JUNE-JULY 2023

This is a June/July Combo Edition! The summer has been extremely busy for all DPS/Engineering employees.We have multiple huge projects going on as well as our normal day-to-day stuff. There have also been many City events over the past two months that our employees were involved in such as Festival of the Hills, Paddlepalooza and Tons of Trucks! Keep up the great work and stay cool as the summer wraps up. Congratulations on our most recent DPS promotions: Tony Edwards to a Heavy Equipment Operator Zach Weninger to a Light Equipment Operator JUNE JULY September 20th DPS Picnic and Team Photo The Garage team continues to decorate the “Holiday Tree” in the lobby at the garage.

2023 Public Projects Updates 2023 Concrete Road Replacement Program Slumber Lane/Rambling Dr. • In Process 2023 Asphalt Road Rehabilitation Project • Brooklands, Adams Pathway – near completion • Cross Creek Speed Humps in progress Drexelgate Road between Livernois and Rochester • Water main replacement – near completion • Road and pathway construction - later in the summer Eastern Parking Lot Eastern Parking Lot • South side of the Auburn Road • Paving complete Rochester Knolls Subdivision • Water main replacement – starts in August Bloomer Park Paving • First parking lot done, • Second Parking lot in process Dutton Road Bridge Replacement Dutton Rd • Water Main/Sewer relocation, Bridge • Road closed until November Innovation Hills • Sanitary sewer extension • Design underway Avon/Dequindre/23 Mile Road • Water Main replacement • Roundabout construction to Be completed this month

Thanks to everyone that helped clean up the City after severe weather on Sunday June 25th. Shown here are Austin and Tony R clearing a tree from the roadway. June 4th Paddlepalooza – thanks to Tim Pollizzi for working on this event and representing the City along with Auburn Hills and Friends of the Clinton River.

TONS OF TRUCKS Thanks to all of the DPS Garage employees who spent Saturday, July 29th sharing their knowledge of all of our equipment with City residents, both young and old. Paul Davis was interviewed and participated in a panel discussion for America’s City and County Magazine after Rochester Hills was awarded the 2022 Crown Communities Award for the: Auburn Road Revitalization Project

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT Andrew Burdett and his son, Mason, do a lot mountain biking with the Rochester raptors at Addison Oaks, Riverbends and Stony creek, racing with the Michigan BMX state series. They have raced in Davision, Waterford, Grand Rapids and Lansing. Next year, Waterford Oaks BMX track will be hosting the Stars and Stripes National during 4th of July weekend, which will be a huge race for the state of Michigan. Andrew and his son Mason continue to collect many trophies as award-winning BMX racers. 2023 SOFTBALL SEASON RECAP The DPS softball team recently closed out their Spring 2023 Season. This year they really reinforced their reputation as a team that plays softball. After a bit of a rocky start, the team put together a big win about halfway through the season. From that point forward, it was full speed ahead with continuing to play softball games similar to earlier in the season. \"Absolutely no one could challenge us on the fact that we played softball in those games\" said Chris Shepard, the legendary pitcher who currently holds the team's all-time record for strikeouts, among other things. \"We were definitely there, and we definitely played softball.\" Stats for games, other than the above- mentioned \"big win“, are not available at this time. DPS Team members include Chris Shepard, Vince Jesue, Henry Ceniceros, Shawn VanBuskirk, Adam Bauman, Adam Kemmer and Trevor Muir