September 23, 2008 - In the current city newsletter (which residents may have received today), Mayor Liske wrote about Federal Bill #3443, which was introduced by Ohio Senator Voinovich. In this newsletter, the Mayor wrote, "This bill will assist communities just like ours to pay for the upgrades to their wastewater treatment plants with a ratio of 70/30 contributions."

The Mayor is rather serious about getting people involved in supporting this bill. An article in today's Advertiser-Tribune, a newspaper published in Tiffin, Ohio, illustrates just how serious she is:

Meadowbrook Park management has taken the lead to find support for federal legislation that could provide funds to the Bascom sewer project and other similar projects ... Park managers are asking individuals to write letters to generate support for ... proposed Senate Bill 3443 which calls for amending the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include a $1.8 billion program to assist in planning, designing and building treatment plants ... Meadowbrook Park Manager Richard Freeborn said the park has been able to widen its efforts in recent days, partnering with Mayor Mary Liske of Luna Pier, Mich. ... "The mayor there is facing pretty much the same thing," Freeborn said. "I passed everything I had onto her. We are trying to get (Democratic Michigan Sen. Carl) Levin and (Democratic Michigan Sen. Debbie) Stabenow involved." ... Freeborn said Liske told him communities near Luna Pier, Mich., are facing similar mandates to the mandate faced by Bascom. ... "That particular area has older communities," Freeborn said. "It's a watershed issue. Levin has got quite a bit of pull there in the Senate. He's pretty powerful there."

Mayor Liske will be releasing information soon on how Luna Pier residents can get involved in supporting this important bill.

Click here to read the text of Federal Bill #3443, aka the "Clean Water Affordability Act".

Click here to read the entire Advertiser-Tribune article.

September 9, 2008 - This site has a new page for Public Service Announcements. We've posted one you may not have seen yet. Click here to see the video.

Signage on the northbound exit ramp at Erie Rd.

September 3, 2008 - MDOT recently went through and updated all the signage along I-75 in our area, including signs for the city itself. We've discovered an error in this work: The Food signs on the northbound and southbound exit ramps at Erie Rd. (exit 5, just south of us) were mounted in the wrong locations. The arrows on these signs currently point east, toward Luna Pier's section of Erie Rd. and the Consumers Energy Whiting Plant. No, there's no food there ... City Administrator Greg Stewart will be contacting MDOT to swap these signs into their correct locations. Meanwhile, if you find anyone hungry down there looking for a meal, please feel free to direct them to Gander's or the Chateau, just one exit north.

Signage on the southbound exit ramp at Erie Rd.

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August 30, 2008 - Beachgoers are already enjoy the Lake Erie beachfront here in Luna Pier this weekend. This morning the Catholic Student Association from the University of Toledo quite politely commandeered part of the beach for a picnic and some beach volleyball. The group ended up being some great visitors, and we'd welcome them back anytime.

August 29, 2008 - It took a lot of hours today for Randy and Brian of DPW to get the beach into some kind of usable condition this morning. The high winds a few days ago from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay brought in a ton of thick, green algae. This morning the guys removed multiple truckloads of the stuff and trucked it down to the compost pile. There's still a lot of the stuff in the shallows that they can't physically remove without getting the equipment stuck. Be careful out there this holiday weekend!

August 26, 2008 - We thought you might enjoy a few images of the windsurfers who were just off the Luna Pier public beach taking advantage of the high winds and waves throughout the day today. Click on any of these images for a larger version.

August 13, 2008 - The first meeting of the Luna Pier Skatepark Association was held this evening in Council chambers at City Hall. The meeting was held as a workshop, led by Mayor Liske and Officer Brian Stone, and was attended by a few dozen interested Luna Pier kids. Click here for an image gallery from the meeting.

A worker sprays concrete on the newly-reinforced bullnoses shown in yesterday's post.

August 13, 2008 - The emergency concrete work on the pier is progressing more rapidly than the crew had initially expected. They were able to spray the concrete today (not Gunnite, but actual concrete) and will only need to seal it tomorrow and clean up any loose ends. They've added new steel reinforcing bar ("rebar") to some of the bullnoses and have replaced the concrete with a new mix. The damaged lid at the end of the first jetty has also been reinforced, and has been mated with the cylinder itself. And the trip hazard near the wall in front of the beachhouse has also been reinforced and resurfaced. Instead of Friday, we were told this afternnon they would have the work completed and the pier open by 4:30 p.m. tomorrow, August 14th.

Concrete is sprayed on the last cylinder of the first jetty, sealing the lid to the cylinder with the new rebar.

August 12, 2008 - The main pier at the end of Luna Pier Rd. is closed due to concrete construction through Friday, August 15, 2008. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause! The closing is for the public's safety, as crews are making emergency repairs to almost a dozen areas on the pier. Everyone's cooperation in staying clear of the pier and the workers is greatly appreciated! In the above image, you can see areas the workers had already cut away the morning of Monday, August 11th. (Yes, they're also repairing that section of sidewalk by the wall east of the beachhouse. That's what he's cutting in the image on the left.)

July 31, 2008 - Click here to download a PDF copy of the Luna Pier Shoreline Protection Study of 2001. (18.1M download) See this page for detailed info on the study.