| Steve Smith, 1115 School Rd., Rochester Hills, MI 48307 Mr. Smith |
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| mentioned the paving of School Rd. He had a concern because in the |
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| wintertime, when the frost came to the surface to the southwest of his |
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| home, the whole road became a rutted, muddy mess, and cars were |
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| getting stuck. He would like the City to look into paving School Rd. |
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| because there would be more traffic in a few years. There were cars in the |
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| middle of the night that got stuck. It was like driving through a mud pit, |
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| and he would like to have more discussion about paving the road, from at |
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| least John R to the entrance of Harvard Place. At the last meeting, he |
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| had asked about vegetation. His property was right next to the proposed |
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| development, and it appeared from the designs that one of the buildings |
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| would abut up against his garage. He was concerned about headlight |
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| traffic. There was a lot of vegetation, and the applicants said it would be |
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| left and that more trees would be added. If they started moving trees |
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| around and used credits for other areas, some trees would be taken away |
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| from behind his home and he was concerned about what he would see |
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| from his patio. He said that he wanted to get some reassurance that |
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| regarding the visibility from the backs of the building that he would not be |
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| looking at someone five feet away. He commented that he honestly liked |
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| his privacy. Thirdly, regarding water, he had previously brought up that |
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| he had a very high water table, and he had to install pumps all around the |
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| house to keep the water from filling his duct work. He was very concerned |
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| that once the construction started, that the water level would rise if the |
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| grade was changed. Along School Rd., there was a very good drainage |
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| system. About three years ago when the snow melted and there was two |
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| inches of rain, the drain actually filled up. If there was another moment |
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| like that, he was concerned there would be serious flooding. He was not |
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| sure if anyone had looked at the drainage system along School Rd. It |
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| was a newer system and was there before he purchased the property, and |
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| he wanted to make sure the issues he raised would be looked at. He was |
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| also worried about headlights in his backyard from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. |
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| Frank Suhy, 1233 School Rd., Rochester Hills, MI 48307 Mr. Suhy |
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| noted that the homes on School Rd., as well as his home, had |
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| basements. The water table could be as little as eight feet deep, so |
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| someone did not have to dig very deep to hit water. A big concern for him |
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| was the water plan of the project. All of the surface water would be |
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| diverted to the retention pond. Sometimes, the drains got plugged on |
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| School. He acknowledged that they did not always have heavy rains, but |
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| when they did in the future, everything from the site would come down to |
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| the retention pond. The seepage from the retention pond would go into |
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| the ground water and raise the level at the homes up and down School |
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| Rd. The sump pumps would not be able to get rid of the water. He was |
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| not talking about the spill over that went to the creek; that worked just fine. |
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