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Road Commission, LTU launch new road safety tech

BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com

OAKLAND COUNTY — On July 16, the city of Southfield sponsored a public demonstration of the latest road safety technology being piloted in Southfield and Oakland County, conducted by P3Mobility and the Road Commission for Oakland County at Lawrence Technological University.

The public open house showcased a simulation of the technology, which will be installed at five intersections throughout Oakland County and in 10 vehicles to be studied for a year. The intersections include:

• Church Street and 10 Mile Road in Oak Park.

• 12 Mile Road at Northwood Elementary School in Royal Oak.

• Greenfield at 10 Mile in Southfield.

• 12 Mile and Main St. in Royal Oak.

• Greenfield and Lincoln in Southfield.

“This is what we call connected vehicle technology,” Craig Bryson, the senior communications manager for the Road Commission, said. “So, the long-term goal is that cars will be equipped with this, the infrastructure will be equipped with this so that all of this stuff is talking to each other. The cars and the infrastructure are all talking to each other. There are sensors that detect pedestrians so that when you’re driving down the street, if there’s a car about to pull out in front of you, for example, but it’s not within your line of sight — say, it’s behind a building, but it’s ac-

City Council approves special land use for

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SOUTHFIELD — The City Council unanimously approved a special land use and site plan review request July 15 from the Southfield Parks and Recreation De-

partment to improve Lahser Woods Park by adding a dog park, paths and other enhancements.

During the public hearing, residents approached the council members, sharing their support of the project, which will be at the park located at 27577 Lahser Road.

Lahser

“We have a great Parks and Recreation Department,” longtime Southfield resident Pamela Gerald said. “I wasn’t sure when Miss Terry Fields first came, because you get to the point where you become a creature of habit, and you like the people that are put in place. And after watching what she’s done

Woods dog park

since she’s been here, I’m just in total support of the things that they’re attempting to do. That area needs a little bit of TLC.”

A Beacon Square Homeowners Association representative, Tony Martin, also spoke at the public hearing.

Attendees of the open house try out a demonstration of the new road technology simulator at Lawrence Technological University.

Photo by Erin Sanchez

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Lathrup Village, Southfield make some noise with music festivals on Aug. 9-10

BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com

LATHRUP VILLAGE/SOUTHFIELD — Music lovers are in for a treat as Southfield and Lathrup Village each host free music festivals Aug. 9-10.

The city of Southfield will host the eighth annual Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival on the front lawn of the Southfield Municipal Campus, 26000 Evergreen Road. The festival will kick off at 6 p.m. Aug. 9 with a performance from Damon Terrell, followed by Michael Brock at 7:30 p.m., and Freda Payne, accompanied by the Ralphe Armstrong Trio, will headline at 9 p.m.

On Saturday, the public is invited to the Kimmie Horne Fitness and Fun event featuring the Detroit Twirling Steppers at 8:30 a.m., the Southfield Cruisers bike ride at 9 a.m., a performance by Detroit Twirling Steppers at 9:30 a.m. and a HulaFitNation workout at 10:30 a.m.

The fun will continue with a lineup of jazz musicians, including a 3 p.m. performance by Sean Blackman and the In-transit Band, Duane Parham at 4:30 p.m., Lashawn Gary at 6 p.m., Lin Rountree at 7:30 p.m. and a performance by the world-renowned vocalist, Kimmie Horne.

In addition to music and activities, the festival will feature food trucks and boutique vendors. Parking will be available on the Southfield Municipal Campus for $10, cash only, in both the north and south parking lots. The proceeds from the parking go toward the Friends of the Southfield Public Arts, a non-

Photo provided by the city of Southfield

Kimmie Horne dazzled the stage at the 2023 Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival. Each year, Horne selects a charitable recipient to give back to. This year’s is John Evans Cash Foundation, which raises awareness for mental health and helps get young people the help they need.

NEWS & NOTES

Southfield seeks public input for food waste study

SOUTHFIELD — The city of Southfield is collaborating with a local nonprofit, Make Food Not Waste, to become the first city in Michigan to eliminate food waste.

Make Food Not Waste is a Detroit-based nonprofit with the mission to “keep food out of landfills and slow climate change by creating lasting solutions to food waste through education, food upcycling, and advocacy.”

Southfield invites residents to participate in the Southfield Food Waste Elimination Pilot Residential Study by taking a survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous, and it will take the average participant about 8-10 minutes to complete. Residents who complete the survey will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.

Responses will help shape the programs and strategies used to achieve the goal of zero food waste in Southfield.

In 2022, the state of Michigan prioritized halving wasted food by 2030 in its Michigan Healthy Climate Plan. In 2023, The 2030 project initiative was created by Make Food Not Waste to support the MI Healthy Climate Plan and prevent 1 billion pounds of food waste from entering landfills. For information about the 2030 pilot project, visit www.makefoodnotwaste.org/the-2030-project/.

To take the survey, visit www.cityofsouthfield.com and search “Food Waste Elimination Pilot Residential Study.”

EVENT SUPPORTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN

LATHRUP VILLAGE — Former Lathrup Village Councilwoman Donna Stallings hosted a “2 Million Steps 4 Girls Walk” and scholarship fundraiser on the Detroit Riverwalk July 20. The fundraiser is part of Stallings’ nonprofit, Donna Stallings Ministries, International, which is dedicated to providing opportunities to women and children in vulnerable situations.

“My goal is to bring awareness to education and the necessity of educating girls and their health issues,” Stallings said.

All the proceeds from the 3K and 5K walk event went towards educational initiatives and restorative pathways for underserved girls. The event featured a live DJ; beverages and snacks; local health and wellness vendors with informational resources; and free services such as massages, blood pressure checks and family-friendly fitness activities.

Next year’s walk will be held at 8:30 a.m. July 19 at the Detroit Riverwalk. For more information about DSM International, visit www.dsmministries.org or email 2MSteps4girls@gmail.com.

Southfield waives garage sale permit fees Aug. 5-11 for National Garage Sale Day

SOUTHFIELD — In recognition of National Garage Sale Day Aug. 10, the city of Southfield will waive all garage sale permit fees citywide for the week of Aug. 5-11.

Under the Southfield city code, a permit from the City Clerk’s Office is required before residents can hold garage sales. Permits and permit fees will be waived, and registration at City Hall will not be required. Residents can make or purchase their signs. Placement can only be on private property and not in public rights-of-way. Permitted garage sale hours of operation will remain 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. Participation will also not be counted against the limited number of garage sales that residents are permitted to hold annually. Residents, homeowners and condo associations that would like to promote their sales may email communityrelations@cityofsouthfield.com with the dates, times, sale items and addresses for inclusion on the city website. All submissions must be received by noon Aug. 2 to be eligible for inclusion. This is optional and not required for participation. There is no maximum word count, and no photos will be accepted or included. For more information, visit www. cityofsouthfield.com.

Primary Election NEWS

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Southfield vet tech takes silver at agility competition in France

BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com

SOUTHFIELD — Veterinary technician and Southfield resident of 20 years Jeremy Gerhard competed with Maverick, a Pembroke Welsh corgi owned by Sally Slade of Grand Blanc, Michigan, in their fourth international event together at the 2024 World Agility Championship, bringing home a silver medal.

The sport of dog agility is an active sport for both the dog and the handler. The sport involves the dog performing against the clock over hurdles and A-frames, through tunnels, hanging tires, weave poles and a seesaw. The objective of the sport is to score the fastest time with the least penalties. Obstacles for the course are set based on the height and experience of the dog competing.

The annual International Federation of Cynological Sports World Agility Championship showcased over 200 competitors from more than a dozen countries. The 2024 event was co-hosted by IFCS and Fédération Française des Activités du Chien de Sport April 30-May 4 in Bourgbarré, France. Maverick and Gerhard competed alongside 19 other Team USA competitors.

Gerhard and Slade had been competing either with or against each other for a number of years when Slade approached Gerhard with the idea of running with Maverick in 2017.

“She was getting ready to have a knee replacement, so I tried that,” he said. “It went OK. It didn’t go great the first time, but he was a young dog, and I’d never worked with him. Then, a couple weeks later, the only dog I had that I was competing with died very suddenly. I didn’t have a dog to run, so I just did local trials, mostly in Michigan, running Maverick and another dog that kind of came along with him.”

Gerhard explained that shortly after, he got an Australian shepherd puppy named Ruckus, but since puppies take around a year and a half or more to be ready to compete, he decided to keep working with Maverick. His bond with Maverick grew as the two continued to compete with one another.

“A little bit of a challenge was there’s some things that Sally trains differently with her dogs than I do with mine. So it was just getting used to each other. I had to learn some things that he knew differently. So I just had to learn to tell him the correct thing, and then he learned to do it correctly. He’s a very honest, hardworking dog. He wants to please. He will do anything for food.”

At the 2023 World Agility Championship, Maverick and Gerhard earned team gold and two individual silver medals.

Gerhard became interested in agility competitions in the 1980s when he was in high school, and his aunt let him use some of her dogs to train with.

“I ended up doing kennels for the own-

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NOTICE REGARDING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE #24-21

The City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding:

The appellant, Michigan Fire Restoration, representing the owner, Rhonda Berry, is requesting the following waiver from the Board:

1. To reduce the rear yard setback to allow for an addition to an existing legal non-conforming house with attached garage, which has a legal non-conforming rear yard setback. (proposed 15’, required 25’).

The property is located on the west side of Twining Drive between Teacup Court and Jeffrey Street at 23351 Twining Drive, Sidwell Parcel # 24-26-352-025, zoned (R-4) Single Family Residential, Washington Village Subdivision 7.

This appeal is to Chapter 45, Article 22, Section 5.193 of the Southfeld City Code, more commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance.

This is a public hearing. If interested, you are encouraged to appear in person. You may have a representative (attorney or agent) appear in your presence to make the Board aware of your opinion. When appearing before the Board, please speak slowly and distinctly so that your testimony may be accurately recorded.

Documents regarding this appeal are available for review prior to the public hearing. Written comments, questions and requests to review these materials must be received prior to 4:00 p.m. on the date of the hearing and should be directed to the Zoning Board of Appeals, Department of Building & Safety Engineering, 1st Floor Public Works Building, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld, Michigan, Telephone 248-796-4100.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.

City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals

Individuals with special needs who plan to attend this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Offce at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 354-4831 (TDD) if auxiliary aids or services are needed. Reasonable advance notice is required. Janet Jackson City Clerk

er of the place that we were doing the training at, and then I started working with some of her dogs. This was before agility actually

really existed in this country. Then somewhere in the ’80s, I think it was ’88, agil-

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NOTICE REGARDING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE #24-22

The City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding:

The appellant, Richard Konik, Architect, representing Whitmore Investments, LLC, owner, is requesting the following variances from the Board:

1. A variance of 5 feet of rear yard setback for the construction of a storage building (15 feet required, 10 feet proposed).

2. A variance of 4 feet of fence height (6 feet permitted, 10 feet proposed).

The property is located on the west side of Greenfeld Rd, north of Ten Mile Rd, Sidwell Parcel #2424-481-020, located at 25155 Greenfeld Rd, zoned (B-3) General Business.

This appeal is to Section 5.37-1, Article 4 and Section 5.194, Article 22, Chapter 45 of the Southfeld City Code, more commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.

City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals

Janet Jackson City Clerk

Photo provided by Jeremy Gerhard

Jeremy Gerhard with his Australian shepherd, Ruckus. See AGILITY on page 11A

Rouge River oil spill could impact 30 miles of waterway

BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — Oil spilled into the Rouge River through a storm drain last month, sparking conversations about how to keep the waterway clean.

The event happened at the Downs development site in Northville, formerly the Northville Downs Race Track, located at 301 South Center St.

According to a statement released by the city of Northville, a demolition crew’s machinery pierced several old drums holding an unknown amount of petroleum while tearing down a building on the site, causing oil and kerosene to leak onto the asphalt and enter a storm drain about 100 feet away, which then entered the Rouge River.

The historic Northville Downs closed in February 2024 after 80 years of horse racing and was the final horse racing track to close in Michigan. The groundbreaking for the 48-acre property’s mixed-use redevelopment took place May 13. Hunter Pasteur Northville LLC is the developer of the $248 million project, which will transform the former race track into 443 units of single and attached homes, apartments, luxury condominiums, parks and retail/restaurants/office spaces. Hunter Pasteur Northville LLC did not respond for comment by press time.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy released a

statement following the oil spill: “On June 21 late afternoon, we were contacted by Western Wayne Co. Hazmat Team about drums inside a building that was in the process of being demolished. As of today (6/24/24) 8 drums that had residual amounts of material and a poly-tote have been the focus of the emergency response work. The barrels released a minimal amount of products –oil-based material that has been sampled (but no results yet. The bulk of the material came from the tote. Material released to the environment is, at most, 80-85 gallons. EGLE, the Hazmat Team and Northville Fire Department responded initially, with a clean-up contractor completing the clean-up and removal of contaminated materials.”

Additionally, EGLE reported that some oil was captured by a boom placed in the Rouge River, but since then, no oil has been observed. EGLE’s other responses to the incident included using a Vactor truck to remove any standing liquid from the ground surface and to remove any liquid from four covered catch basins on the property; jetting and flushing the sewer lines, which are going to be removed; and placing containment hard boom and absorbent booms in the Rouge River near the north side of Seven Mile Road, between Northville Road and Hines Drive, as a precautionary measure.

Northville Mayor Brian Turnbull explained that all of the samples taken from the Rouge River for testing have been cleared.

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NOTICE REGARDING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE #24-20

The City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding: The appellant, Global Signs & Awning, representing the owner, Sam Shaba/ Telegraph LLC, is requesting the following waivers from the Board:

1. A waiver to install a wall sign (51.4 sq ft proposed, 32 sf permitted).

2. A waiver to install a garden ground sign (1 proposed, 0 permitted)

3. A waiver to install a garden ground sign (15’ height proposed, 5’ height permitted)

The property is located on the East side of Telegraph Road, North of Twelve Mile, between Wildbrook Drive and the northern Southfeld City Limits at 30000 Telegraph Road, Sidwell Parcel # 76-24-08-426-129, zoned (B-1) Neighborhood Business.

This appeal is to Chapter 99, Article IX, Section 8.57, 1(b) more commonly known as the Sign Ordinance. This is a public hearing. If interested, you are encouraged to appear in person. You may have a representative (attorney or agent) appear in your presence to make the Board aware of your opinion. When appearing before the Board, please speak slowly and distinctly so that your testimony may be accurately recorded.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.

City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals

Published: Southfeld Sun 08/01/2024

“I was extremely proud of the first responders, and we had the county in and EGLE, and it got cleared within the week or week and a half,” he said.

“The good news was, geez, within 15-

20 minutes we had called everybody. Hazmat was there, all the fire folks, and we contained everything. So, pretty proud of all the first responders, and we didn’t really have to do

PUBLISHED LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & SITE PLAN REVIEWS CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SOUTHFIELD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting will be held on Monday, August 26, 2024, at 6:00 P.M., Local Time, in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 26000 Evergreen Road, South eld, Michigan, at which time and place the South eld City Council will consider the following requests pursuant to Title V, Zoning and Planning, Chapter 45, Zoning, of the Code of the City of South eld, to wit:

PCZR24-0002 (CONDITIONAL REZONING – PUBLIC HEARING) is a request of The Kroger CO of Michigan to conditionally rezone the parcel at 19991 W 12 Mile Road, South eld, Michigan (Parcel 24-14-101-227) from B-2 Planned Business to B-3 General Business.

PSLU24-0009 (SPECIAL USE – PUBLIC HEARING) is a Special Use request of The Kroger CO of Michigan to construct and operate a gas station at 19991 W 12 Mile Road, South eld, Michigan (Parcel 24-14-101-227).

PSP24-0005 (SITE PLAN REVIEW) is a Site Plan Review request of The Kroger CO of Michigan, to construct and operate a gas station at 19991 W 12 Mile Road, South eld, Michigan (Parcel 24-14-101-227).

PZR24-0006 (REZONING – PUBLIC HEARING) is a request of Maximillian Neuser to rezone two parcels located at 21246 8 ½ Mile Road, South eld, Michigan (Parcels 24-34-326-018 & -019) and the rear 91 feet of 21251 Midway Avenue (Parcel 24-34-178-006) from R-1 Single Family to R-T Attached Single Family.

PZRMUCD24-0001 (MIXED USE CORRIDOR DISTRICT REZONING – PUBLIC HEARING) is a rezoning request of Joseph Novitsky, JSN Architecture on behalf of A&A Business Group LLC, to rezone the parcel at 19111 W. 10 Mile Road, South eld, Michigan (Parcel 24-26-126-028) from OS Of ce Service to MUCD Mixed Use Corridor District to permit renovation of the vacant of ce building for a mixture of commercial and multiple family residential uses.

PSLU24-0015 (SPECIAL USE – PUBLIC HEARING) is a special use request of Mobile South eld LLC to add beer/wine/ liquor sales to an existing gas station/convenience store at 25826 South eld Road, South eld, Michigan (Parcel 24-24301-001).

PSP24-0012 (SITE PLAN REVIEW) is a site plan review request of Mobile South eld LLC to add beer/wine/liquor sales to an existing gas station/convenience store at 25826 South eld Road, South eld, Michigan (Parcel 24-24-301-001).

Written comments may be delivered to the City Clerk’s of ce, 26000 Evergreen Road, P.O. Box 2055, South eld, MI 480372055, prior to the meeting.

Questions regarding this matter should be directed to the Planning Department at (248) 796-4150 or tpaison@cityofsouth eld.com

JANET JACKSON – CITY CLERK

Individuals with special needs who plan to attend this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 248-354-4831 (TDD). If auxiliary aids or services are needed, reasonable advance notice is required.

Published: South eld Sun 08/01/2024 0422-2431

Dog park

from page 1A

“For a long time, former council person and former Mayor Brenda Lawrence has asked for a dog park in the city of Southfield. We’re finally doing what Brenda wanted. Thank you very much. Right now, we’re just doing the dog park. We’re looking at future development of the park down the road, but we’re happy to have a dog park at Lahser Woods.”

The 3-acre dog park will include 1.5 acres for small dogs and 1.5 acres for larger dogs, with a 33-car gravel parking lot, including five paved Americans with Disabilities Act parking spots, which was updated from three to five after Southfield Mayor Ken Siver expressed the need for more accessible spaces at the last council meeting.

Fields, the director of the Southfield Parks and Recreation Department, thanked the council members for their feedback.

“We’re feeling really good about all the work that’s been done, the support that you’ve given going forward, and the questions that you’ve asked, because it makes us tweak our game as we move,” Fields said.

“So, thank you.”

Fields said that another one of the adjustments that’s been made to the plan includes changing from the planned 4-foot-high fence around the dog park to a 5-foot-high fence to ensure that dogs don’t jump the fence.

The Lahser Woods dog park will include a fenced-in area with a key fob system. People will register by submitting vaccination information and their dog license, and they will be required to watch a training orientation on dog park conduct to ensure that everyone is on the same page.

See DOG PARK on page 13A

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

The first phase of the dog park will include 1,700 feet of pathway, benches, bollards to light the path for safety during the evenings, bike racks, the leveling of the berm, and some tree removals.

profit organization dedicated to “furthering public art projects throughout Southfield.” Attendees are advised to bring either a lawn chair or a blanket for seating.

The Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival is sponsored by the city of Southfield, The Chemico Group, Varsity Lincoln, Star Lincoln, Lume Cannabis Co., D’Bo’s Daiquiris, Holly Construction, Moulden LLC, MGM Grand Casino, Avis Ford, GoHealth Urgent Care, DWM Enterprise LLC, The Masters Commission of Greater Grace Temple, Dirty Dog Jazz Café, Grand Tavern and Comcast.

The second annual Lathrup Village Music Festival will be held noon-11 p.m. Aug. 10 at Municipal Park, behind City Hall, 27400 Southfield Road.

This year’s music lineup features Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, Thornetta Davis, former member of Parliament Funkadelic vocalist Paul Hill, funk/rock artist Nadir Omowale, Lathrup resident and internationally renowned DJ Sillygirlcarmen, Cast Iron Cornbread, St.Even Gulian, and Michael O’Brien and the Distractions. The music festival will also feature wine from Vintage Village Wine Shop and craft beer from Dog and Pony Show Brewing in Oak Park, as well as food trucks and other vendors.

Sponsors for the festival include the Lathrup Village Downtown Development Authority, Oakland County, Dog and Pony Show Brewing, Vintage Village Wine Shop, Home Depot, Giffels Webster, Community Congregational Church, Mykale “Kelly” Garrett, Surnow Co., Quality Roots, Fortson Dentistry, Papa’s Pizza, Martin Sema, Sen. Jeremy Moss, Baker and Elowsky LLC, DTE, and the Jagged Fork.

Lauren Beras, one of the event coordinators for the Lathrup Village Music Festival, explained it was a “happy little accident” that Lathrup Village’s Music Festival fell on the same weekend as the Kimmie Horne Jazz Fes-

tival in Southfield.

“We can’t help but be proud that Kimmie Horne came from Lathrup Village,” she said. “It’s beautiful. And she just is so big that Lathrup Village couldn’t contain the festival, as it turned out, and it went to Southfield.”

Beras said that the idea for the festival came when a friend who was the deacon of giving at his church approached her with a donation.

“He said, ‘I will give you $1,000 if you can put an event together that will draw the community together.’ So we thought about it. I mean, $1,000 was a generous gift, but it wasn’t going to do much for 4,500 people. How could we draw all these people together with $1,000? So, I gathered two of my friends, Adam Laurie and Jason Hammond. I said, ‘Hey guys, I have this challenge, and I want you in on it.’”

Beras approached the Lathrup Village DDA with the idea, and they told her that they had wanted to do something like this for a while, and they planned the music festival within nine weeks.

With 22 vendors, five food trucks and eight musicians, Beras emphasized the importance of ensuring that the festival reflected the diversity of Lathrup Village. Michael O’Brien, a Lathrup Village resident of 20 years and a performer at this year’s music festival, echoed Beras’ sentiment.

“I always describe Lathrup to everyone who asks, ‘Well, what’s it like there?’ It’s sort of like a multicultural Mayberry. It’s a very sort of hometown feel. There’s still concerts in the park, and people going to the park sharing picnic baskets and neighbors helping one another out and taking care of one another. And the great nuance of that here is that it’s also a completely religiously, ethnically diverse community that still welcomes everyone.”

O’Brien plays “anything with strings.” His band has been together for over 20 years and plays the traditional Irish folk music he remembers his late father playing around a campfire all the way to a Violent Femmes

See MUSIC on page 18A

Agility

from page 6A

ity kind of came up across the pond, if you will. It originated in England, and I saw that, and I just got hooked. For the most part, I haven’t looked back. And I don’t do much else dogwise at all. Agility is just more fun than everything else was.”

Slade was also a pioneer in American agility competitions and has been competing for around 40 years. She explained that a friend signed her up for a class, and she was hooked.

“She only stayed in agility for a year, but I got the bug,” she said.

She added that Maverick will turn 10 in September and has been competing in the American Kennel Club and the United States Dog Agility Association competitions since he was 15 weeks old.

Slade explained that Maverick has been No. 1 one in AKC since he was 3 years old.

“I’m not as big into USDAA as Jeremy is. Maverick is the No. 1 corgi in AKC, and to keep him No. 1, I have to show a lot of AKC, so I limit how much Jeremy can show him in the other venue just because I want to keep Maverick No. 1.”

She added that AKC tends to be more

generous with running times than the USDAA.

Gerhard explained that he enjoys the handling aspect of agility competitions and the involvement that comes with running a dog. As a veterinary tech, he loves helping and caring for animals. As an agility competition handler, he appreciates the sport and fun of training. He added that popular breeds for agility include smaller breeds like corgis and papillons, as well as herding breeds, the Shetland sheepdogs and border collies.

In addition to competing, Gerhard serves as the secretary and trial chair for Canine Combustion Dog Agility Club, the oldest agility club in Michigan with around 22 members.

Gerhard joked that Maverick is a slug during practice but a star in front of a crowd.

Slade agreed.

“Now, at practice, Maverick jogs. When Jeremy first was going to try out for the very first time on the world team, I have a class that’s only a mile away from me, and I told Jeremy, ‘Come down for my class, and you can work with the class,’ because they never trained together,” she said. “So he came down to practice, and I had forgot to mention to Jeremy at that point that Maverick doesn’t run at practice. Of course, he

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gets into the atmosphere of a show. He just doesn’t put on any effort at a class. He came down and worked with him and said, ‘He’s not running.’ I said, ‘He never does at class.’ ‘This is pointless,’ Jeremy said. I said, ‘This is what I deal with on a regular basis.’ I never get a chance to work him at it like he does at a show because he gets into the crowd.”

For more information on the United

States Dog Agility Association, visit www. usdaa.com.

To learn more about the American Kennel Club, visit www.akc.org.

For more information on the Canine Combustion Dog Agility Club, visit www. caninecombustion.com.

Call Staff Writer Kathryn Pentiuk at (586) 498-1070.

msgcu.org/heloan

Oil

spill from page 7A

that, but we are so on edge to make sure everything is done right, and even, like, all the particulates in the air,” Turnbull said. “Asbestos, we’re about a 10th of what you can be, about 20 monitors around that, but because we’re right in the middle of town — towns on one side, there’s a sub on the other side — so, with the asbestos and dust we have to be very protective. We put down for dust calcium chloride. We have three water trucks going around there, water cannons, and we even have a dust bath that trucks come out of there and we have a cleaner going up and down.”

On June 26, the Friends of the Rouge, a nonprofit founded in 1986 to protect and restore the Rouge River, addressed Turnbull in a letter.

“This oil spill threatens the Rouge River and surrounding watershed for 30 miles downstream of the site,” states the letter. “Toxic to aquatic life, the introduction of petroleum based products into the ecosystem can lead to long-term ecological challenges,” Jessica Eiland Anders, the president of the board of directors of the Friends, stated. “This spill also poses a threat to the habitat improvement projects downstream. Millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent to restore Newburgh and Nankin Lakes and have included an accessible fishing pier and kayak launch. How will anglers and boaters who are now using these lakes respond to oil in the water and decline of the ecosystem?

How will this spill affect Wilcox and Phoenix Lakes that are currently being restored as well as the numerous habitat restoration projects downstream?”

The group asked that the city of Northville investigate the oil spill and determine how it happened and what measures need to be put in place to ensure that a repeat incident does not occur during the demolition and development of the site. The Friends also called for the city to identify areas for improvement, for stricter safety standards to be implemented, and to be part of the review and remediation activities.

“It was very troubling to us that this was allowed to happen, that any amount of oil was allowed to spill, and they said it was a mix of oil and kerosene,” Sally Petrella, the monitoring manager for the Friends, said. “I’m sure there were other chemicals in there, too, because these were 55-gallon drums that had been stored at the site for who knows how long. So, I don’t know if there were any other hazardous materials. Now we’ve been told that it’s all being cleaned up and that they’re doing monitoring to test for water quality, but who knows what went into the river prior to them discovering it, and who knows what the impact for this will be long term.”

Petrella added that a big concern is that this time of year, many aquatic insects are hatching. She explained that due to their sensitivity, they might not survive the contamination, and since they’re at the bottom of the food chain, the fish will have less to eat, and what they do have to eat could be contaminated.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

Pictured is the middle Rouge River in Hines Park. Sally Petrella, a monitoring manager for the Friends of the Rouge, explained that an exciting part of the Downs project is the daylighting of a quarter-mile of the River Rouge that was re-routed into a concrete culvert and buried in the 1960s.

Dog park

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“We’re going to be a team,” Fields said. “If the clerk’s office is doing a license, or animal control or the Police Department, we really want to make sure that everybody’s on

the same page, because there’s going to be a learning curve as we go forward.”

Phase one of the project is estimated to cost around $493,000 and is set to begin in August or September, with a finish date of spring 2025. This phase will start with 1,700 feet of pathway in the dog park, along with some benches and bollards to light the path

Cold Stone Creamery and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory celebrate grand opening in Southfield

Cold Stone Creamery and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory celebrated their ribbon cutting/ grand opening event July 19 in Southfield.

Owners Bill and Gus Sweiss unveiled the new store with a brief public ceremony and discounts on ice cream and chocolates throughout the celebration weekend.

for safety during the evenings, bike racks, the leveling of the berm and some tree removals. Phase two, if approved, may include shade structures and some adult fitness equipment.

City Administer Fred Zorn explained that the goal is to complete the new pathway, which will be located off Stevenson Elementary School and will run through the park, neighboring the Young Israel of Southfield Synagogue. Zorn said that the goal is to accelerate the path design to be completed either by the first or middle of September, before Rosh Hashanah, which is Oct. 2-4.

“We pride ourselves in being a diverse community with different religions,” he said. “We’re trying to accommodate those who walk to the synagogue on their sabbath.”

Councilwoman Coretta Houge addressed the use of money toward the dog park versus helping residents with recovery

from recent storms.

“I just wanted to share with our residents that this was possible because of grants that we got, and so we’re leveraging money that we received that has to go to a project like this, so I just wanted to make sure that that’s out there so that our residents don’t think we’re insensitive to their challenges. But this was earmarked by a grant that has to be used in this fashion, so I just want to say that, and thank you (Fields) for all your work toward this,”

Fields noted that the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Department contributed $100,000 toward the development.

For more information on the Lahser Woods dog park, call (248) 796-4620 or visit www.cityofsouthfield.com.

Call Staff Writer Kathryn Pentiuk at (586) 498-1070.

For information, visit Cold Stone Creamery and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory at 25217 Evergreen Road in Southfield, call (248) 728-4546 or visit coldstonecreamery.com.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

Lahser Woods is about to become home to Southfield’s first-ever dog park. The 3-acre dog park will be split into 1.5 acres for big dogs and 1.5 acres for smaller dogs.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

14A/ SOUTHFIELD SUN • AUG. 1, 2024

AUG. 1

Blood drive: Noon-6 p.m., Southfield Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen Road, (800) 733-2767, redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: Southfield)

AUG. 1-4

‘Twelfth Night’: Performance by Shakespeare Royal Oak, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-3 and 3 p.m. Aug. 4, Starr Jaycee Park, 1321 W. 13 Mile Road, (248) 399-3727, shakespeareroyaloak.com

AUG. 10

Lathrup Village Music Festival: Featuring Stacey Hotwaxx Hale (house music), Thornetta Davis (blues), Paul Hill (funk/rock) and many more, plus adult beverages and food trucks, noon-11 p.m., Municipal Park, behind City Hall, 27400 Southfield Road, rain date Aug. 11, (248) 557-2600, lathrupvillage.org

AUG. 16-17

Woodward Dream Cruise: Officially held 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 17, participating cities along 16-mile radius of M-1 include Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Huntington Woods, Berkley, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township and Pontiac, more events for both days at woodwarddreamcruise.com

AUG. 19

Health and Housing Summer Fest: Free resources

for WIC, home care and nutrition services, dental and vision screenings, lactation consultants, child seat safety demonstrations, and more, plus bounce house, rock-climbing wall, lawn games, yoga/movement activities, raffles and more, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Catalpa Oaks County Park, 27705 Greenfield Road in Southfield, oakgov.com/community/health, RSVP to bit.ly/3YcziJq

ONGOING

Outdoor pools: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, also food trucks on select dates, Franklin Athletic Club, 29350 Northwestern Highway in Southfield, (248) 352-8000, franklinclub.com

• Special times for Southfield residents include 6:308:30 p.m. Aug. 3-4, Oak Park Pool, 14300 Oak Park Blvd., (248) 691-7555

Eat to the Beat lunchtime concert series: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 8 (Denise Davis & The Motor City Sensations) and Sept. 12 (Kathleen Murray Band), also food trucks, Southfield Municipal Campus front lawn, 26000 Evergreen Road, cityofsouthfield.com, (248) 796-4620

Optimist Club of Southfield-Lathrup Village: Meets 6:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of month via Zoom,

southfield-lathrupvillageoptimists.org, slvoptimist@ gmail.com

Real estate exam study group: Free classes 6-8 p.m. Thursdays, Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road, (734) 644-3947

Support group for birth moms: For those who relinquished their children for adoption, also light meal, 6:30-8:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of month, Christian Family Services, 17105 W. 12 Mile Road in Southfield, Sarah@CFS-Michigan.org

Farmers markets: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays until Oct. 3, Oak Park Community Center, 14300 Oak Park Blvd., oakparkmi.gov

• 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, also antiques and collectibles 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, 316 E. 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak, (248) 246-3276, more on Facebook

• Also live music, kids activities and food truck, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 11 and 25, Clawson City Park, 1080 N. Custer Ave., see full schedule at cityofclawson.com

• 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays until Oct. 31, South Robina Avenue at 12 Mile Road in Berkley, (248) 658-3353, berkleyfarmersmarket.com

CLASS REUNIONS

Birmingham Groves High School Class of 1984: 40-year reunion events include brunch at Beverly Park, Tigers game, tour of school’s new outdoor athletic facilities, and stay and celebration at Somerset Inn, Aug. 1-3, myevent.com/ grovesclassof84

Cousino High School Class of 1969: 55-year reunion, classes of 1967-1971 also welcome, 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Roger’s Roost, 33262 Schoenherr Road in Sterling Heights, RSVP to Larry Wilk at lwilk@comcast.net

Mount Clemens High School - All Alumni Night: Cash food and refreshments, 5 p.m. Sept. 13, Rec Bowl, 40 Crocker Blvd. in Mount Clemens, contact Ron Hiestand at (586) 463-6386 or drron82@yahoo.com with questions

Osborn High School Class of 1974: 50-year reunion includes dinner and open bar, 6-11 p.m. Sept. 20, Blossom Heath Inn, 24800 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, osborn1974.com

Grosse Pointe North High School Class of 1974: 50-year reunion includes cash bar, food stations, photo booth and GPN gift, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 21, Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, 788 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores, also casual gathering 7 p.m. Sept. 20, WaterMark Bar and Grille, 24420 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, grossepointenorth1974.com

LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SOUTHFIELD

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NOTICE REGARDING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE #24-16

The City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding:

The appellant, Samuel Kirkland, representing the owner, Andy Attisha/Southfeld & Ten Properties L.L.C., is requesting the following waiver from the Board:

1. A waiver for two roof signs (Two-28.8 sf each proposed, 0 sf permitted).

The property is located on the East side of Southfeld Road, North of Ten Mile, between Ten Mile Road and Hilton at 25080 Southfeld Road, Sidwell Parcel # 76-24-24-353-001 zoned (B-3) General Business.

This appeal is to Chapter 99, Article III, Section 8.46, (8) more commonly known as the Sign Ordinance.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.

City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals

Janet Jackson City Clerk

Published: Southfeld Sun 08/01/2024

The new connected vehicle technology will be installed at five intersections throughout Oakland County and will alert drivers to potential hazards, such as vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, deer, etc., regardless of whether they are in view.

Road safety

celerating to pull out right in front of you — that car will tell your car that that’s about to happen. Ultimately, someday, your car will automatically break. In the near term, that’ll probably just give you a warning that, ‘Hey, there’s a car. Warning, there’s a car about to pull out in front view.’”

The connected vehicle technology will alert drivers to potential hazards such as vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, deer, etc., regardless of whether they are in view.

This technology is part of a project called “Leading in Sustainable Safety with Technology,” funded through a $2 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build a model for deploying safety-critical communication technology nationwide. The grant was a Stage 1 Planning and Prototyping Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant.

The city of Southfield paid around $1,600 to bring the equipment to LTU for the demonstration.

“This technology makes so much sense,” Southfield City Administrator Fred Zorn said. “We make cars here. We got all this engineering talent. We’re doing so much in Southfield, particularly our businesses that are involved in the driverless technology, and that this is all of this stuff coming together. Lawrence Tech has faculty members on the committee. I think there are two LTU persons, myself, Erin from P3Mobility, and Craig Bryson from the Road Commission.”

posal included a test implementation of the technology with the goal of proving that the technology works and looking into a funding model that could be used to expand nationwide to help speed up the implementation of this technology.

Bryson added that for the last 30 years, Oakland County has either had the lowest fatality rate in Michigan or tied for the lowest. He explained that this is because the Road Commission was one of the first road agencies in the country to start using crash data to identify projects and project design.

“We look at where the crashes are. We look at what’s causing them,” he said. “Is it something in the design of the road that can be corrected? For example, every year, we totally reconstruct a mile or two of road. We look at where the crashes are and the high crash locations. If we identify a road segment that has high crashes, and we can determine that those crashes are at least in part based on something in the design of the road, that project will rise to the top of our list so that we can correct that when we redesign the project for the reconstruction.”

Bryson shared that according to 2023 data, Oakland County had a traffic fatality rate of 0.46, which is the number of fatalities per 100 million miles of vehicle travel. The national rate was 1.35, and Michigan’s rate was 1.15.

Erin Milligan is the founder and CEO of P3Mobility, a seven-year-old technology startup with the mission to “improve safety, mobility, and sustainability through Connected Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology.”

Milligan said that the average annual

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Bryson explained that the grant pro-

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cover with accordion and mandolin, giving the song a “Celtic folky spin to it. So it’s kind of like a little bit of Irish mayhem.”

Horne describes her music festival as a “boutique” festival that she’s carefully curated to be a unique experience featuring her favorite things and an array of options for festivalgoers to enjoy.

“Sometimes, people will say, ‘What makes your festival unique and different?’ And I say, ‘Because I’m an artist, and I’m putting the emphasis on the Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival as like a musical family affair.’ It really is a place for music, fitness and fun, and food for everyone to enjoy. So the emphasis is not put on the performer so much. It’s put on the full experience of what you get,” she said.

The Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival originated in Lathrup Village in 2016, but it soon

grew too big to be held there, so it moved to Southfield in 2018. Since then, the festival has become a signature event in Southfield.

Horne remarked that the festival feels sentimental to her after almost a decade. She said that she’s the last one to leave on Saturday night, and early on Sunday morning, she’s the first one back on the Municipal Campus before everything is torn down.

“As soon as the sun is up, I’m out there. I’m back out there … and I reflect, and I take in all of the success that has been, all of the moments that have passed through. I mean, the journey of the whole festival, I reflect on that, and that’s like my Sunday morning prayer and my gratefulness; my gratitude moment is Sunday morning there at the festival.”

For more information on the Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival, visit www.cityofsouth field.com and search ‘Kimmie Horne.’

For more information, visit www.lathrup village.org or contact Adam Laurie at lvmfest@ gmail.com.

ORDINANCE NO. 2024-03

CITY OF LATHRUP VILLAGE

OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

Notice is hereby given that the City of Lathrup Village Council has adopted Ordinance No. 2024-04, which is an Ordinance to amend Chapter 14. Buildings and Building Regulations, Article VIII. Swimming Pools, Section 14-183. Fencing of the City of Lathrup Village Code of Ordinances to be consistent with the City Zoning Ordinance as to the permissible construction materials.

This Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on Monday, July 15, 2024. This Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after the date of its publication. A complete copy of the Ordinance is available for public use and inspection at the offce of the City Clerk.

Alisa Emanuel, City Clerk

City of Lathrup Village 27400 Southfeld Road Lathrup Village, MI 48076 (248) 557-2600

Published: 08/01/2024 Southfeld Sun

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NOTICE REGARDING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE #24-18

The City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding:

The appellant, Phillips Sign & Lighting Inc., representing the owner, Beaumont Health, is requesting the following waiver from the Board:

1. A waiver of wall sign area (316 sf proposed, 200 sf permitted).

The property is located on the South side of Northwestern Highway between Northwestern Service Drive and Beaumont Boulevard at 26901 Beaumont Boulevard, Building B, Sidwell Parcel # 76-24-21-100-122, zoned (ERO-M) Educational-Research-Offce-Limited.

This appeal is to Chapter 99, Article VIII, Section 8.56, (1)(b) more commonly known as the Sign Ordinance. This is a public hearing. If interested, you are encouraged to appear in person. You may have a representative (attorney or agent) appear in your presence to make the Board aware of your opinion. When appearing before the Board, please speak slowly and distinctly so that your testimony may be accurately recorded.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.

City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals

Janet Jackson City Clerk

NOTICE OF BIDS

The City of Southfeld will receive proposals for the following item(s) until the time and date indicated: Lahser Woods Park Improvements and Beech Woods Park Trail Extension, August 13, 2024, at 11:00 AM Local Time Specifcations are available on www.mitn.info . NIGP codes are 98854,91347,91313,91394,91336,91223,28536. Questions contact the Purchasing Department at purchasingdept@cityofsouthfeld.com.

Janet Jackson, City Clerk

Published: Southfeld Sun 08/01/2024

ORDINANCE NO. 2024-02

CITY OF LATHRUP VILLAGE OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

0139-2431

Published: Southfeld Sun 08/01/2024

Notice is hereby given that the City of Lathrup Village Council has adopted Ordinance No. 2024-02, which is an Ordinance to amend Chapter 46. Miscellaneous Offense Provisions, Forfeitures, and Penalties, Article XII. Parks and Recreation Protection of the City of Lathrup Village Code of Ordinances to allow users the ability to request City Council authorization by resolution to host events that would otherwise be prohibited by this section. This Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on Monday, July 15, 2024. This Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after the date of its publication. A complete copy of the Ordinance is available for public use and inspection at the offce of the City Clerk.

Alisa Emanuel, City Clerk City of Lathrup Village 27400 Southfeld Road Lathrup Village, MI 48076 (248) 557-2600

Published: 08/01/2024 Southfeld Sun

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NOTICE REGARDING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE #24-17

The City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding:

The appellant, Rebecca Godin/Phillips Sign & Lighting, representing the owner, Paul Lutfy/ 24520 Twelve Mile Southfeld L.L.C., is requesting the following waiver from the Board:

1. A waiver of wall sign area (61.04 sf proposed, 34 sf permitted).

The property is located on the North side of Twelve Mile Road between Telegraph Road and Lockdale at 24508 W. Twelve Mile Road, Sidwell Parcel # 76-24-08-451-009, zoned (B-3) General Business.

This appeal is to Chapter 99, Article XI, Section 8.59, (1) (c), more commonly known as the Sign Ordinance.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.

City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals

0417-2431

Published: Southfeld Sun 08/01/2024

0135-2431

CRIME WATCH

Guitar stolen from car

SOUTHFIELD — Someone had their guitar stolen from their vehicle between 1:30 and 9:40 a.m. July 8 in the 26000 block of Berg Road, according to a police report.

Gunman knocks on hotel door

SOUTHFIELD — At 1:30 p.m. July 11, a guest heard a knock on the door of her

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cost of crashes near intersections in Oakland County is $445,299,720. She said that they believe this technology will save residents money and also save lives.

“The problem is safety,” she said. “There’s 40,000 people who lose their lives in traffic crashes every year, and hundreds of thousands whose lives are changed forever by injuries that they experience. On this chart over here, we talk about the cost of crashes in Oakland County alone. Each year in Oakland County, the cost of crashes is almost half a billion dollars, and that’s just to cover the economic costs like the property damage or medical bills. It doesn’t take into account any of the emotional suffering that comes as a whole result of a car crash,” she said. “We can save lives. It’s really important that people experience it, understand what it could do, and be open to it, because it’s always hard to embrace change, but it’s important.”

hotel room in the 27000 block of Northwestern Highway.

When the guest opened the door, there was a man with a gun pointing at her.

The guest ran out of the room and to the front desk, and the gunman fled the area. Nothing was taken and no one was injured during the incident.

$1K stolen in home invasion

SOUTHFIELD — Between 9 a.m. and 11:34 p.m. July 13, a resident discovered that her front door had been damaged, according

According to Bryson, if funding is secured, the next phase of the project would include the expansion into other areas of Oakland County.

Bryson explained that the connected vehicle technology aligns with what the Road Commission is all about.

“We have long been on the cutting edge of traffic technology here in Oakland County,” he said. “We were the first road agency in the nation to use a smart traffic signal system, where the signal detects the traffic at the intersection, and computer algorithms determine the best traffic signal timing to most efficiently move that traffic. We’re still one of the largest systems of that kind in the nation and really in the world. We remain on the cutting edge in that we have been a test bed for all kinds of connected vehicles and smart vehicle smart infrastructure technology.”

For more information on P3Mobility, visit p3mobility.com.

To learn more about the Road Commission for Oakland County, visit www. rcocweb.org.

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF

SOUTHFIELD

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NOTICE REGARDING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE #24-19

The City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding:

The appellant, Sean Davis, representing the owner Jacqueline D. Pippen, is requesting the following waiver from the Board:

1. To reduce the side yard setback to allow for an addition to existing house (3’ minimum setback proposed, 8’ minimum setback required)

The property is located on the west side of Lexington Parkway between Spring Arbor and W. 11 Mile Road at 27055 Lexington Parkway, Sidwell Parcel #76-24-13-382-014, zoned (R-A) Single Family Residential.

This appeal is to Chapter 45, Article 22, Section 5.193 of the Southfeld City Code, more commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.

City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals

Janet Jackson

City Clerk

to a police report. Approximately $1,000 in cash was taken from the home, located in the 26000 block of West 12 Mile Road.

Witness reports car stolen

SOUTHFIELD — A caller told Southfield police that they observed four to five males break out of a window of a 2023 Kia Forte at 12:37 a.m. July 14 in the 25000 block of Grodan Drive. The caller said the men started the car and left.

Police apprehend car thief

SOUTHFIELD — A 2021 Mazda CX-9 was stolen from the 28000 block of Franklin Road at 9:38 p.m. July 11. Officers located the stolen vehicle as it was leaving the immediate area, and a chase ensued. The chase resulted in the suspect exiting the vehicle and fleeing on foot, but officers apprehended him.

— Kathryn Pentiuk

PUBLISHED LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & SITE PLAN REVIEWS

PLANNING COMMISSION

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 6:30 P.M., Local Time, in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld, Michigan, at which time and place the Southfeld Planning Commission will consider the following requests pursuant to Title V, Zoning and Planning, Chapter 45, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Southfeld, to wit:

PCZR24-0003 (CONDITIONAL REZONING) is a request of Ned Hakim, Next Generations Development, LLC, to conditionally rezone the parcels at 22599-22575 Telegraph Road, Southfeld, Michigan (Parcels 24-32-226-020 and -036) from I-1 Industrial to B-3, General Business to permit construction of a new gas station/convenience store with alcohol sales and a drive-thru/carry-out restaurant.

PSLU24-0016 (SPECIAL USE) is a request of Ned Hakim, Next Generations Development, LLC, to permit construction of a new gas station/convenience store with alcohol sales and a drive-thru/carry-out restaurant at 22599-22575 Telegraph Road, Southfeld, Michigan (Parcels 24-32-226-020 and -036).

PSP24-0014 (SITE PLAN REVIEW) is a request of Ned Hakim, Next Generations Development, LLC, to permit construction of a new gas station/convenience store with alcohol sales and a drive-thru/carry-out restaurant at 22599-22575 Telegraph Road, Southfeld, Michigan (Parcels 24-32-226-020 and -036).

PZR24-0009 (REZONING) is a request of the Family Victory Fellowship Church, to rezone the parcel at 19421 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfeld, Michigan (Parcel 24-26-126-030) from OS Offce Service and R-E Single Family to all OS Offce Service. Churches being a permitted use in the OS district.

PSP24-0013 (SITE PLAN REVIEW) is a request of the Family Victory Fellowship Church, to establish an approved site plan for existing church and to permit construction of a new storage shed at 19421 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfeld, Michigan (Parcel 24-26-126-030).

PZR24-0010 (REZONING) is a request of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, to rezone the parcel at 25100 Northwestern Hwy, Southfeld, Michigan (Parcel 24-22-426-004) from B-3 General Business to RC Regional Center to permit the conversion of the existing hotel into a multiple family residential use.

PSP24-0015 (SITE PLAN REVIEW) is a request of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, to convert an existing hotel to a Veterans Village (housing and services for Veterans) at 25100 Northwestern Hwy, Southfeld, Michigan (Parcel 24-22-426-004).

Written comments may be mailed to the Planning Department, 26000 Evergreen Road, P.O. Box 2055, Southfeld, MI 480372055, prior to the meeting.

Questions regarding this matter should be directed to the Planning Department at (248) 796-4150 or tpaison@cityofsouthfeld.com

JANET JACKSON – CITY CLERK

Individuals with special needs who plan to attend this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Offce at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 248-354-4831 (TDD). If auxiliary aids or services are needed, reasonable advance notice is required.

Published: Southfeld Sun 08/01/2024

Oil spill

Petrella added that although the Friends have not received a response from Northville, the Wayne County Commission reached out. They assured the Friends that they would make sure that it was properly cleaned up and that there was no threat to human life.

“The one exciting thing about the development at Northville Downs is that they agreed to daylight the river, because the river goes underneath Northville Downs, which is terrible for the river. So it’s going to be a great project to daylight it, but we were just so surprised that now we have this damage before they even started the process,” Petrella said.

In April, the first Rouge River Watershed Report Card prepared by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences stated that the Rouge River has a D+ (36%) grade. The report card measures six different values in the watershed: water, economy, ecosystem, human health, infrastructure and recreation.

According to the Friends, they were informed about the oil spill by a Northville resident of 33 years and a Friend of the Rouge, Jeff Snyder, on June 22, who witnessed a boom placed downstream from the Downs to contain the oil. He explained that he was aware that there had been an oil spill the day before.

“I was headed out for a bike ride and I just happened to get a text from a friend that indicated someone was at the bridge outside of the site in Hines Park, and there was a boom set in there, just a small one, and that was backed up with oil. It’s no further than the next several hundred feet from my home, so I went over and looked. Sure enough, it was backed up with oil,” he said. Snyder and his friend watched as two firefighters pulled up and began examining the river. “They could see that oil had built up. Unfortunately, you could see that one side of the boom wasn’t down flat in the water, so oil was leaking around to the east side, continuing down the river.” He added that he alerted them to that situation. He said that the night before, his friend had driven by the site and witnessed the river being pumped. His friend approached with his camera, but was told not to photograph the river and that what was going on was none of his business, Snyder said.

On July 17, Snyder and other Northville residents filed a lawsuit against the city of Northville, Hunter Pasteur Northville LLC and Toll Northeast V Corp. in Wayne County Circuit Court for environmental and health concerns.

Sally Petrella expressed concern for Johnson Creek, a coldwater tributary just upstream from where the oil spill occurred. Petrella mentioned that Johnson Creek is one of the healthiest parts of the Rouge River. She shared that the monitoring team had recently discovered a sensitive minnow species in Johnson Creek called the redside dace, which is endangered in Michigan.

“Hunter Pasteur and the city of Northville have ignored all those requirements and statutes that require them to maintain all the dust on-site. And when I say it’s dust, it is billowing like a desert sandstorm into adjacent neighborhoods, and we don’t know what’s in it. These vehicles are driving all over these known contaminated zones, kicking up dust day in and day out,” Snyder said. “All we’re asking from them, from the city and Hunter Pasteur, is to adhere to the law. Just follow the law””

Northville City Manager George Lahanas issued a statement on the lawsuit.

“City administration has reviewed the lawsuit and is confident that our oversight of the Downs construction site is consistent with law, policy and best practices,” he stated. “The City always prioritizes the health, safety and welfare of our residents and will continue to do so. Further, the City Attorney will defend this matter vigorously. We will be offering no further comments on this item as it is pending litigation.”

For more information on the Downs Development in Northville, visit www. ci.northville.mi.us or northvilledowns.info.

For more information on the Friends of the Rouge, visit therouge.org.

To view the Rouge River’s Report Card, visit an.umces.edu/publications/rouge-riverwatershed-report-card/

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

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