ADOPTED - MARCH 24, 1998

Agenda Item No. 8

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR GRANTS TO BEGIN DEVELOPING HAWK ISLAND COUNTY PARK

RESOLUTION #98-63

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Park Facility Master Plan was developed under the direction of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners to establish a systematic plan to meet the goal of providing adequate recreational facilities for the residents of Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, because of the lack of water resources suitable for recreation in Ingham County, the Ingham County Parks Facility Master Plan includes among its goals and objectives the acquisition and development of available lakes and gravel pits; and

WHEREAS, the 100-acre site lies adjacent to Sycamore Creek and includes a 35-acre gravel pit making it suitable for development as a water resource oriented park; and

WHEREAS, the proposed sources for funding for the first phase development are as follows:

$1,274,402 Reserved County Funds

$ 500,000 Natural Resource Trust Fund Grant

$ 20,000 Inland Fisheries Access Grant

$1,794,402

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that an application be submitted to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources requesting a grant from the Natural Resources Trust Fund in the amount of $500,000.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an application be submitted to the MDNR requesting a grant from the Inland Fisheries Access Program in the amount of $20,000.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a sum of $1,274,402 be appropriated from the funds previously reserved for the development of Hawk Island County Park.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: McDonald, Grebner, Hunting, Pratt, Juall Nays: None Absent: None Approved 3/17/98

FINANCE: Yeas: Goulet, Keefe, McDonald, Grebner, Czarnecki, Bernero

Nays: Schafer Absent: None Approved 3/18/98