SUBSTITUTE SEPTEMBER 18, 2001

Agenda Item No. 17

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO CREATE AND PROVIDE FOR THE

OPERATION OF A BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

FOR THE COUNTY OF INGHAM PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ACT 381 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF THE

STATE OF MICHIGAN OF 1996, AS AMENDED AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE

At a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Ingham, Mason, Michigan, held in the Commissioners Meeting room of said County, on the 18^th day of September, 2001, at 7:30 p.m.

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners of the County of Ingham have received and reviewed testimony that there are or may be certain environmentally distressed (functionally obsolete and/or blighted) areas in the County of Ingham and that the continued existence of such areas can limit, hinder or delay the redevelopment or revitalization of properties within the County, and, accordingly, that it is in the best interests of the public to facilitate the implementation of plans relating to the identification and treatment of environmentally distressed (functionally obsolete and/or blighted) areas so as to promote revitalization within the municipal limits of Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, in order to further such interests, it is appropriate for the Board of Commissioners to create and provide for the operation of a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority within the County of Ingham pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Act, being Act 381 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan of 1996, as amended (the "Act") ; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, this Board of Commissioners is required (a) to hold a public hearing on the adoption of a proposed resolution creating a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority under the Act (the "Authority") and (b) to publish notice of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Ingham all in accordance with Section 4 (2) of the Act; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,

• The Board of Commissioners hereby determines that it is in the best interest of the public to promote the redevelopment of environmentally distressed (functionally obsolete and/or blighted) areas of the County.



• The Board of Commissioners hereby declares its intention to create and provide for the operation of the Authority within the County of Ingham pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Act.



• A public hearing shall be held before the Board of Commissioners on October 23, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners Room, Ingham County Courthouse, Mason, on the adoption of a resolution creating the Authority within the County of Ingham within the municipal limits of which the Authority shall exercise its powers.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2001

Agenda Item No. 17

RESOLUTION #01-279

• The County Clerk of the County of Ingham (the "Clerk") shall give notice to the public of the public hearing by causing notice to be published, in the form attached hereto as Sample B - Exhibit 1, in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Ingham at least 20 and 22 full days, on two occasions, prior to the date set for said hearing, and by posting notice of the public hearing, in the form attached hereto as Sample B - Exhibit 2, pursuant to the practice of the Clerk.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL COMMITTEE: Yeas: Stid, Celentino, Minter, De Leon,

Swope Nays: None Absent: None Approved 9/11/01