| Mr. Robert Carson, 4111 Andover, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 came forward |
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| and stated that the three minute rule makes sense for the long agendas of City |
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| Council, but tonight's meeting is a single item. If he is held to three minutes, |
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| he'll speak for three minutes, but it doesn't make sense with respect to this |
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| particular issue. He would like to concentrate on the criteria for considering the |
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| subject property historic. Mr. Carson doesn't think the property meets any of |
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| the criteria, including the criteria previously discussed. He referred to the Code |
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| of Federal Regulations to which the City Charter and the State Statute |
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| recommend the Commission review. That is, 36 Code of Federal Regulations |
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| part 60, and the criteria that was just read was criteria A, B and C. It is important |
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| for the Commission to note that that criteria is enabled by a Federal Statute. |
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| The Federal Statute that enables the creation of that regulation is 16 United |
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| States Code 471. Section 101A6 of that Statute states "if the owner/owners of |
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| any privately owned property or a majority of the owners of such properties |
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| within the district object to the inclusion or designation of such property, such |
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| property shall not be included in the National Register or designated as a |
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| national historic landmark until such objection is withdrawn". 100% of the |
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| owners of the property in question object to the designation of this property. |
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| Under the Enabling Act, that would prohibit the designation of this property. That |
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| should begin and end this. With respect to the criteria, he objects to the |
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| concepts that have been stated. The architect that was named is an architect |
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| that is not well known, is not held in high regard, and if it is an architect of any |
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| significance, it was only in the building of houses. There are no houses in |
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| connection with request, therefore there is nothing distinguishing as to that |
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| architect's career. The fact that it was constructed by an out of state building |
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| company can not be thought by anybody to have any significance. The fact |
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| that the McGregor family may have had significance to the area, may have |
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| been significant if Great Oaks Farm was under consideration or their home was |
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| under consideration, but not their warehouses and empty acreage. The fact that |
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| it was a large employer is maybe interesting from the standpoint of past people |
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| who worked in the area, but is of no significance to this site. This site has no |
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| historical value and has no historical significance to the City. Mr. Carson |
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| requests that this matter, which has been pending for much too long, be put to |
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| Mr. Brandon Noll, 6841 N. Rochester Rd., Rochester Hills, MI 48306 came |
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| forward and stated the designation being placed upon the property is going to |
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| further ensure the inability of the property to return to a productive future. He |
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| explained he is the property manager at 6841 Rochester, and has been |
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| approached by many developers who would like to put a medical facility on the |
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| site. The amount of taxes and the jobs this would create in the area would be |
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| more beneficial than what is there now. Unfortunately, because of the |
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| designation, Mr. Noll is fighting to keep this option alive. He is in contact with |
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| the homeowner's association president for the subdivision behind the subject |
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| property. These residents do not want to see the existing building there much |
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| longer either. This designation will not only hurt the property owners, but the |
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| community as well by leaving the buildings there. Please stop this. Thank you. |
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