This has been a week filled with discord.
First residents packed the Rochester Hills city council meeting on Monday expressing during Public Comment their disapproval of the proposed plan to build two 3 million gallon water reservoirs to the tune of approximately $20 million dollars.
The reasons for disapproval tended to be not only with the business case, but with the notion of placing one of these large 30' high and 130' wide "Tuna Cans" adjacent to a residential neighborhood on park property.
The mayor and some city council members who previously adamantly defended the business case back-peddled and offered to do additional analysis and bring it back to residents sometime in January or February.
Then on Tuesday night at the Planning Commission Meeting, Ed Anzyk submitted a last minute change to the M-59 sound wall design and asked the PC for their input. Scot Beaton and I both commented on the designs and questioned the the use of paint that will need continued maintenance.
Beaton asked why a timeless design of a red brick wasn't used like they use in other upscale communities.
I asked why this was brought up at the very last minute and why the entire city wasn't given an opportunity to weigh in on something so visual in the community. The PC seemed to agree with a number of issues that were raised.
Then on Thursday, residents showed up in large numbers to the Historic District Commission meeting to express their strong dissatisfaction with the Washington Road Paving plans put forward by the Road Commission of Oakland County.
Most agreed they would rather have the road remain gravel than proceed with the current plans. They asked that their city representatives abide by their wishes.
Hopefully, at some point it might occur to those currently in office, that they were elected by the residents and they should be representing the residents' interests. This next election should be interesting.
Read previous posts for more background on these topics.
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