CITY COMMISSION GOALS & OBJECTIVES

The City Commission met on January 8 and February 5, 2022, to explore and set strategic priorities and goals to guide the City’s actions and investments over the next two years. The notes below document the outcomes of the two sessions, as well as next steps.

Commissioners discussed their motivations and intentions and established a “big picture” framework for the next two years.

Their intentions included:

• Focusing on long-term impacts.
• Approaching challenges with optimism.
• Focusing on solutions.
• Considering future generations when making short-term decisions.
• Considering goals and actions through the lens of the climate crisis.
• Understanding constituents may want opposing things and keeping this in mind while making decisions.

The following high priority issues emerged during the strategy sessions:

1. Housing and Homelessness
2. Water Systems
3. Access and Mobility
4. Climate
5. Connecting People With Each Other and Nature
6. Economic Development

Commissioners acknowledged that these are long-term issues and that a variety of short-term and long-term actions will be required to address needs and opportunities. 

REPORT AN ISSUE -

WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

Do you have an issue that you need to report within the City and have no idea who to contact? Check out the City's Report An Issue webpage! From graffiti to malfunctioning street lights, the Report an Issue page is your one stop shop to help us maintain public property within the City. 

Please remember that when reporting, it must pertain to an issue within the City limits. View the map on the webpage and if the issue is outside of the City, in a surrounding township, you will need to call that particular jurisdiction regarding your issue.

Thank you for contributing to the management and maintenance of public property within the City of Traverse City. Together we can keep our city beautiful!

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPEN HOUSE

Join the City and Jacobs Engineering for a public open house at the Traverse City Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Facility on Friday, July 29th from 10 am to 2 pm.  

Tour goers will follow the path of wastewater throughout the multiple treatment processes utilized to remove pollutants and protect the waterway. We’ll describe how and what microorganisms remove organic matter, what role membrane filtration plays, how biogas produced during digestion is recycled as an energy source, what happens to the solids during and after treatment and much more.

Plant tours provided on the hour.

• 10:00 am
• 11:00 am
• 12:00 pm
• 1:00 pm

VOTER

IDENTIFICATION CARDS MAILED

Required by law for Michigan’s redistricting process, new Voter Identification Cards have been mailed to City residents. The redistricting will affect Grand Traverse County. Due to Grand Traverse County's population expansion in the 2020 U.S. Census, the county is expanding from seven to nine county commission seats. Please note that your voting location in the City will not change.

In addition, new district boundaries for both the state Senate and state House of Representatives were approved by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC). The new political maps set the lines for the state’s 13 congressional districts, 38 state Senate seats, and 110 state House seats for the next decade.

BECOME A CITIZEN IN ACTION

Are you interested in serving the beautiful City of Traverse City? Our community spirit of involvement is a great source of beautification for our community on all fronts. We hope this information is of assistance as you contemplate the donation of your experiential resources.  

Interested in Becoming Involved?

The City is seeking volunteers for the following Boards and Committees. Please feel free to contact the City Clerk's Office with any questions at (231) 922-4480 or by email at tcclerk@traversecitymi.gov to learn more on the appointment process through the City Commission Policy on Appointments and Committees. 

• Arts Commission
• Board of Zoning Appeals
• Historic Districts Commission
• Local Officers Compensation Commission

Attend Meetings and/or Subscribe to Meeting Packets

Attending meetings or following the work of your fellow community members who sit on various boards and commissions is the best way to stay in the know on the policies and initiatives that are being developed to shape our future. 

Subscribe to Meeting Agendas

Watch Streamed Meetings

City Commission, Planning Commission, Downtown Development Authority, and TC Light & Power meetings are all live streamed. Visit the link below to watch live or view the recordings at a later time.

Watch Stream Meetings

IN THE COMMUNITY

City Commission participating by bicycle in the Cherry Royale Parade!