HARBOR, Inc.
Public Input Meeting: Trails & Open Space Interests
May 4, 2006

Attendance
Kathie Breighner
Bill Twiddy
Neal McCue
Ron Krause
Martha Lancaster
Doug Fuller
Bill Prall
Jerry Keeney
Ward Walstrom, Jr.
Carolyn Sandford
Joe Chattaway
Danna Widmar
Carl Ferguson

Overarching Goals in Planning for Trails
Safety
Alternate mode of transportation
Parking in Town is a problem
Data on where people want to walk
Common Trails in Use NCT - Hiking
Make unofficial paths official
Trail up Hoyt from State
Listing all trail types
Hiking
Biking
Equestrian
Cross Country
Water Trail
Economics and Space warrant multi-use trails
Snowmobiles avoid conflict
Bike and Equestrian are not good mixes
Safe Trail networks within City area are a priority - a good network
Older kids could help younger kids with use of trails
Consider roller
Health and Exercise - Promote better health
Link outlying areas - State cannot be used even by experienced riders
Emmet Heights - cars going too fast
Get trails away from shoulder - 20 ft. separation
Developers should tie into main lines - any new development
Connect resort area (like Boyne) to town
Parking at trail heads
Car Pool parking lots
Destination to an open space (a place to go outside of town)
Provide amenities (gazebos, etc.)
Money!!
Maintenance is huge
Biggest problem is finding the facilities (NCT in particular)
Coordination with various hiking organizations
Public awareness
People making living from tourism and recreation
Must be represented at state particularly for forest maintenance
What would happen is you went up north and it wasn’t there
Coordination of all environmental organizations
Awareness of blight and its impact on
Recreation and tourism - townships must enforce blight ordinances on private property

Specific Deficiencies or Needs – Trails & Open Space
Legislation for wider min. ROW for trails space
Good CC skiing - a lot available
Some CC skiing close to town would be good
Hughston / Stutsmanville to Crows Nest - organized cc ski event each year - not groomed
year round
Map for public access
Sign for public access
Enforcement - allowing access
Money - not enough enforcement
Neighbors don’t want signage
Get people from soccer field on Hoyt into town/school
Linkage from athletic fields
Kayaks need safe travel
Zoll to harbor point
Zoll along shore
Ford park
Sky is the limit - petoskey to mackinac
Keewenau water trail is a good Model
Some things could be remedied by appropriate zoning
How many townships will need private property owners to donate land
Look at something used unofficially to see if it can be official
Talk to owners directly
Open Space north of Kiwanis Park is largest close to city
Develop a loop here from town - get private participation
Soccer use that for running
Mooradian
Connector trails - need to take you someplace
Need to connect with Quick
Deficiency of Open Space
Quick/Hoyt is example
Shephard property is very important
Horse Farm - Byron / Chocolant
Priceless-last piece of meadowland
Kelbel pharmacy
School Forest - need to connect
Get status of school property
What process or approach for open space preservation?
Views?
Agricultural/prime farmland?
Bring Leelanau group in/ Conservation Resource Alliance
Menonequa will not allow access
Audubon bird count only pair Harriers
Sand Hill Cranes
What is the outlook for the future?
ATV - Concerns
Cross Village turned down - still a need for launching
Recent land use update?
Influence/participate Emmet county plan
Form CIG
What can we do to make H.S. more walkable
Trail linking to park areas/park and ride
Look at green zones/ circles of building or look like traverse