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Missaukee County Michigan MISSAUKEE COUNTY COMMUNITY RECREATION PLAN Adopted by the Missaukee County Board of Commissioners November 14, 2017 MISSAUKEE COUNTY P LA NN I NG DEPARTMENT 105 S. Canal Street Lake City, MI 49651 231.839.7988 Ext 3 1 MISSAUKEE COUNTY BOARDS Missaukee County Board of Commissioners Lan Bridson Dean Smallegan Frank Vanderwal Star Hughston Pamela Niebryzdowski Hubert Zuiderveen Roger Ouwinga Missaukee County Planning Commission Charles Belser Susan Schwager Sherry Blaszak Don Shaarda Kim Blaszak Dean Smallegan Craig Fisher Mimi Zwolak Bruce Miller Linda Hartshorne-Shafer—Staff Missaukee County Parks Commission Gary Birgy Lonny Lutke Lan Bridson Jack McGee Greg Davis Mimi Zwolak Tim Smith Brian Getty Kerwin Karsten Larry Richardson - Staff Linda Hartshorne-Shafer – Ex Officio member – Planning Director i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SECTION A: Community Description (Social and Physical Characteristics) 1 Map A – Missaukee County 2 Social Characteristics 3 Table 1 – Population and Household Density 5 Table 2 – Population by Race 6 Table 3 – Population by Age Group 7 Table 4 – Seasonal Home Monthly Occupancy Rate 7 Table 5 – Monthly Seasonal, Permanent, and Transient Residents 8 Population Projections 8 Table 6 – Historic and Projected Population 9 Physical Characteristics 9 Graph 1 – Temperature Averages 10 Graph 2 – Snowfall in Inches 11 Graph 3 – Precipitation in Inches 11 Map B – Median Fall Freeze 1971 – 2000 12 Map C – Median Fall Freeze 1980 – 2010 12 Soils for Recreation Planning 13 Map D – General Soils Map 14 Surface Hydrology 15 Map E – Upper Manistee River Watershed 15 Map F – Muskegon River Watershed 15 Vegetation and Fauna 16 Transportation 17 Map G – Transportation Network 18 Land Use 18 Table 7 – Present Land Use in Missaukee County 19 Map H – Present Land Use 20 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS, CONTINUED SECTION B: Administrative Structure 22 Existing Sources of Recreation Financing 23 Park Guidelines and Table 8 – Organizational Chart 24 Missaukee County Park Commission Capital Improvement Schedule 25 Missaukee County Park Budget 26 Missaukee County DNR Grant History 27 SECTION C: Recreation Inventory 29 Recreation Inventory; Existing Programs and Facilities 30 Table 9 – Recreation Inventory 31 Map I – Lake City Recreation Sites 36 Map J – Missaukee County Recreation Sites 37 Historic and Scenic Sites 38 Table 10 – Historic and Scenic Sites 38 Map K – Historic and Scenic Locations 39 Streams and Lakes 39 Table 11 – Inventory of Streams 40 Table 12 – Inventory of Lakes 41 Missaukee County Parks and Campgrounds 42 Map L – Lake Missaukee Park 42 Map M – Crooked Lake Campground 43 The Missaukee Trail and Map N – Missaukee Trail 44 Missaukee Mountain Winter Park and Map O – Missaukee Mountain 45 Map P – Campgrounds, Non-motorized Trails, Parks 46 Map Q – Michigan DNR Designated Snowmobile Trails 47 Map R – North Missaukee Trail Route, Motorcycle and MCCCT Central 48 Map S – North Missaukee Trail Route – East 49 Map T – North Missaukee Trail Route – West 50 Map U – North Missaukee and MCCCT Trail 51 Additional Recreation Opportunities 52 Community and School Programs 53 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS, CONTINUED SECTION C: Recreation Inventory, Continued 29 Recreation Outside of Missaukee County 54 Barrier-Free Compliance 54 SECTION D: Description of the Planning Process 55 Meeting Dates 56 Publications and Notices 57 Public Hearing Meeting Agenda 58 Public Hearing Minutes 59 SECTION E: Action Program, Goals, and Objectives 66 Action Plan and Goals 67 Table 13 – Missaukee Trail Improvements 68 Table 14 – Missaukee Trail Summary 69 Table 15 – Standards 69 SECTION F: Local Adoption and Certification Plan 71 Missaukee County Board of Commissioners Adoption Resolution 72 Missaukee County Parks Board Adoption Resolution 73 Missaukee County Planning Commission Adoption Resolution 74 Letter to County Planning Agency 75 Letter to Regional Planning Agency 76 SECTION G: Appendices 77 Appendix A – Park Commission Rules and Duties 78 Appendix B – Missaukee County A.D.A. Policy 80 Appendix C – Drug Free Workplace Policy 84 Appendix D—Sources 87 Appendix E—Summary of Changes 88 iv SECTION A COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION 1 MISSAUKEE COUNTY MICHIGAN Map A 2 SECTION A: COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION Missaukee County is located on the west side of the northern lower peninsula of Michigan, and is sur- rounded by Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Roscommon, Clare, Osceola, and Wexford counties. Lake City and McBain are the only cities in Missaukee County, along with fifteen townships. Missaukee County encompasses 574.73 square miles of farmland, woodland, lakes, wetlands, rivers, and streams. Recreation and tourism are vital to the local economy, but the farming industry—particularly Christmas tree and dairy farms—are also crucial components. 1. SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS Missaukee County’s population has steadily increased since 1960. The rate of growth during the 1970 in- migration from downstate topped out at 40.5%. Subsequent decades have also demonstrated increases in growth; however, the increases slowed to a 2.6% increase after 2000. Missaukee County has continued to experience growth at a pace comparable to that of the rest of the region, with increases resulting from in- migration as well as natural increase each decade. The 2010 census reported a population of 14,849, which was a 2.6 % increase over the previous census. The American Community Survey estimated Missaukee’s 2015 population to be 14,988. Missaukee ranked 23rd in population increase out of the 83 counties in Michigan, and is the 69th largest county in Michigan by population (DataUSA). Missaukee County also kept pace with the other counties in the northwestern lower peninsula, with 9 out of the 10 counties experiencing growth between 2000 and 2010. Overall, however, Michigan’s population decreased by 0.6%. The density of the population averages 26 persons per square mile (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census). In comparison to Michigan’s average density of 176 persons per square mile, Missaukee County remains a very rural county. The townships immediately surrounding Lake City, the county seat, comprise 43% of the county’s total population. Lake City is located on the east shore of Lake Missaukee. The City of McBain is flanked by Richland and Riverside townships; the combined total of Lake City and McBain equals 22% of the county’s population overall. 3 Approximately twenty-five percent (25%) of Missaukee’s population is 19 years of age and younger. At the other end of the spectrum, approximately 18% of the population is age 65 or older, according to 2015 esti- mates. These estimates also indicate that the 65 and older gender breakdown is approximately 48.7% male and approximately 51.3% female. The needs of all age groups must be considered in recreation planning. The overall gender breakdown is approximately 51.1% male (7,658 individuals) and 48.9% (or 7,330) females for all age groups. Populations with unique needs (to include functional needs, low-income households, senior citizens, and di- verse ethnic backgrounds that may result in language barriers) are dispersed throughout the county. The City of McBain is the home of a ninety-five bed long-term care facility, while a 34-suite assisted living retirement center is located within Missaukee County between Lake City and Cadillac. Several smaller care facilities are located in more rural areas of the county. Additionally, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility is located less than six miles west of Lake City; clients receive specialized aquatic brain and spinal cord therapy. This facility offers fitness classes to adult members of the community as an added recreation option. Several organizations within the county are also available to assist citizens in difficult circumstances with procurement of food, nec- essary clothing items, or provide other aid when needed. Population increases are, for the most part, clustered. Areas around the cities, lakes, and townships bordering Wexford County show the highest densities (Table 1). Holland Township, located in the southeast corner of Missaukee County, has approximately 6.92 persons per square mile. In comparison, Lake Township, which is on the southern edge of Lake Missaukee and contains Crooked and Sapphire Lakes and borders Wexford Coun- ty on the west, has a population density of approximately 88.32 persons per square mile. The western and southern portions of the county are more densely populated. A large portion of northern Missaukee County is state owned land. Approximately fifty (50%) percent of some townships are state owned property. Farm use of the land is more prevalent in the southern townships, although soils throughout the county will support agri- cultural use. Our highway system of M-55/66 provides access from the southern and western areas of the county to the City of Cadillac in Wexford County, as well as Houghton Lake in Roscommon County to the east. These diverse density patterns are all considered in recreation planning. Networks Northwest produced the Northwest Michigan Seasonal Population Analysis in 2014. Local infor- mation regarding motels/hotel rooms (available and vacant), campgrounds, seasonal rental housing units, and homes occupied on a seasonal basis was used to determine the percent of increase in county population by month. The results were similar to those found in the original study, released in 1996. The permanent popula- tion of the county, according to the more recent study, remains stable throughout the year while the seasonal fluctuations range from lows of 5% in January and December to as high as 27% in July. By comparison, the 1996 study showed results that ranged from a low of 5% in December, January and February to highs of 25%, 27% and 26% respectively for June, July and August. The population peak in July, as identified in the more recent study, translates to a combined permanent and seasonal population in Missaukee of over 20,000 individuals. Residential and seasonal population characteristics from the 2014 study are portrayed in Tables 4 and 5.
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