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Here again it looks like Northwestern is trying to turn a country school into a city h.ighrise. Covering the borders of this area with a few manicured trees and bushes will o the impact for the wildlife who enjoy the area nor for the mitigate residents along Little Lake Johanna who have purposely escape from metropolitan settings to be able to enJjo y sought Y the country in their back yard. Pollution and runoff, if not properly controlled will e the shoreline, Little Jeffect Johanna is a designated settling pond in a chain reaction of drainage and filling from creeks to recreational lakes. If the lake silts at a faster rate than anticipated because of the development on the west and south side of the tripple effect will be felt on Lake Johanna, deteriorating the quality of the water for both passive and active recreation. it is not possible to isolate Little Johanna from Rice Creek which feeds it, or from Lake Johanna which it feeds into. In the same way, it is not possible to isolate the campus of Northwestern Colle e from the ripple effect it has on the community it has choseng reside within, to Groundwater quality and levels have not been addressed. The same soil bore samplings which would indicate the capacity proposed system to handle runoff would tell us how munch seepoa the from automobile and other waste will reach the water table.ge Surface water quality on Little Lake Johanna will be adversely affected if we have the runoff from par-kinq lots and other r und Pollutants in_ the water. There is abundant wildlife which enoovs the water includina multiple species of water fowl and birds, otters. fish and small animals. While these creatures are eniovina their area. the -residents are eniovina the wildlife presence. Tt provides the accent to the atmosphere residents sought when the elected this area to make a home and raise a family, y �f