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Commissioner Andrjzejak is back to pushing the sale of Normandy Oaks -- selling a Royal Oak parks to fund a operating budget shortfall.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Monday, June 12, 2006
County works on urban park strategy
From the Detroit News:
Oakland County Parks may have everything from water slides and golf courses to hiking trails and a refrigerated toboggan run, but critics say one outdoorsy element is clearly missing: a bigger presence in the county's densely populated southeast end.
Of the county's 11 parks and golf courses, only two -- Red Oaks Water Park and Glen Oaks Golf Course -- are in the southeast, even though nearly 40 percent of the county's 1.2 million residents live there.
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Oakland County Parks may have everything from water slides and golf courses to hiking trails and a refrigerated toboggan run, but critics say one outdoorsy element is clearly missing: a bigger presence in the county's densely populated southeast end.
Of the county's 11 parks and golf courses, only two -- Red Oaks Water Park and Glen Oaks Golf Course -- are in the southeast, even though nearly 40 percent of the county's 1.2 million residents live there.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Royal Oak balances budget with cuts
From the Detroit News:
Residents of this aging yet trendy southeast Oakland County city may be getting just what they asked for: a budget that's nearly balanced, with no tax increase.
More than $1.8 million has been slashed from Royal Oak's proposed 2006-07 general fund budget through a continued hiring freeze, elimination of five positions from the Parks and Forestry department and the sale of $15.4 million in bonds.
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Residents of this aging yet trendy southeast Oakland County city may be getting just what they asked for: a budget that's nearly balanced, with no tax increase.
More than $1.8 million has been slashed from Royal Oak's proposed 2006-07 general fund budget through a continued hiring freeze, elimination of five positions from the Parks and Forestry department and the sale of $15.4 million in bonds.
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Sunday, April 02, 2006
Commission narrows Oaks proposals
From the Royal Oak Review:
On March 6, three members of the Royal Oak City Commission successfully narrowed the list of contractors looking to develop Normandy Oaks Golf Course from 16 to six.
The commission still has not decided if it will sell the course to help balance the city’s budget deficit, but began looking at optionsseveral months ago in case they could find no other way out of the red.
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On March 6, three members of the Royal Oak City Commission successfully narrowed the list of contractors looking to develop Normandy Oaks Golf Course from 16 to six.
The commission still has not decided if it will sell the course to help balance the city’s budget deficit, but began looking at optionsseveral months ago in case they could find no other way out of the red.
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Friday, January 27, 2006
We have an easier web address!
Rather than try remembering the strange blog address, you can now use www.royaloakparks.com instead.
Selling Michigan public land a lame idea
By Howard Meyerson from The Grand Rapids Press:
Bad ideas just never seem to stop coming around. The issue of selling public lands for some alleged greater good is one of them.
"The problem is once they are gone, they are gone forever," said Arwood, the executive director for the Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy in Lansing.
"Today everything is budget driven" he said. "Public lands are just viewed as low-hanging fruit. People just say: 'We have large tracts of land. Just sell them.' But we are trying to show and demonstrate the value of conserving the lands."
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While this article is about state and federal parkland sales, it clearly resonates with what's proposed in Royal Oak.
Bad ideas just never seem to stop coming around. The issue of selling public lands for some alleged greater good is one of them.
"The problem is once they are gone, they are gone forever," said Arwood, the executive director for the Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy in Lansing.
"Today everything is budget driven" he said. "Public lands are just viewed as low-hanging fruit. People just say: 'We have large tracts of land. Just sell them.' But we are trying to show and demonstrate the value of conserving the lands."
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While this article is about state and federal parkland sales, it clearly resonates with what's proposed in Royal Oak.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Would golf course sale violate state law?
From The Mirror:
Royal Oak residents opposed to the possible sale of Normandy Oaks Golf Course say that state law would prevent such a sale.
The city, however, does not think the law would hinder the sale if the City Commission ultimately decides to sell the land.
"I don't think there is anything in the master plan that says it is needed or has to be a golf course," Plan Director Tim Thwing said.
If the commission eventually decides to sell the course and city attorneys decide that the sale would violate state law, Thwing said, the Plan Commission could modify the master plan to take out the course.
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Royal Oak residents opposed to the possible sale of Normandy Oaks Golf Course say that state law would prevent such a sale.
The city, however, does not think the law would hinder the sale if the City Commission ultimately decides to sell the land.
"I don't think there is anything in the master plan that says it is needed or has to be a golf course," Plan Director Tim Thwing said.
If the commission eventually decides to sell the course and city attorneys decide that the sale would violate state law, Thwing said, the Plan Commission could modify the master plan to take out the course.
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