ADOPTED - DECEMBER 11, 2007
Agenda Item No. 25
Introduced by the Judiciary, County Services, and Finance Committees of the:
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOUSING THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITY
RESOLUTION #07-333
WHEREAS, the Circuit Court has previously proposed that the County consider a Juvenile Assessment Center and a Continuum of Care Facility that would house and treat delinquent and disturbed youth in Ingham County; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the passage of the 2002 Juvenile Millage, Ingham County contracted with Chinn Planning, Inc. to provide recommendations and to develop an Action Plan for a Juvenile Justice Continuum of Care to appropriately treat delinquent and disturbed youth in Ingham County; and
WHEREAS, in its Action Plan, Chinn Planning, Inc., recommended that Ingham County build an Assessment Center as well as a Day Treatment/Night Reporting Center; and
WHEREAS, the Court, in cooperation with the Ingham County/City of Lansing Community Coalition for Youth, has proposed that the Assessment Center and the Day Treatment/Night Reporting parts of Continuum of Care be combined into a single facility; and
WHEREAS, this facility is proposed to house a full scope of services (e.g., prevention, intervention, aftercare, and sanctions) and include a variety of programs and services: Alternative Day School and After School Program, Family Assessment and Treatment Center, Substance Abuse Services, Mental Health Services, among others; and
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorized the County Controller/Administrator in cooperation with CB Richard Ellis to evaluate property sites compatible with the Circuit Court’s and Community Partners’ needs; and
WHEREAS, staff from the Controller/Administrator’s Office and Circuit Court, and several commissioners and judges have visited and evaluated this and other properties, and all parties are in agreement that Our Savior Lutheran Church and School best meets the Circuit Court’s and Community Partners’ needs; and
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorized the County Controller/Administrator, subject to approval by the Board of Commissioners, to negotiate for and to make contingent offers on the purchase of property for the Continuum of Care Facility at a cost most advantageous to the County; and
WHEREAS, the Controller/Administrator, with assistance from CB Richard Ellis, has negotiated an acceptable proposed Buy and Sell Agreement with Our Savior Lutheran Church and School; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Buy and Sell Agreement has been reviewed and approved as to form by the County Attorney, and the attorney representing Our Savior Lutheran Church and School.
ADOPTED - DECEMBER 11, 2007
Agenda Item No. 25
RESOLUTION #07-333
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners does hereby authorize an appropriation from the Juvenile Justice Millage Fund for the purchase of Our Savior Lutheran Church and School consisting of approximately 23 acres including the Church/School Building, Parsonage, Daycare Center, and outbuilding located at 1601 West Holmes Road, Lansing, Michigan, for a sum not to exceed One Million Nine Hundred Seventy-five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($1,975,000.00) for the purpose of housing the Continuum of Care Facility.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Buy and Sell Agreement is subject to the approval of Our Savior Lutheran Voters Assembly on or before thirty (30) days following the County’s acceptance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County intends to begin operating the Continuum of Care Facility by the start of the 2008 - 2009 fall school year.
JUDICIARY: Yeas: Schor, Weatherwax-Grant, Holman, Nolan, Schafer
Nays: None Absent: Bahar-Cook Approved 11/29/07
COUNTY SERVICES: Yeas: De Leon, Nolan, Copedge, Soule, Dougan
Nays: None Absent: Severino Approved 12/4/07
FINANCE: Yeas: Celentino, Weatherwax-Grant, Grebner, Hertel, Tennis, Dougan
Nays: None Absent: None Approved 12/5/07