Township Information

​​Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Clerk 5 days in advance by writing to:
PO Box 318, Arcadia, MI 49613, or by calling (231) 889-4463  or email: clerk@townshipofarcadia.org                          

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Meetings and Notices
​All meetings will be held at the Arcadia Township Hall,  3422 Lake St. Arcadia MI 49613 unless otherwise noted. (231) 889-4463

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
Parks Commission posting  Spring 2019

Township of Arcadia Park Commission
Cleaner Responsibilities
Job brief:
Park Commission is looking for a Cleaner to take care of park facilities and carry out
cleaning duties.
Goal: to keep vault bathroom buildings in a clean and orderly condition. To keep refuse
containers clean and orderly.
• Cleaning, stocking and supplying designated Parks restrooms at Grebe and Sunset
Parks (sweeping, mopping, cleaning designated restrooms)
• Refuse and Recycling collection at Finch, Grebe, Pickert, and Sunset Parks
• Performing and documenting routine inspection and maintenance activities
• Carry out additional cleaning tasks as needed
Responsibilities:
• Duties performed over approximately 26 weeks – early May – late October
• Clean 3 vault toilets in two locations, M, W, F of each week
• Clean, stock and supply designated Parks restrooms (dusting, sweeping, mopping,
cleaning)
• Perform and document routine inspection and general maintenance as needed; notify
designated Park Commissioner of occurring deficiencies or needs for repairs
• Collect refuse, and reline trash receptacles M, W, F of each week at Finch, Pickert,
Sunset, and Grebe Parks
• Dispose of trash in supplied dumpster and recyclables in designated area
• Stock and maintain supply rooms, to be provided by Park Commission
Requirements
Requirements/Compensation:
• Proven working experience as a cleaner
• Ability and tools to make minor repairs as needed
• Knowledge of cleaning and supplies and general maintenance
• Reports to designated Park Commissioner
• Hourly rate: $12.00
• Duties performed over approximately 26 weeks
• early May – late October, 10 hours per week
Send letter of application to: parks@townshipofarcadia.org
Or drop off a letter at the Township Hall drop box 3342 Lake St.
Letter should be received by Monday, May 13,2019 by 6 PM.







​MANISTEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
2019-2023 ARCADIA LAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
(AQUATIC VEGETATION ERADICATION AND CONTROL)
NOTICE OF MAY 9, 2019 TOWNSHIP BOARD PUBLIC HEARING ON PROJECT PLANS AND COST ESTIMATES, AND TO REESTABLISH THE UNDERLYING ARCADIA LAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
TO:      OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING OR WITH DEEDED OR DEDICATED ACCESS TO ARCADIA LAKE IN LAND SECTIONS 10, 15 AND 16 OF ARCADIA TOWNSHIP,  MANISTEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN; AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon recommendation of a lake improvement consultant the Township Board proposes to undertake in 2019-2023 a continuation of the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 projects to improve Arcadia Lake by eradicating and controlling aquatic weeds and plants, and proposes to finance such improvements by special assessments on the properties within the existing Arcadia Lake Improvement Project Special Assessment District created on February 12, 2009 for a period of not more than 10 years, which the Township Board proposes to reestablish for an additional new term of not more than 20 years (2019-2038), without any change to the boundaries of the District as established in 2009, described as follows:
All lands abutting and/or having deeded or dedicated access to Arcadia Lake (including “backlots” and “dockaminiums”) in land sections 10, 15 and 16 of Township of Arcadia, Manistee County, State of Michigan.
The Township Board has received plans for the continuation of the aquatic vegetation control project in 2019-2023 together with an estimate of the costs of the project in the amount of $135,000 ($27,000 per year average) including budgeted costs for a consultant, a contingency, and legal and administrative expenses associated with the special assessment process and administering the special assessment district.
A public hearing on the proposed continuation of the improvement project and the estimated costs of same, and the proposed reestablished special assessment district, will be held at the Township of Arcadia Hall at 3422 Lake
Street, Arcadia, MI on Thursday May 9, 2019 in conjunction with a regular meeting of the Township Board commencing at 7:00 p.m.
At this hearing/meeting the Board will also consider any written objections to any of the foregoing matters which are filed with the Board at or prior to the time of the hearing, as well as any corrections or changes to the plans, estimate of costs, or to the existing special assessment district as proposed herein to be reestablished without any change to the boundaries of the District as established in 2009.
The project plans, estimate of costs, and the boundaries of the special assessment district may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk and may further be examined at the public hearing.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE if the Township Board determines to proceed with the proposed continuation project the Board anticipates applying surplus revenues from the previous program, if any, as an offset to the cost of the 2019-2023 treatment program, and thus reduce the amount of the total 2019-2023 project costs that will need to be financed by proposed special assessments to be levied in 2019-2023.
If the Township Board determines to approve the plans and overall cost estimates for the proposed continuation of the weed control project a second public hearing will be held at a later date to be set by the Township Board (tentatively June 13, 2019) for the purpose of reviewing and hearing objections to the proposed allocation of the costs of the continuation project among the various properties included in the special assessment district.   Appearance and protest at such a second public hearing or as otherwise allowed by 1962 PA 162, as amended, is required in order to preserve a right to appeal the amount of any such special assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal after the confirmation of a special assessment roll.  Formal notice of any such second public hearing will be published in a newspaper and mailed to affected property owners as required by law.  Note:  the Township Board proposes to allocate the project costs to the various properties included in the special assessment district in the same manner as the cost of the 2014-2018 project were allocated pursuant to a lake-frontage based formula and a uniform benefit factor assigned to each category of property included in the district (waterfront property with 200’ of lake frontage, or less, is assigned a benefit factor of 1.0 unit; waterfront property with more than 200’ of lake frontage is assigned a benefit factor of 1.0 unit plus an additional 1.0 unit for each additional 200’ of lake frontage or part thereof after the first 200’ of lake frontage; back lot property with deeded/dedicated access to the lake, including dockominiums, are assigned a benefit factor of 0.5 unit; several parcels determined to not have sufficient benefit from the improvement project to be assessed any portion of the costs of the project are each assigned a benefit factor of 0.0 unit).
The foregoing hearings and all proceedings associated with these special assessment matters will be conducted in accordance with and pursuant to 1954 PA 188, as amended, the Michigan Open Meetings Act, and any other applicable law.
The Township of Arcadia will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township.  Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below.
Patricia Wilson
Township of Arcadia Clerk
3422 Lake Street
P.O. Box 318
Arcadia, MI  49613
(231) 889-4463
 
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 Township of Arcadia is seeking applicants for the following positions: 

Planning Commissioner( Rural/Agriculture Arcadia)
​Park Commissioner


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Projects and Proposals
Township of Arcadia Master Plan draft now available at : http://www.lakestoland.bria2.net/arcadia-2/master-plan//

The 5 year County Recreation Plan is now available for public review. http://www.manisteemi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2562
Please provide comments in writing via email to planning@manisteecountymi.gov or mail to Manistee County Planning Department, 415 Third St, Manistee, MI 49660
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