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Request for Flood Plain User Permit for Brookwood Golf Course located south of Tienken between Livernois and Brewster, Parcel Nos. 15-08-276-001 and 15-08-226-016, zoned R-3, Single Family Residential and RCD, One Family Cluster respectively; Brookwood Council of Home Owners, Applicant
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Whereas, the Brookwood Council of Homeowners, of 998 E. Brookwood Lane, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 is the applicant for a Flood Plain Use Permit for the Brookwood Golf Club.
Whereas, The Department of Public Service/Engineering Services has recommended approval of the Flood Plain Use Permit application as submitted
Resolved that the Rochester Hills City Council finds, after reviewing supporting documentation, that the recommendation of the Department of Public Services, and all the factors outlined for consideration in Chapter 114, Article III, Division 2, Section 114-159, Approval, as submitted by the Brookwood Council of Homeowners, for approval of the permit application is consistent with the public's health, safety, and welfare, and supports the issuance of said permit.
To aid City Council in their determination for the issuance of a Flood Plain Use Permit, the applicable criteria as specified in section 114-159 have been addressed. They are as listed in the attached document dated via fax October 6, 2003.
Approval is recommended based on the following reasons:
Findings:
1) The applicant has supplied a complete floodplain use permit that adequately addresses the thirteen (13) items as listed in Section 114-159.
2) The applicant, through a detailed hydraulic study, has demonstrated that the resulting detention system will cause a negligible increase in the 100-year flood plain elevation in the Sargent's Creek.
3) The applicant has applied for and received the necessary permit from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the proposed work within the flood plain. Included within the MDEQ permit is the excavation of a total of 1,635 cubic yards of material to construct three detention ponds in line with a small stream for a total of 580 lineal feet of stream impact. Placement of 83 cubic yards of fill in a stream as part of the construction of the detention ponds. Construction of two rip rap waterfall structures between the detention basins. Excavation of 975 cubic yards from the 100-year flood plain of Sargent's Creek.
4) The proposed detention addition will improve downstream existing flood plain capacity, sedimentation control and treatment and environmental enhancement to the Sargent's Creek watershed.
5) The applicant has provided letters from neighboring properties (Mr. Marvin E. Larson, 833 Fieldstone, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 and Mr. and Mrs. Carson, 849 Fieldstone, Rochester Hills, MI 48309) stating their support of any changes to the expected flood plain encroachment on their property for the 10 and 100 year design storms.
Conditions:
1) The applicant must adhere to all permit conditions and regulations outlined in the MDEQ Act 451, Part 301/Part 31, Permit No. 03-63-0070-P issued October 30, 2003.