| Jerry White, 2711 W. South Blvd., Troy, MI 48098. Mr. White said that |
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| like the rest of his neighbors, he thought the project was dead. They had |
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| heard nothing about it. They knew that someone was trying to develop |
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| before, but they heard that the whole project went dead, and they did not |
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| know that anyone else was involved in redeveloping the property. He |
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| said that there were supposed to be homes, and he talked to the people |
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| involved, and the previous developer said they were going to put in |
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| million dollar homes. Three or four weeks ago, they got a notice in the |
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| mail that they (did not specify they) were going to take trees out, and they |
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| asked the neighbors if they wanted the wood. That was the first they had |
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| heard of the development. They all felt that it had not been handled |
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| correctly. He talked with the City of Troy and the Road Commission, and |
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| the neighbors felt that the way they were going about it was wrong. They |
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| were not against the development; they were against the way they were |
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| trying to do it. They were trying to put in a passing lane in front of all of |
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| their homes, which he did not feel was necessary. He talked with a |
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| gentleman on the phone and tried to explain that it would impact the |
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| value of their properties. His septic tank was in the front of his property. |
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| He wondered what would happen to that if they started tearing the trees |
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| out. He spent $7,000.00 five years ago putting in the septic, and he |
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| wondered if it would be repaired. He said that he got no answer. The |
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| trees were a barrier from the busy road, and he had wondered if they |
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| would put anything up to protect them against the traffic. The answer he |
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| got was no. The neighbors were not getting any satisfaction at all. The |
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| Road Commission told him that the best route would be to have a center |
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| turn lane put in. He felt that would satisfy everybody, but the developer |
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| said that it was not in his budget. Yet, in his budget, there was enough |
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| money to develop the property and put in more condos. He felt that the |
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| developer was getting everything his way, and the neighbors were not |
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| getting any say so about it at all. He commented that it was not fair. He |
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| noted that there would be a drain added on their side of the road, and he |
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| questioned whether that was necessary. He claimed that the developer |
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| had plenty of property on his side to put in a drain, and Mr. White asked |
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| why it had to be added on the Troy side of the street and impact their |
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| properties. He also noted that his neighbor had septic in her front yard, |
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