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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD COUNTY OF OAKLAND LUZ RELIEF DRAINS EXTENSION NOTICE OF MEETING TO HEAR OBJECTIONS TO APPORTIONMENT OF COST OF ABOVE INTRA-COUNTY DRAIN PROJECT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the cost of the Luz Relief Drains Extension, which consists of locating, establishing, and constructing an intra-county drain project consisting of extending the Luz Relief Drains by adding a branch to said drain, which drain project is necessary for the public health, will be located in the Charter Township of Bloomfield and will serve property located entirely within the limits of the Charter Township of Bloomfield, all as more fully set forth in the petition filed by the Charter Township of Bloomfield with respect to the drain project, has been tentatively apportioned as follows, to wit: Public Corporation Tentative Percentage of Cost Charter Township of Bloomfield 59.1215% Road Commission for Oakland County, County of Oakland – on account of drainage of county highways 40.8785% NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Drainage Board for the Luz Relief Drains Extension, will meet at 2:00 p.m., prevailing Eastern Time, on the 24th day of February, 2026, in the Office of the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner, One Public Works Drive, Waterford, Michigan, for the purpose of hearing any objections to said apportionment. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the plans, specifications, route and course and estimate of cost of the Luz Relief Drains Extension and also a description of the area to be served thereby are on file in the office of the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner, One Public Works Drive, Waterford, Michigan. The estimated cost of the drain project is $1,200,000, but the apportionment percentages as finally established by the Drainage Board shall apply to the actual cost of the aforementioned portions of the drain project when finally completed. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that at said hearing the public corporations to be assessed, or any taxpayer thereof, will be entitled to be heard. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that after consideration of all objections to the apportionment the Drainage Board shall determine whether the apportionment fairly reflects the benefits to accrue to each public corporation and the extent to which each public corporation contributes to the conditions which make the drain project necessary. If the Drainage Board determines that the apportionment is equitable it will enter a Final Order of Apportionment confirming the apportionment. Section 483 of Act 40, Public Acts of Michigan, 1956, as amended, provides that the Final Order of Apportionment shall not be subject to attack in any court, except by proceedings in certiorari brought within 20 days after the order is filed in the office of the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner, with the Chairperson of the Drainage Board for the Luz Relief Drains Extension, and that if no such proceedings shall be brought within said 20 day period the legality of the assessments for the drain shall not thereafter be questioned in any suit at law or in equity, either on jurisdictional or nonjurisdictional grounds. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if the Drainage Board enters the Final Order of Apportionment a special assessment roll assessing the estimated cost of the drain project against said public corporations in accordance with the confirmed apportionment will be prepared and presented to the Drainage Board for approval. This notice is given to and for the benefit of the aforesaid mentioned public corporations and all taxpayers thereof by order of the Drainage Board for the Luz Relief Drains Extension. Jim Nash Chairperson of the Drainage Board for the Luz Relief Drains Extension; Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Dated: December 16, 2025 4923-9462-0697 v2 [9007-444]