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Planning director: trail retaining walls must be rebuilt; RFP released for next phases; county forming materials management committee
Summary
Staff reported retaining-wall problems on Phase 3 of the Boyne City–Charlevoix Trail requiring spring rebuilds, issued an RFP for engineering services for Phases 4–5 with a Jan. 24, 2025 deadline, and is convening a County Materials Management Planning Committee to prepare a new solid waste plan.
Planning Director Kiersten Stark updated the commission on several active county projects on Jan. 9.
Trail construction: Stark said that Phase 3 of the Boyne City–Charlevoix Trail has retaining walls placed too close to the paved path; five, possibly all six, walls will need to be rebuilt in spring. Once the walls are rebuilt, remaining construction items — paving, concrete work, bench installation, permanent signage and site restoration — will be completed. Construction is on winter hiatus and will resume in spring.
RFP for Phases 4 and 5: County staff finished preparing and released a Request for Proposals for engineering services for Trail Phases 4 and 5. A mandatory pre‑submittal meeting was held Dec. 10; staff are maintaining a running Q&A for proposers. The submittal deadline for engineering proposals is Jan. 24, 2025.
Materials management planning: Staff are working with the County Administrator’s office and Networks Northwest to establish a County Materials Management Planning Committee to oversee development of a new Solid Waste/Materials Management Plan to comply with new state statutory requirements.
Local grants and projects noted by commissioners included a University of Michigan wave‑generator prototype on Beaver Island supported by a $3.5 million National Science Foundation grant, and a $55,000 grant to reduce shipped solid waste on Beaver Island by approximately 30 percent; the latter will fund household compost bins for the island. Commissioners also reported an $8 million school bond approved by the Charlevoix School Board for the May election and ongoing local planning and legal activities in Marion Township.
