MACC Mission:

MACC Facts:

• The Macatawa Area Coordinating Council is designated and established as an Inter-Municipality Study Committee pursuant to Michigan Public Act 200 of the Public Acts of 1957, as amended, and pursuant to an Agreement dated the 1st day of April, 1993.
  
• A Metropolitan Planning Organization or MPO is defined in Federal Transportation Legislation as the designated local decision making body that is responsible for carrying out the metropolitan transportation planning process. An MPO must be designated for each urban area with a population of more than 50,000 people.
  
• As a Metropolitan Planning Organization the MACC is federally mandated to administer transportation planning within its metropolitan area boundaries.
  
• Between 1993 and 2005, twenty-two local roadway projects under the jurisdiction of cities and county road commissions have been completed utilizing approximately $11.9 million in federal funds programmed through the MACC.
  
• From 1993 to 2005 an additional approximately $15 million in federal funds programmed though the MACC has been spent on roadway and bridge projects under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Transportation in coordination with the MACC.
  
• The MACC has also addressed significant area-wide issues including:
      o Environmental issues
      o Crime Prevention
      o Community Communications
  
• The actions of the MACC are guided by more than 250 local volunteers serving on various committees.
  
• The Macatawa Watershed Project increases the awareness of water quality issues among Allegan and Ottawa County stakeholders.
• The MACC aims to increase the involvement of Allegan and Ottawa Country stakeholders in the Macatawa Watershed Phosphorus Reduction Implementation Plan.