currently ends at Romeo. The concept is that Second Avenue provides a secondary |
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means of traveling northbound from Rochester Road. Ms. Goodwin reviewed |
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previous joint meetings between the City of Rochester Hills and the City of Rochester |
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regarding options for the ultimate alignment of Sheldon Road. The result of those |
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discussions was that the preferred location for the alignment of Sheldon Road would |
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be on the east side of the Van Hoosen Jones Stoney Creek Cemetery. After Second |
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Avenue turns into Letica Road it deadends at a vacant property owned by Grand |
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Sakwa, who is developing a number of parcels in the City of Rochester along Runyon. |
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In the very near future more than 1,300 new homes, including 300 in the Clear Creek |
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Subdivision, will be built in the area. Grand Sakwa is interested in doing a planned |
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residential development in the City of Rochester in the vicinity of the end of Letica |
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Road with a portion extending into Rochester Hills. Two possible conceptual |
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alternatives have already been approved by the City of Rochester for the subject area. |
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One alternative shows an extension of Letica Road ending in a cul-de-sac within the |
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proposed development. The other alternative shows an extension of Letica to |
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Tienken Road. The City of Rochester has told the developer that they can proceed |
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with either alternative, but they must seek the approval of the City of Rochester Hills |
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on one or the other. However, if they decide to cul-de-sac Letica within the |
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development, then Rochester would pave Romeo. This would increase the traffic |
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pressure on the Historic District because there would be a definite need for a |
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north/south bypass. If Letica is not available from Tienken for that, then the only other |
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logical choices are either Romeo or a Washington-Runyon-Romeo route. The portion |
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of the subject property that would be within the City of Rochester Hills is in the |
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Stoney Creek Historic District and is designated an historic resource even though |
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there are no buildings on the site. The density allowed in the City of Rochester is |
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greater than the density allowed in Rochester Hills. The site is steeply sloped, and any |
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proposed alignment would require the removal of a significant amount of dirt. |
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Environmental features which come into play include the Tree Conservation |
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Ordinance, woodland cover, and the creek. A plat was approved for the proposed |
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Stoney Point North for the subject site in the late 1980s but it never materialized. |
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Nothing official has been submitted to the City of Rochester Hills regarding the Grand |
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Sakwa development that would trigger a review by the Planning Commission. Grand |
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Sakwa has only asked Rochester Hills for a staff review of the two alternatives, which |
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staff has provided. The extension of Letica Road is not in the CIP; it is not currently |
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budgeted; there is no policy in place. If Letica is extended, the City of Rochester |
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would vacate and abandon Romeo. |
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