June 2021

June 2021 DPS News June – What a busy month we’ve had with many construction projects throughout the City moving forward and a TON of rain! The City saw flooding like its never seen before but our team was there and resolved any issues as quickly as possible (see more information in the pages that follow). We saw the completion of the Auburn Road Corridor with the Splash Pad and Plaza opening this month. Our Detroit Area Rain Totals operations team continues to be busy with the normal summer routine and preventative maintenance tasks such as road grading and crack sealing. Our engineering team continues to work on the many MissDig requests, private project inspections, GIS and Roadsoft updates as well as completing many of the unfunded mandates related to our water system. Our Lead and Copper testing letters recently went out with testing commencing in the next month or so. Also this month, our Management team met with the Road Commission for Oakland County to coordinate on upcoming projects within our City. We are really looking forward to the start of the reconstruction near Yates Cider Mill. We were also pleased to see that the Governor proclaimed an Essential Worker Appreciation Day! See excerpt below: June 17, 2021: Essential Worker Appreciation Day Proclamation WHEREAS, during the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers have continued their work on the frontlines to protect the health, well-being, and safety of Michigan residents; and, WHEREAS, essential workers include health care workers, direct care workers, nursing home workers, local public health workers, educators and school staff, food service and grocery store workers, gas station attendants, construction workers, utility workers, post officers, social service workers, delivery service workers, law enforcement officers, security officers, corrections officers, manufacturers who converted to making respirators, face shields, and hand sanitizers, janitors, transit workers, truck drivers, emergency service workers, and other public servants; and, NOW,THEREFORE, I, Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, do hereby proclaim June 17, 2021 as Essential Worker Appreciation Day in Michigan.

Clinton River Trail Adam Kemmer going way Total washout just southwest of beyond the call of duty to find a Livernois. Received many thanks from the Parks Department and drainage structure, clear the others for fixing this issue in a debris and alleviate the flooding very timely manner. behind a couple of residential properties

2021 Construction Projects Concrete Program #1 – Northwest side of the City Projects continuing on schedule Concrete Program #2 – Southeast side of the City Projects continuing on schedule Asphalt Program – Butler Rd Water Main project Road closure, work progressing Tienken Manor/ Avon/Dequindre Project Grosse Pines Design Ongoing Ongoing pipe bursting Vactor disposal pad and crews are continuing to work in wash bay Design phase Tienken Manor. Crews will shift to Grosse Pines in August Hamlin Road Reconstruction East bound side complete, westbound now closed and removal has started

DPS Accomplishments Emergency Response Plan (ERP) June marked the completion of our ERP which is mandated by the EPA. We mobilized quickly, compiled a very thorough plan and certified with the EPA within the required deadline. The ERP is 220 pages and includes thorough information on the following: • Utility Information • Resiliency Strategies • Emergency Plan and Procedures • Mitigation Actions • Detection Strategies Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating (PASER) June also marked the completion of our PASER ratings which is a process whereby a team of employees drive the roads and apply a rating between 1 - 10. The team needs to consist of individuals that have met the training and certification requirements between 2018 and 2021. Here are the results of the latest rating: This percentage will decrease when the 2021 current construction projects are updated Thank you to the Fleet Team who followed the COVID precautions and installed a protective screen between the drivers seat and passenger seat of the vehicle to keep our rating team safe as they completed this project.

DPS Appreciation Thank you again for making the Leach Rd. Trailhead on the Clinton River Trail one of the best around….. Friends of the Clinton River Trail for the balance of the shade shelter; and, of course, the City of Rochester Hills for the concrete work, erecting the shade shelter, and overall site planning. Taken together they have resulted in a wonderful facility.- Fred. Meter Shop Thank You! Received a call from the resident at 3582 Sherborn. John was out there helping with his leaky meter. He wanted to call and say how great of a job he did and how knowledgeable he was. Wanted to let his supervisor know what a great guy he was. A resident on Little Creek called City Hall to thank the City for doing such an excellent job keeping her gravel road maintained. Traffic Calming Device appears to be working A great response from the RCOC in Shadowoods Subdivision On a Tuesday evening a resident sent an email concerning the condition of Dutton Road. Allan sent an Seth, I want to thank you and the City of email to RCOC who said they would be out soon.The Rochester Hills for the paint striping along very next morning we received a thank you from the Powderhorn Ridge. Although I did receive resident. emails from two residents who were not pleased with the striping, I received verbal Mr. Schneck - thanks from several other residents thanking ….they are out right now doing the stretch between me for the paint striping. The mere Adams and Brewster. I assume they’ll move to the observation of couples now walking side-by- stretch near Livernois next. Thanks again for the side in the walking paths shows the more assistance and the follow up. -Mr. Berard secure feeling residents have while walking along Powderhorn ridge. We won't From Susan Bowyer in response to a request: please everyone, but I'm confident that we made the correct decision. I look forward to Thank you for the follow up information. I appreciate the raised speed humps as soon as they can all you do across so many different platforms that are be scheduled. I am also hopeful that we can active in our community (roads, water, sewer, vehicles, eventually see a walkway resolution at the traffic....etc....). west entrance to Powderhorn ridge. Hi Mayor and Allan, On a closing note - one resident did mention A resident who lives on Tennyson stopped by the that he felt he had to drive slower to stay in Mayor's Office this afternoon. She just wanted to let us the traffic lanes. I assured him that this is the know about her positive experience and to thank you. intention. Someone from the City was working today on her street. She asked him if it was a repair and he said it Shadow Woods Homeowners was maintenance work. She said he was very polite Association Safety and Security Coordinator and she was very impressed that he was working in the rain when it wasn't even an emergency.

Other Department News Honking for Jasmine The DPS crews drove down Auburn Road honking and cheering for Jasmine, a young resident undergoing leukemia treatments. Paddlepalooza 2021 A great time was had by the 90 participants in this year’s race. We even had a deer take part this year ;)

Training Brian Vermander and Jason Rozell completed and passed the required testing for the following: • Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP®) • Lateral Assessment Certification Program (LACP®) • Manhole Assessment Certification Program (MACP®) We said farewell to Jim Dunn this month with a cookout in the garage as he embarks on a well deserved retirement. Congratulations to Mike Our vactor truck was Fairbrother on being actioned off and 2 drivers flew to Michigan to drive the promoted to a Mechanic II truck over 2,500 miles back to Washington State. New Mobile Lifts

For the first half of the year the meter shop has been very busy. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Meter work order 46 34 92 184 174 154 New Meter Installs 15 9 16 27 29 47 Meter change outs 9 14 53 41 46 42 Turns ons/offs 8 7 14 91 71 29 Stuck Meters 113233 Frozen meters 1 111 TRAINING All new employees have completed Forklift and Crane training Brian Vermander and Jsaon Rozell completed and passed the required testing for the following: NEOGOV We have almost completed all 72 of our mid-year performance conversations and all of our new laborers have completed their NEOGOV onboarding training that is required by our Field Services Manager, Chris Shepard.