Representatives from the Tri-Lakes Association, The Lake Improvement Board, The Muskegon River Watershed Assembly, and the Canadian Lakes Board all spoke and expressed STRONG opposition. Many other community members spoke in STRONG opposition.

 

Freshwater/Bollman and their attorney made a presentation claiming how much $$ the RV Park will add to the community. Turns out that by their own admission, only $7,014 of the supposed $81,000 in property tax revenue generated by the new development would be kept by Morton Township.  Approximately $74,000 of the supposed $81,000 "windfall in taxes from the development" would go to other taxing entities like the schools, ISD, county, etc. However, Morton Township alone would have to fund any additional first responder costs needed due placing a large RV Mega Park in the middle of a residential area (automobile/RV accidents, boating accidents from too much traffic on the Tri-Lakes, RV/horse and buggy accidents, fire risk from the RV Park, etc.)  Putting 10-15 modest homes in the same 45 acres would meet or exceed the $7014 in property tax revenue going to Morton Township, plus those new homes would be owned by RESIDENTS in the community, not part-time renters of RV pads who have no stake in our community and its fragile natural resources. To review documents submitted by Freshwater/Bollman to the Township, click the documents below. MTRFRD obtained these from the township through a FOIA request.