LEGAL NOTICE

Walters Lake Improvement Board
Oakland County, Michigan

HEARING OF PRACTICABILITY AND HEARING OF ASSESSMENT

TAKE NOTICE that the Walters Lake Improvement Board will hold a public hearing at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at the Charter Township of Independence Office, 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Clarkston, Michigan to determine the practicability of a five-year improvement project for Walters Lake. The lake improvement project would include aquatic herbicide treatments, mechanical harvesting, lake management consulting, dam maintenance, and contingency. The project would begin in 2024 and continue through 2028, with an annual budget of $80,500 in 2024, and $60,500 in years 2025 – 2028.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a special assessment roll has been prepared and is available for public examination during normal business hours at the Charter Township of Independence, 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Clarkston, Michigan. Said special assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing the cost of the improvement project to benefiting properties.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, if the project is found practicable, the Walters Lake Improvement Board will hold a hearing of assessment immediately following the aforementioned hearing of practicability for the purpose of reviewing said special assessment roll and for hearing any objections thereto. An owner of or party with interest in real property to be assessed or his/her agent may appear in person to object to the special assessment or may protest such special assessment by letter filed with the Lake Board at or prior to the time of the hearing, in which case personal appearance is not required. Written objections may be filed with or mailed to the Walters Lake Improvement Board c/o Independence Township Treasurer, Charter Township of Independence, 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Clarkston, Michigan 48346.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the owner of or any party with interest in real property within the Walters Lake Special Assessment District who, having protested said special assessment either in person or in writing, may, within thirty (30) days after the confirmation of the special assessment roll has been published in a newspaper of general circulation, appeal such special assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal or other court of competent jurisdiction.
The above-referenced hearings are being held pursuant to Part 309 of Public Act No. 451 of 1994, as amended.
Walters Lake Improvement Board
Oakland County, Michigan