ADOPTED - MARCH 9, 1999

Agenda Item No. 6

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel Committee 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 #99-55

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

$ 493,000 Natural Resource Trust Fund Or

Clean Michigan Initiative Grant

$ 20,000 Inland Fisheries Access Grant

$1,794,402

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Parks Board has recommended that the Board of Commissioners authorize an application to be submitted to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources requesting a grant from the Natural Resources Trust Fund or the Clean Michigan Initiative in the amount of $493,000.

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners previously appropriated $3 million through Resolution #94-192 to be used as a local matching funds for the grant.

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 or the Clean Michigan Initiative in the amount of $493,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Czarnecki, Lynch, Severino, Minter

Nays: None Absent: McDonald Approved 3/2/99

FINANCE: Yeas: Grebner, Lynch, Schafer, Juall, Minter

Nays: None Absent: McDonald, Bernero Approved 3/3/99