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smithmi	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:17 AM "The township is working to secure the land for an alternate route between Hubbell and Tamarack. If an acceptable price for the land cannot be negotiated, condemnation proceedings might be initiated. "   Is this an alternate to M-26 (say M-26 by-pass) or some other plan.  What involvement does MDOT have in this and aren't they currently working on expansion of M-26?  Good faith offers of the fair market value vs condemnation and it's additional cost?  Locals have a habit of wanting to skirt proper proceedures. You'll want to make sure your LPA does it correctly and does not jepoardize the funding, put the Township further in debt by having to pay back any grant monies..
cooker	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:37 PM I'm in a fog on this issue.  Why would our township board be in the road building business?  Is that their function?  If they can't afford to handle what we already have committed, why on earth are they looking for more ways to spend money?  Is this for a special interest, by any chance?
yocal	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:20 PM Would this alternate route have anything to do with the street bordering the superfund site behind the old stamp mill in Tamarack?  This summer I noticed lines on the blacktop marked private.
cooker	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:31 AM I checked and the area behind the Tamarack Smelter is not a Super Fund site.  So, why the alternate road and WHY is the township planning on building a road?  We have extra money and no place to spend it?
yocal	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:04 AM I apologize as I misspoke, I should have said the former superfund site, as the tamarack portion of operable unit 1 was completed in 2000 and delisted from the NPL in 2004.  To clarify, I was referring the the road that runs from the hubbell boat landing to the neighborhood adjacent to the old tamarack ballfiled.  The road runs between the old Ahmeek mill and the superfund site.  This is purely speculation on my behalf, but I have seen markings on the blacktop that may indicate some sort of conflict over this roadway, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this situation.  As more lakeshore homes are constructed on "Eagle Point" this road will become more and more importatnt, this may be a case of positive foresight on behalf of the township...but then again  I am purely speculating.
cooker	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:48 PM Aha!  You may well be right about the new home development.  Years ago Jimmie talked about an area for new homes and how much it would add to our tax rolls.  I tho't he was talking about the sites that Louie would develop once Brownfield cleaned up the old C&H building he bought but you are probably right.  I've never heard of Eagles Point.  Who is developing that?  Could be an interesting point (no pun intended.)
smithmi	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 10:42 AM From what I have told from one of my Real Estate Technicians, there are more problems with property ownership in this area than just the assessments.  Plats filed and buile over plats, land locked ownership parcels surounded and completly within other parcels,encroachments onto public property the list goes on and on.  Has something to do with the mapping and verification of older property information, sloppy work and let us not forget the rather loose and cavalier attitude that exist in the area "not wanting anyone else to know your business".  The results is such that someone will always get screwed. All of the assessors in the area that I have spoken with, mostly hired from "Down Below" are surprised at what a mess the UP property information is in and the lack of professional ethics of past assessors. I think what the township is paying for the clean up is a reasonable price to pay. Some regulation is good, I support zoning as a way to regulate and tract growth.  Can't keep outsiders out forever so might as well accept the facts that the area is or will under a lot of scrutiny from knowledgable buyers.  Might as well clean up the records now, it will not get any easier or cheaper.
birds eye	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:43 AM I haven't heard anything about Brownfield cleaning up that property in a while. What's up with that? That's the infamous $.75  tax property, right?
yocal	December 2007 Board Meeting - Partanen Out of DPM Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 3:13 PM I belive Eagle Point is being sold off by State Wide Real Estate, as for a specific developer I'm not really sure, it may be a matter of individual owners finding contractors they are comfortable with, I did see Martinea and Morris doing work on the first "spec house".   More "brownfield" info would be appreciated, I was unaware of any active brownfield projects in the Township, I was only aware of the EPA cleanups funded through the superfund.