
cool
as
you
like,
I
mean
and
bring
that
level
of
excitement
to
like
literally
I
mean
I
mean
it.
F
This
is
a
big
bleeping
deal
I
mean
in
terms
of,
and
I've
heard
you
talked
about,
sean
talked
about
it
talk
to
our
mom
and
pop
manufacturers
that
if
the
great
recession
didn't
knock
you
down
and
if
you're
still
standing
after
the
pandemic,
that
the
only
way
is
to
make
this
transition
to
industry
4.0
and
be
able
to
harness.
I
mean
the
democratization
of
manufacturing.
If
we
we
oakland
county
was
built
building
things
here.
Metro
detroit
was
built
building
things
here.
F
Michigan
was
built
building
things
here
to
be
able
to
allow
for
smaller
manufacturers
to
collectively
jointly
with
the
same
level,
precision
that
these
big
giant
conglomerates
building
one
part
to
be
able
to
flip
between
things.
I
mean
you
want
to
be
going
fast
forward.
To
the
I
mean
the
ability,
for
I
mean
this
technology
lends
itself
that
things
could
be
created
in
garages
to
like
help
meet
world
demand,
orders
that
that
actually
create
things
that
creates
jobs
that
that
fuels
our
economy.
F
The
other
point
that
I
think
is
really
important
to
mention,
and
I
think
sean
maybe
a
point
on
it,
but
our
contribution
to
those
to
bring
a
u.s
center
here.
This
is
not
just
an
oakland
county
thing.
This
will
be
a
u.s
center
where
oakland
county
will
be
at
the
center
of
I
mean
of
what
this
advanced
manufacturing
for
the
future
is,
but
the
resources
that
we're
bringing
to
the
table
is
to
help
see
this
as
being
matched
dollar
for
dollar
after
heavy
like
arm
twisting
with
the
michigan
economic
development
corporation.
F
To
I
mean
really
give
give
this
the
runway
to
be
incredibly
successful
and
to
to
be
the
place
where
the
world
is
going
to
turn
to
oakland
county.
I
mean
best
practices.
How
do
you
shape
this?
How
do
I
mean?
How
do
others
jump
into
the
space,
and
I'm
I'm
super
excited
about
it
of
what
it
I
mean,
what
what
the
future
I
mean
tells
when
we
talk
about
project
diamond
what
we
did
and
then
what
the
next
reiteration
I
mean
the
next
phase,
I'm
coming
forward.
I
mean
this.
Q
Yeah-
and
I
just
want
to
follow
on
with
that-
this
is
ground
zero
for
the
u.s
center
for
advanced
manufacturing.
So
what
that
means
is
on
an
annual
basis,
probably
next
fall.
We
will
have
manufacturers
from
all
over
the
world
descending
on
oakland
county
in
regards
to
having
an
annual
event
on
u.s
advanced
manufacturing.
Q
That
puts
us
at
the
center
of
gravity.
For
these
conversations
it
also
helps
create
a
poll,
as
you
mentioned,
with
the
mom
and
pops
that
haven't
done
this
conversion
to
digitization
and
we'll
be
back
talking
about
project
diamond
phase
two,
and
we
did
phase
one
to
try
to
create
a
tipping
point,
but
we
have
over
2200
manufacturers
in
oakland
county.
We
have
more
manufacturers
in
our
county
than
any
other
county
has
manufacturing.
Q
Jobs
are
maybe
more
manufacturing
because
some
of
the
bigger
plants
might
be
in
wayne
county
in
regards
to
the
auto
plants,
but
we
make
things
here,
but
the
other
thing
that's
very
important
about
that
is
there's
a
symbiotic
relationship
with
r
d
as
well,
and
so
when
the
coulter
administration
talks
about
being
robust
on
manufa
manufacturing,
it's
not
robust
on
old
manufacturing.
It's
robust
on
new
manufacturing
and
oakland
county
has
always
led
the
way,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
lead
the
way
on
this
on
this
piece
as
well,
so
we're
leaning
in
on
this.
Q
This
helps
us
pull
up
our
mom
and
pops,
as
commissioner
spis,
you
know,
was
talking
about
as
well.
Four
billion
dollar
investment
by
gm,
the
biggest
investment
that
gm
has
ever
made
in
the
lake
orion
plant,
but
what
that
means
that
we
need
to
double
down
in
oakland
county
and
start
to
start
to
run
faster,
because
the
electrification
of
vehicles
is
going
to
reduce
the
number
of
parts
and
that
reduction
in
parts
is
going
to
have
a
big
impact
on
tier
one
tier
two
and
tier
three
suppliers.
Q
G
I
I
think
I
understand
what
you're
talking
about,
but
can
you
explain
just
a
little
more
specifically
what
the
three
million
dollars
will
go
towards?
Is
it
membership
with
the
world
economic
forum?
Is
it
this
project
diamond?
What
are
like,
I
get
the
like
industry.
4.0
is
changing
everything
the
internet
of
things.
We
need
to
make
sure
everything's
connected
car
companies
are
software
companies.
What
is
this
money
going
towards
because
I
didn't
hear
that
so.
P
So
it's
2
million
a
year,
so
1
million
per
year
from
oakland
county
1
million
per
year
from
the
state
of
michigan
that
two
million
dollars
forms
our
operating
budget
to
staff
up
the
center
to
be
able
to
go
and
interface
with
manufacturers
all
over
the
world
and
begin
to
build
a
structure
within
the
state
of
michigan
for
convening
for
getting
manufacturers
here.
In
other
words,
the
world
economic
forum
has
two
marquee
events
in
the
world:
they
have
davos,
which
is
in
january,
and
they
have
china
built
a
center
in
tanjin
and
dalian.
P
They
alternate
every
other
year
between
tanjin
and
dalian,
which
is
called
the
meeting
of
the
new
champions.
We
intend
to
make
this
center
the
third
pillar
of
the
global
manufacturing
agenda,
and
so
this
money
goes
to
seed
that
and
by
the
way
we
fully
intend.
We've
only
asked
for
three
years
of
funding.
That's
because
we
fully
intend
this
center
to
be
self-sufficient.
P
It
should
be
self-sufficient
to
the
tune
of
many
many
millions
beyond
that.
So
we
we
intend
to
be
this
is
this
is
intended
to
be
seed
funding.
There's
there's
no
request
that
we're
anticipating,
after
this
initial
request,
but
we
have
to
have
this
money
to
begin
to
put
in
the
infrastructure
that
will
then
attract
the
manufacturers
from
around
the
world.
To
begin
to
set
up
programs
to
focus
on
the
key
pain
points
that
they
have.
Does
that
help.
G
P
Yes,
the
intent
is
the
grants
will
be
a
match.
Okay,
so
there'll
be
a
small
portion.
We
think
400
000
of
that
2
million
a
year
will
be
matching
grants
to
manufacturing
because
to
solve
problems
you
actually
have
to
do
the
work
and-
and
we
want
that
work
to
be
available
to
our
small
manufacturers.
So
as
we're
doing
the
work
with
with
a
partnership
of
a
big,
we
have
to
have
skin
in
the
game.
Otherwise,
they'll
keep
it
all
for
themselves.
So
that's
kind
of
around
the
world
how
it
works.
P
When
you
want
to
create
knowledge
and
then
distribute
it,
you
you,
you
form
a
partnership
and
say
you
get
to
keep
the
knowledge
and
we
get
to
keep
the
knowledge
and
when
that
happens,
good
things
happen
in
for
for
our
community.
So
that
is
our
intention.
That's
what
the
money
goes
for.
Okay,
thank
you.
You're
welcome,.
C
Any
other
comments
from
commissioners
I
will
add
that,
what's
probably
acutely
interesting
to
me,
is
how
this
can
marry
up
with
our
commercial
real
estate
in
oakland
county
in
terms
of
repurposing,
some
of
these
buildings
that
have
such
low
occupancy
and
and
just
kind
of
wrapping
our
minds
around
how
we
can
support
in
a
multi-faceted
kind
of
fashion.
So
that
was
quite
interesting
and
I
think
my
only
other
comment
was
that
mr
ford
and
mr
chrysler
and
others
lear
basf.
C
All
of
them
are
probably
excited
to
hear
how
we're
refocusing
and
making
sure
to
it
doesn't
surprise
me
that
oakland
county
would
be
that
third
pillar
I
mean,
maybe
I'm
just
biased,
but
I
think
we
should
be
that
third
pillar
in
the
economic
space
globally
and
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
So
I
do
need
to
get
a
motion
and
support
for
the
amendment.
E
Q
F
Quarterly
report
yes
request
a
quarterly
report
from
yeah
automation
alley
on
this.
I.
C
Thank
you,
68
zero
nays
motion
carried
fantastic
work
from
oh
yeah,
there's
more
more
voting
yeah.
So
let's
prompt
the
vote
on
the
original.
C
That
takes
us
to
item
11
on
our
agenda
moving
right
along.
That
is
public
comment.
You're!
Welcome
to
let's
see
if
there's
anyone
from
the
public
who'd
like
to
speak
during
this
time.
Please
come
up
state
your
name
and
residence
for
the
record,
and
you
have
three
minutes.
D
Hi,
my
name
is
catherine
kennedy,
I'm
from
lake
orion
and
I
used
to
be
an
entrepreneur
and
in
business.
So
when
I
hear
government
thinking
that
they
can
spend
all
this
money
to
create
industry,
I'm
very
concerned
because
I
realize
the
government
only
gets
money
from
the
people.
They
don't
get
money
from
any
other
place.
D
D
There
is
another
section
of
the
world
economic
forum
and
maybe
you're
not
aware
of
that,
and
I
believe
it
might
be
contributing
factor
why
a
lot
of
the
woods
got
destroyed.
First
and
big
signs
said
proposed
special
land
use
pending.
We
are
having
this
attainable.
Housing
trust,
that's
all
designed
for
people
from
other
countries
to
come
and
take
our
assets.
There's
a
lot
of
that
going
on
whether
you
realize
it
or
not.
D
It's
in
violation
of
the
constitution,
in
my
opinion-
and
I
actually
have
seen
enough
in
industry
in
manufacturing
on
a
global
level
as
well
as
a
global
production,
cost
analyst
and
can
tell
you
these
things.
Don't
work,
we've
done
it.
We've
tried
it
and
we
should
not
be
ignoring
the
expert
citizens
that
come
to
you
each
meeting
and
tell
you
things
that
are
not
advisable
for
our
county
and
you
do
it
anyway.
D
So
I
am
very
concerned
about
how
many
regional
aspects
and
global
aspects
that
we're
taking
in
as
our
priority
with
our
oakland
county
tax
dollars,
the
entire
environmental
group
has
to
do
with
the
un's
version
of
no
poverty
is
number
one
solution.
That's
ridiculous!
Their
their
democratization
of
manufacturing,
that's
socialized
manufacturing,
doesn't
work.
D
We
are
pushing
manufacturing
out
of
our
country
by
eliminating
oil
and
gas,
which
is
required
and
by
the
way,
all
those
windmills
require
a
bunch
of
oil
to
operate
as
well,
so
that
I
have
a
really
big
concern
when
we're
going
to
be
one
of
three,
including
china,
the
global
companies
already
sold
us
out
to
china,
guys
whether
you
realize
it
or
not-
and
I
have
great
I
take
great
offense
to
them,
claiming
automation
ali
started
in
1999
when
I
have
documents
from
oakland
county
economic
division
in
1987
that
had
automated
automation
at
an
ali
already
in
the
annual
report.
D
You
probably
won't
remember
the
savings
and
loan
crisis
because
of
all
that
you
may
not
remember
the
manufacturing
crisis
or
the
banking
crisis
in
808
909
that
almost
took
us
out,
but
whenever
government
gets
involved
it
costs
us
more,
doesn't
matter
how
you
look
at
it,
so
we
have
to
have
reduced
government,
not
overreach
of
government,
and
the
constitution
is
being
violated
day
in
and
day
out
right
now
in
this
country.
It
just
shakes
me
to
the
court,
so
we
need
to
start
working
for
the
citizens
of
oakland
county
exclusively.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
E
Across
barranco
city
of
novi,
I
apologize
getting
the
agendas
mixed
up.
My
phone
downloaded
the
finance
before
them
the
infrastructure,
speaking
of
the
section,
the
eight,
the
the
water
and
the
pipelines,
the
water
pipes
and
all
that
sort
of
stuff,
as
commissioner
said,
you
know
think
out
of
the
box.
I
was
thinking
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
is
try
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
put
the
brakes
on
and
keep
the
brakes
on.
E
Inflation
that'll
keep
the
costs
down
on
doing
these
projects,
and
the
other
thing
is:
what
can
we
do
for
the
people
who
are
at
the
poverty
level
and
below
the
poverty
level
to
get
them
raised
up
where
they
will
be
able
to
afford
their
water
bills?
And
that
and
then
we
don't
have
to
come
up
with
some
creative
solution
of
how
we're
going
to
handle
it
because
they
can't
pay
for
it.