§460aaa–7 Grand Island Advisory Commission

Summary

Creates a 12-member Grand Island Advisory Commission to advise the Secretary on making the required management plan. Three members are non-voting Forest Service employees, including the Hiawatha National Forest Supervisor. The other nine are chosen this way: one Munising resident (not a Forest Service worker), two Grand Island recreational users (not Forest Service workers), one Alger County Commissioner nominated by that board, one member nominated by the Alger County Economic Development Corporation, one from the Grand Island Association, one nominated by Grand Island private landowners who owns land there, one nominated by the Grand Island Township Board, and the Munising city manager if they accept. Vacancies are filled the same way. A quorum is six members, and the commission can work so long as six people are present. The commission must pick a chair and make its own rules. The Secretary must consult the commission regularly about the plan. Members who are not full-time federal employees get no pay; full-time federal employees get no extra pay for serving. The commission must recommend proposals for non-Federal development on the 55 acres set aside by the law and send those proposals to the Secretary. The Secretary must include a development proposal submitted by the commission or one obtained by other means in the management plan. The commission ends when the management plan is adopted.