2020-2021 Livingston County Trails Plan
The development of this plan was led by Livingston County.
The need for a Livingston County Trail Plan was identified by LivON: Livingston County Outdoor Network.
Funding for this project was provided, in part, through the
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, Planning Assistance Program
for Multi-Community Planning
This group, LivON, is comprised of Livingston County park providers, recreation clubs, conservationists, and Livingston County Township Supervisors, Village Presidents and City Mayors/Managers of each of the twenty local units of government. It is chaired by the Supervisor of Putnam Township and is facilitated by (3) three entities: Livingston County Planning Department; Huron-Clinton Metroparks; and two (2) DNR staff with offices in Livingston County at Island Lake Recreation Area and Brighton State Park. The impetus for this project concept is the current construction and completion
of the Mike Levine Lakelands Trail through Green Oak Township and its connection to Island Lake Recreation Area and the Huron Valley Trail in Oakland County as Route #1 of the Great Lake-to-Lake Trails. With the completion of this State of
Michigan trail way in mind, LivON members expressed a desire to improve trail connections throughout Livingston County and to better connect secondary trails into the primary Great Lake-to-Lake Trail.
2022 Livingston County High Quality Natural Areas Assessment
In 2004, the Livingston County Planning Department
published the document entitled: “Livingston County’s
High-Quality Natural Areas”. This publication was the
initial version of this assessment. This resource tool has been used by the local units of government in Livingston County in developing Master Plans, and including local communities adding natural features language in their local zoning ordinances. These prioritized land areas are utilized in each of the Livingston County Planning Department's review of township zoning amendments and rezoning cases that come before the Livingston County Planning Commission for review and recommendation.
In 2020, Livingston County Planning Department staff decided to revise and update the original document as considerable development activity had occurred in the County during the 17-year time period. this document is the result of this process.
This report documents the natural feature characteristics of the County, identifies the County’s High-Quality Natural Areas, describes the criteria that Livingston County Planning and Geographic Information Systems Department Staff developed to prioritize the County’s High-Quality Natural Areas, analyzes the results of the prioritization, and lastly presents a number of personal behavior modifications and policy tools that can be used to protect the County’s High-Quality Natural Areas.
2022-2027 County Capital Improvement Plan
Livingston County’s Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) is a planning tool, with a goal to identify and schedule capital improvements annually over a six-year period. The CIP helps track multi-year projects that may require planning, design, land acquisition and construction. The projects identified in the CIP represent the Livingston County’s plan to serve residents and anticipate the needs of a growing and dynamic community.
The general characteristics of capital items for county budgeting/programming purposes are:
a) Large in size
b) Proportionally large in cost (in excess of $50,000)
d) Lengthy in duration (useful life greater than three years)