External Affairs Report April 2026
External Affairs Report February 2026
External Affairs Report April 2026
Community Development Update: Several projects are now progressing, the closest are the following:
Gateway Crossing at SW corner of Bogie Lake & M59 has the building foundation laid.
Edendale Crossing at NW corner of Bogie Lake & Cedar Island has preliminary site plan
approval. Zoning was changed from AG & R1 to Planned Development (PD)
Jax Car Wash at NW corner of Bogie Lake & M59 received preliminary site plan approval
White Lake Township Police
Jeffry Sutton was promoted from Officer to Sargeant on 3/17/26 and is our new PACT (Police and Community Together) coordinator. He reported the following stats for March.
81 calls for service:
75 – house checks
2 – welfare checks
2 – suspicious person
1 – peace officer detail
1 – vehicle drove through yard
Sargeant Gondek also reported the following stats for the month of February. 84 total calls for service:
80 - Vacation House Checks
1 – Car lockout
1 - Accident
1 – Response to a fall
1 – Animal complaint (dog bite)
RCOC – filled potholes on Biscayne, completing a service request I submitted in January and then updated in March. I submitted another service request for Ellinwood last week.
Shrink Wrap Recycling – please recycle – bags available for $10 at Treasurer’s office
Hazardous Waste Day – April 25th at Alpine Valley parking lot; 9:a – 1:p
Best Regards,
Steve Woodard, 2nd VP – External Affairs
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS – FEBRUARY 2026
There are many active projects in the approval process.
The Lasting Impressions project (White Lake Rd. & Coastal Pkwy) slowly continues work on their Final Site Plan.
The old Calvary Lutheran church site (M-59 & Sunnybeach Blvd), referred to now as 9101 Highland, appeared before the Planning Commission and was granted revised Special Land Use approval for an additional outdoor eating area, and their Final Site Plan was approved.
Final engineering plans are now under review. A residential project called Edendale Crossing (Bogie Lake Rd & Cedar Island Rd.) was considered by the Planning Commission on February 4th and received preliminary site approval at the February 17th Board meeting.
Tractor Supply is seeking approval for an addition within the garden center (east of the building) and that project is under review.
Vertical Bridge is requesting approval for a new cellular tower on Eric Drive (North of Cooley Lake Rd. & East of Ford Rd.) on a site that is approximately 5 acres in size. At the applicant's request, this project was postponed until one of the March Planning Commission meetings, in order to provide further analysis.
Finally, Jax Car Wash (Meijer out lot at the Northwest corner of M-59 & Bogie Lake Rd.) received a recommendation for Preliminary Site Plan approval at the December 4th Planning Commission meeting and also received preliminary site approval by the Board at the February 17th meeting.
As for approved projects,
Construction continues at the Preserve at Hidden Lake, Trailside Meadow, Eagles Landing, Elizabeth Trace, and West Valley.
The Oakland Harvesters (White Lake Rd & Coastal Pkwy) project continues their site work and (per the owner) has begun construction on their building foundation as well.
The Gateway Crossing (SW corner ofM-59 & Bogie Lake Rd) and Ginko Storage (White Lake Rd, & Coastal Pkwy) projects held their preconstruction meeting and are moving ahead with site work.