Public Meetings and Background Documents

Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan - (Plan with photographs and images - 8Mb PDF file)

FINAL REPORT - Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan Committee Report to the Environmental Commission - This report is complete (1.2 MB PDF) and being put forward for public review prior to the public hearing and any actions on the part of the Environmental Commission and Park Advisory Commission. The report includes a spreadsheet of cost information looking at several scenarios. The report is being redesigned but a pdf of the word document is available for review. The whitewater report is available below.

Park Advisory Commission Recommendation to City Council

Environmental Commission Recommendation to City Council

Comments to Huron@A2gov.org

Comments recieved through 5/28 from the Huron@A2gov.org mailbox

EC Work Session - May 28

The Environmental Commission held a work session on May 28 from 12 noon to 1 pm - 4th floor conference room of City Hall.

PAC Work Session - May 14

The Park Advisory Commission held a work session on the Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan on May 14th (4-6PM) at the City Center Building (220 East Huron Street, 7th floor). The work session is open to the public.

Joint Public Hearing - May 7

The Environmental and Park Advisory Commissions met on May 7 at Cobblestone Farm (6-9PM) to hear a presentation on the Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan Committee Report and Recommendations and hear from the public. This meeting was filmed by CTN and will replayed on public television. If were unable to attend, please email comments to HURON@a2gov.org and these comments will be shared with Commissioners.

Public Meetings - January 28, January 31, February 5

January 28 - 7-10 PM Forsythe Middle School

January 31 - 9-12noon Forsythe Middle School

February 5 - 7-10pm Forsythe Middle School

Background Documents

Primer

The Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan Committee has developed a background document for public review prior to the Public Meetings.

Planning along the Huron - Primer (PDF 3MB)
Rowing Addendum - This summary of rowing was provided by the rowing community to replace that in the Primer.
Ecological Benefits of Argo Dam Removal - This summary was developed by the Huron River Watershed Council and provided to the Committee after the public meetings.

The first section - Introduction to Planning Along the Huron – provides you with an overview of the Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan Committee - how and why the committee was created, who is on the committee, and the vision statement and objectives created by the committee to guide this process.

The second section - Key Questions to Consider – provides you with the questions that the committee is asking of you as you review the proposal. These questions are designed to help elicit the community’s preferences in several key areas. While funding is an important issue, the Committee is primarily seeking your thoughts on preferred management strategies along the river. Funding strategies will be developed as the community preferred strategies are developed.

The third section - Committee Proposed Vision for the Huron River – outlines the key management strategies proposed for the four stretches of the river and describes three options at Argo dam that attempt to balance the recreational, environmental, and economic interests of the community.

The fourth section contains several introductory pieces developed to provide the public with core information used by the committee in their research and discussions.