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Request for Approval of the Floodplain Use Permit for the roadway, bridge, and water main work for the Avon and Dequindre corridor projects
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Whereas, the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) is the applicant for a Floodplain Use Permit for corridor work that is proposed for reconstructing the westerly Avon/Dequindre intersection and replacing the existing Avon Road bridge crossing the Clinton River east of the intersection; and
Whereas, the RCOC Floodplain Use Permit application also includes needed compensating cut mitigation for project filling in the floodplain for the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) 96-inch water main installation and easterly Avon/Dequindre/23 Mile Road roundabout intersection construction project; and
Whereas, a new detention facility will be constructed at the southwest quadrant of the Avon and Dequindre intersection to offset the volume of floodplain filling within the 100-year floodplain of the Clinton River elsewhere by the two projects; and
Whereas, the Department of Public Services Engineering Division recommends approval of the RCOC Floodplain Use Permit application as submitted;
Resolved, that the Rochester Hills City Council finds that approval of the Floodplain Use Permit application is warranted and hereby grants approval for the submitted permit application.