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LEGAL NOTICE Pontiac Lake Improvement Board Oakland County, Michigan HEARING OF PRACTICABILITY AND HEARING OF ASSESSMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Pontiac Lake Improvement Board will hold a public hearing at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at the White Lake Township Annex Building, 7527 Highland Road, White Lake, Michigan to determine the practicability of a five-year improvement project for Pontiac Lake. The lake improvement project would include weed harvesting, chemical application, equipment maintenance and replacement, operating expenses, storage lot seawall, water quality monitoring, approved scope extensions, administration fee, and contingency. The project would begin in 2027 and continue through 2031, with an annual budget of $393,271.41. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a special assessment roll has been prepared and is available for public examination during normal business hours at the White Lake Township Assessor’s Office, 7525 Highland Road, White Lake, 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 Pontiac 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. Act 186 of the Public Act of Michigan 1973, as amended provides that an owner of or party with interest in real property to be assessed or his/her agent may object to the special assessment or may protest such special assessment by letter filed with the Lake Improvement Board at or prior to the time of the hearing. Written objections may be filed with or mailed to the Pontiac Lake Improvement Board c/o White Lake Township Supervisor, 7525 Highland Road, White Lake, Michigan 48383-2900. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the owner of or any party with interest in real property within the Pontiac Lake Special Assessment District who, having protested said special assessment in writing during the hearing or prior to the hearing by mail, 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. Pontiac Lake Improvement Board White Lake Township, Oakland County, Michigan