PUBLIC NOTICE FOR

WORK IN A FLOODPLAIN

VILLAGE OF LAKE ORION

NOTICE AND PUBLIC EXPLANATION OF A PROPOSED ACTION IN A 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN

Project: Replace the existing concrete pedestrian bridge at Meek’s Park

TO: All interested agencies, groups, and individuals

The Village of Lake Orion will be conducting an evaluation of the following project under Executive Order 11988, “Floodplain Management” to determine potential effects that its decision to support an activity in a floodplain will have on the environment. The project being considered is to construct a pedestrian bridge that complies with ADA requirements to replace the existing concrete pedestrian bridge at an estimated cost of $150,000 over the Paint Creek at Meek’s Park at Washington Street. The Village of Lake Orion requests that any and all persons with an interest in the impact of the project to submit written comments regarding the nature of the project, adverse impacts of the project on the floodplain, possible practicable alternatives to the project in question, and proposed methods of mitigating adverse impacts. Comments should be addressed to Village of Lake Orion, K. Joseph Young, Manager, 21 E. Church St., Lake Orion, MI 48362 no later than March 29, 2019. The Village of Lake Orion will take written comments into account when performing its floodplain impact analysis and will publish a second public notice containing the results of said analysis on or about April 30, 2019. Other agencies involved with this evaluation include Oakland County Community and Home Improvement Division.

PUBLICATION DATES:

–Published Lake Orion Review on March 6, 2019

–Posted Village Hall, February 26, 2019

–Posted Village of Lake Orion Webpage, Feb. 26, 2019