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Antrim County |
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March 16, 2006 |
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Minutes |
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Members Present: |
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Stan Moore, Don Schuiteman, Russ Blasdell, Mark Stone, Linda Gallagher, Mike Meriwether and Al Pecar |
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Members Absent: |
Mike Crawford and Jerry Dobrzelewski |
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Staff Present: |
Joe Meyers, Valerie Craft and Eileen Wallick |
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Others: |
None |
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I. Call to Order |
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Stan Moore called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. |
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II. Public Comment |
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Norman Bretz addressed the Commission on his concerns on the happenings at Barnes Park (attached).
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III. Approval of the February 16, 2006 Minutes |
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Motion by Don Schuiteman, supported by Mark Stone, to approve the February 16, 2006 minutes as amended. Motion carried – unanimous. |
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IV. Glacial Hills Pathway and Natural Area |
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Mr. Meyers informed the Commission that Terry Smith, Forest Home Township Supervisor, asked the Commission for a letter of support for the Glacial Hills Pathway and Natural Area.
Discussion ensued over the project and the inherent need for the project.
Motion by Don Schuiteman, supported by Linda Gallagher to send a letter of support for the Glacial Hills Pathway and Natural Area to the Supervisor of Forest Home Township for submittal with the grant. Motion carried – unanimous.
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V. Website Update |
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Valerie Craft updated the Commission on the recent changes to the Parks and Recreation webpage.
Linda Gallagher indicated that, on the website, there is no indication of where you can hunt. Ms. Gallagher further noted that she would also like to make the website more user friendly. Mark Stone indicated that he would like to have the parks and recreation database have its own domain name. Mr. Stone further indicated that it would be good to have the domain name on our advertisement in the Harbor House magazine.
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VI. Elk Rapids Day Park |
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No update.
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VII. Boat Launch on Lake Michigan
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Stan Moore gave a presentation on the boat launch on Lake Michigan (attached). Mr. Stone noted that we would need a strong citizen group to back this if we wanted to proceed. Ms. Gallagher noted that it would be a huge battle and it would end up costing a lot of money.
The Commission noted that they would not recommend one site over another site due to the conflicts over each of the sites.
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VIII. Petoskey Stone Festival Update |
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Ms. Gallagher indicated that the radio station would be promoting the festival for one week ahead of the festival as well as all day, the day of the festival.
Ms. Gallagher noted that we have an advertisement in Traverse the Magazine as well as on the calendar of events for the Michigan AAA magazine. Ms. Gallagher further noted that Michigan Outdoors would be coming to videotape the festival.
Ms. Gallagher inquired over giving participants of the festival a reduced camping rate. The Commission felt this should be addressed at the Parks Committee.
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IX. Various Matters |
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None.
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Meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m. |
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The next meeting will be Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. |
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