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News & Notices MEETING NOTICE Ms. Sharon O’Brien, here after known as the Petitioner, owner of property located at 6433 W. Dewey Road, Hamlin Twp., Mason County, MI is seeking relief from a certain sections of Hamlin Twp. Zoning Ordinance 45 now in effect. The Petitioner is requesting permission to construct a garage on her property containing 1,200 Square Feet. Section 4.06, Sub. A of Ordinance No. 45 limits the size of such structure to nine hundred sixty (960) square feet. Variance requested: Two-Hundred and Forty (240) square feet. Petitioner’s property is further identified as a part of the NE ¼ of NE ¼ of Sec. 27 T19N R18W. Property ID: 53-007-027-007-00. Should you have any comments on this request, please appear at the public hearing which will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at the Hamlin Township Hall, 3775 N. Jebavy Drive, Ludington, MI 49431. This notice is posted in compliance with Public Act 267 of 1976, as amended, the Open Meetings Act, MCL 41.72a, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Hamlin Township Zoning Board of Appeals will provide necessary reasonable aids and services, such as signers for the hearing-impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 10 days’ notice to the Hamlin Township Zoning Board of Appeals by writing or calling Nancy Vandervest at (231) 845-7801. Written comments may be submitted to Hamlin Township prior to the hearing and they will become part of the hearing record. Written comments should contain a reason for supporting or opposing views. If you have any questions, please contact Hamlin Township Zoning Administrator at 231-845-7801 Ext. 1 OR email at hamlintwp@hamlintownship.org. Respectfully submitted, The Mason County Road Commission announces the launch of Snowpaths The Mason County Road Commission (MCRC) is excited to announce the launch of Snowpaths, an online interactive map service that will keep you informed of the snow removal process on roads maintained by MCRC for the 2020-21 winter season. The official launch date for Snowpaths is Monday November 9, 2020. MCRC believes that providing Snowpaths will allow residents and public agencies to safely plan their commute by seeing current status of plowing operations. Additionally, they will be able to isolate a specified location to view the status of that road during a snow and ice event, as well as a complete overview of the entire area to map out their commute. Residents will also have access to customized alerts to stay informed of critical information during snow and ice events. MCRC will evaluate Snowpaths at the end of the season for effectiveness, increased snow removal efficiency and public usage and feedback. If MCRC continues Snowpaths in the future we plan on working with the software engineers to track the brine application processes and showing road closures that are either due to construction or major storm events. For more information on Snowpaths please visit https://smartplanetsoftware.com/snowpaths/ The Hamlin Township Office will be closed on November 26, 2020 AND November 27, 2020 December 24, 2020 AND December 25, 2020 December 31, 2020 AND January 1, 2021. Hamlin Lake: Lowering of the lake level will begin the 4th Monday of October (October 26, 2020). The raising of the water level will start in the spring when there is no floating ice on the lake. Hamlin Township Transfer Site Hours: Attention all MI Materials Management PartnersEGLE NEEDS YOUR HELP!The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) recently launched an initiative to collect municipality and county materials management program data, called Mega Data. How can you help? SHARE THIS BULLETIN WITH YOUR MEMBERS! Has your county or municipality completed this data collection process??? Partners can help by urging their county and municipal contacts to enter their materials management information through the Mega Data Collection Project by including this message in your outreach efforts, such as: newsletters, emails, website, and bulletins AND by following and sharing EGLE’s message on social media platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn. To report, municipalities will use Emerge’s nation-wide data collection tool, the Municipal Measurement Program (eMMP), while county data is being collected through the County Measurement Program (CRMP). This information will be critical for materials management coordinators when they are asked to enter information for developing future materials management efforts, including updates to the County Planning Process. EGLE will also use the data to help expand reuse, recycling, composting, and other waste diversion activities across Michigan. Communities that have not already reported are encouraged to submit an application to participate in the survey. Just watch EGLE's new, short video that provides a step-by-step guide on how to be part of the Mega Data Collection Project. Sharing this information provides direct benefits to participating counties and municipalities. For more information on these programs and their benefits, check out these additional materials for counties and municipalities. To learn more about the Mega Data project, check out this message: EGLE Launches first phase of the Mega Data Collection; or go to www.Michigan.gov/EGLEMegaData. For questions, including assistance applying and establishing a Re-TRAC account, please contact the Sustainable Materials Management Unit at EGLE-M3@michigan.gov or call Amy Karana at 517-242-8324. Hamlin Township Planning Commission The Hamlin Twp. Planning Commission's next meeting will be held on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 6:00 pm at the Hamlin Twp. Hall, 3775 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington, MI 49431. This notice is posted in compliance with Public Act 267 of 1976, as amended, the Open Meetings Act, MCL 41.72a, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Hamlin Twp. Planning Commission will provide necessary reasonable aids and services, such as signers for the hearing-impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 10 days’ notice to the Hamlin Twp. Planning Commission in writing or call Nancy Vandervest at (231) 845-7801. 2020 U.S. Census field offices are reopening. Census workers are now in the field dropping off information/packets for households that only receive PO box mail delivery. Census workers will begin visiting households for non-response follow-up beginning on August 11. Additional reminders are also scheduled to be mailed out this month and July. State of Michigan was the first state in the nation to reach and surpass its 2010 final census response rate. Census forms can be completed by visiting: https://my2020census.gov/ 2020 Census Total Self-Response rate for Hamlin Township is 54.8% thru 6-21-2020. Please complete the census as it will shape our future. Hamlin Township Offices to re-open Use main hall as entrance. No new hall rentals will be scheduled. Thank You. hamlintwp@hamlintownship.org The Township garbage bags can be purchased at the Y' Country Store on N. Lakeshore Drive AND at Hamlin Grocery on N. Jebavy Drive. Hamlin Township Board of Trustees has canceled the annual Clean-up day for 2020 due to the COVID-19. MAY 6, 2020 MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED The 2019 survey is complete. Click Here for the five-page report/results. The Hamlin Lake Preservation Society will be hosting a meeting on May 6, 2020 beginning at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the results. This meeting is open to the public. The meeting will be held at the Hamlin Township Hall, 3775 N. Jebavy Drive, Ludington, MI 49431. RECYCLING DECALS - April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. Garbage Bags can be purchased at the Y Country Store on M-116. They are unable to accept credit cards for the purchase of garbage bags. If you are unable to obtain the bags from the Y Country Store, please contact the Township Supervisor Nancy Vandervest at 231-510-0076 and she will arrange a time and day to meet with you. Thank you and Be Safe. Transfer Site and Recycling Center: Hours: Open: April 25, 2020 from 9 am - 5 pm. Summer Hours Will start May 1, 2020. Point and Pay. Click the link below to pay property taxes for Hamlin Township. The 2020 March Board of Review heard a total of 46 property appeals. The next meeting for the Board of Review will be held on July 21, 2020 at 10: 00 am AND Board of Review will
meet on December 15, 2020 at 2020 - 2021 RECYCLING VOUCHERS are available at the Hamlin Township Office. A new Recycling Voucher is required each year beginning April 1, 2020 to use the Recycling Center. $20.00 per year for township residents and $100.00 for non-residents. Please recycling correctly; Crush plastics #1, #2 and #5 only. No Styrofoam please. The MI DNR Fisheries completed a fish survey on Hamlin Lake to determine the current status of the fishery. 2019 Fish Report Click Here
Please be counted. Volunteers - Much Thanks!
STYRO-FOAM - ***PLEASE NOTE*** CodeRED is a FREE community notification system available to Mason County residents & visitors that will send you alerts concerning time-sensitive and/or emergency information that may impact your area via phone calls, text messages, emails, and social media. (missing persons/children, evacuation notices, natural disasters, boil water advisories, inclement weather warnings, criminal activities, road closures/traffic alerts, shelter in place/lockdowns). MI DNR Burn Permits visit: 2020 – 2021 Hamlin Township Meeting Schedule April 30, 2020 Hamlin Township Fire Department received 304 calls for service in 2019. Thank you to all the volunteer members! In 2018, the Department received 255 calls for service and in 2017 the Department received 209 calls. LEAF CORRAL: Leaves Only. Leave should be taken back as far as possible. Please respect this policy or leaf corral may need to be closed. (No concrete, lumber, large stumps, etc.) Hamlin Township garbage bags may be purchased at the Y County Store on 1860 N. Lakeshore Drive (CASH OR CHECK ONLY). Credit Cards are not accepted as there are fees associated with accepting credit cards. Please respect this policy. In addition to the Y Country Store, Township garbage bags can be purchased at Hamlin Grocery, 3611 N. Jebavy Drive, Ludington, MI 49431 Oak Wilt – Please Be Aware! Oak wilt, a non-native invasive fungus, is causing the widespread death of our precious oak resource in Michigan. As many of you know, oaks provide shade, acorns for wildlife, and are a valuable wood product in our forests! These trees are worth saving! So what can you do? DO NOT cut or prune your oak trees from April to August as these wounds can attract the sap-feeding beetles that spread oak wilt. ALSO, DO NOT move infected oak firewood! If you would like more information about this disease, contact Josh Shields, Forestry Assistance Program forester with the Manistee and Mason-Lake Conservation Districts, at 231-889-9666 (Office Phone), 989-220-9236 (Mobile Phone), or via email at joshua.shields@macd.org. Also contact the Manistee or Mason-Lake Conservation Districts about an informational meeting on oak wilt and how to slow the spread of it, on April 4th, 2018, 7:00pm, at Hamlin Township Hall! PLEASE NOTE: Western Mason County Fire District Authority 2020 meeting dates are as follows: April 20, 2020 - Cancelled
Hamlin Township received a $2,500.00 grant from the Great Lakes Energy Peoples Fund. The grant money was used towards the parking lot on Duneview Drive. Members of Great Lakes Energy support the People Fund by voluntarily rounding up their bills to the next highest dollar. The rounded up amount is distributed to non-profit organizations and charitable activities that benefit people in communities served by the cooperative. Contact Great Lakes Energy at 888-GT-LAKES or visit gtlakes.com for more information.
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2018 Green garbage bags will be $13.00 for a sleeve of ten 30 gallon bags. Purple garbage bags will be $ 7.00 for a sleeve of ten 15 gallon bags. Recycling Stickers run from April 1st to March 31st Bags along with Recycling Stickers may be purchased at the Hamlin Township Transfer Site and Hamlin Township Office. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2017 HAMLIN TOWNSHIP ZONING PERMIT FEE Effective June 1, 2017, Hamlin Township Zoning Permit Fee will be $40.00 PLEASE NOTE FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA has recently updated their FEMA Flood Plain Maps in Hamlin Township. Visit FEMA.gov | Federal Emergency Management Agency or Susan A. Conradson at 231-876-4443 or conradsons2michigan.gov for additional information. PLEASE NOTE: Call before your dig. Miss Dig System, Inc - Michigan - Miss Dig System, Inc - Michigan  Miss Dig System, Inc - Michigan - Miss Dig System, Inc -... One toll free call to 800-482-7171 or 811 reaches the MISS DIG System who serves as a message handling notification service for underground facility owners. MISS DI... Hamlin Township Fire Department has received a $1,799.99 grant from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. The grant will be used to purchase a Honda 5,000 Watt Generator. The generator will be located in Hamlin Township’s Command Rehabilitation Trailer/Center. The Command Rehabilitation will house the Department’s ice rescue equipment, search and rescue packs, radios/pagers for inter communication with department personnel and other agencies. The on-scene Command Rehabilitation Trailer is designed to provide firefighters and other emergency personnel with a safe, clean and reliable rehabilitation facility. Members of the Great Lakes Energy support the People Fund by voluntarily rounding up their bills to the next highest dollar. The rounded up amount is distributed to non-profit organizations and charitable activities that benefit people in communities served by the cooperative. Visit gtlakes.com for details. Thanks to the Great Lakes Energy People Fund New Law Bans Certain Open Burning Michigan is the last great Lakes state that allows rural residents to incinerate household waste in burn barrels. However, a new law rules out burning some materials. In April, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley signed HB 4207, banning the uncontrolled burning of plastic, rubber, foam, chemically treated wood, textiles, electronics, chemicals and hazardous materials. The bill became Public Act 102 of 2012. Rural residents still can burn yard waste such as brush and leaves, and household waste such as cardboard and paper products. LAKESHORE SILENT OBSERVER If you are working within the road right-of-way, please remember that a permit from the Mason County Road Commission is needed. Mason County Road Commission is located in Scottville. # 231-757-2882.
LEAF CORRAL FOR HAMLIN TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS
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3775 North Jebavy Drive Ludington, MI 49431 Phone: (231) 845-7801Fax: (231) 843-1471 E-Mail: hamlintwp@hamlintownship.org
Today, Hamlin Township is the largest Residential Township in Mason County with a population of 3408 per the 2010 US Census. Hamlin Township provides some of the very best summer and winter recreational activities, with new and older homes blending for a delightful community with very little industry. Hamlin Township can truly boast "one-of-a-kind" status and is home to beautiful Hamlin Lake. Hamlin Lake, a man-made lake, is more than 12 miles long and 5,000 acres large that originated during the logging hey-day when lumbermen dammed the Big Sable River to make an enormous holding pond for trees that were felled upstream. Thank you for visiting our new website. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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Office Hours: 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday
Population 3,408 Number of Commercial Parcels - 57 Total (6 Vacant AND 51 Improved)
2012 Clean-Up Day
Hamlin Township Celebrating the past, present and future. February 28, 2011 Anniversary Open House Photos
August 6, 2011 and August 7, 2011 (Boat Regetta)
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HAMLIN TOWNSHIP MISSION STATEMENT Hamlin Township recognizes its responsibilities to each of its constituents and Township officials make this pledge as a statement of the Township’s values and purpose as we conduct Township business. *Hamlin Township will strive to conduct its affairs in a socially responsible, lawful manner while maintaining a kind and courteous workplace.
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Hamlin Township was established on February 28, 1861 by the Michigan State Legislatures. It is named after Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President from 1860 to 1864 under President Abraham Lincoln. The first settlement in Hamlin Township was made by Charley Mears, in 1858 in Section Two. The next settlers were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sladick in Section 12. A railroad traveled from Ludington to the North Bayou, it was called the Dummy Line. When the first people settled in the Township, there were woods all around. As years went past and the population grew, more timber was cut and now there are very little woods standing. At one point, there were 84 farms in Hamlin Township. Hamlin Lake hotels and large resorts added much interest to Hamlin Township.
