Hayes Township/Camp Sea-Gull Park and Recreation Plan (2015)

Contact full name: 
Marlene Golovich
Project Status: 
Current Project Idea
Client Organization: 
Hayes Township, Charlevoix County
Client Website: 
Hayes Township, Charlevoix County
Secondary Client Website: 
Department of Natural Resources; and Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund
Secondary Client Confirmed: 
yes
City: 
Charlevoix
Contact Phone: 
231-547-6961 or 231-350-1605
State or Country: 
Michigan
Contact e-mail: 
marlenefountain@hotmail.com
Contact information: 
I am a staff member of a potential client organization
Other
If Other: 
Kenneth Polakowski, Professor Emeritus, Landscape Architecture Program, University of Michigan, potential volunteer advisor for project.
Job title: 
Township Clerk
Project Location : 
Lake Charlevoix park land in Hayes Township, Charlevoix County, Charlevoix Michigan
Summary of Project Idea: 

Hayes Township is seeking a recreational park development conceptual design; which includes the study and incorporation of local and regional social, governmental and economic demand factors.

This park development plan will include:

  • Comprehensive site and regional inventory of physical and cultural elements.
  • Analysis of site, region and recreation program elements.
  • Process and rationale of planning and design recommendations.
  • Inclusion of specified required elements, such as a boat launch to DNR specifications
  • Assistance in identifying potential development grants for financial aid.
  • Results of consultation and interface with supporting and/or funding organizations such as, the Little Traverse Conservancy, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, Audubon Society, MNRTF, DNR, regional recreation planners or authorities, regional assessment of public and semipublic lands.
Skills/Expertise Needed: 

Inventory and Analysis of Natural and Cultural Resources, Park Planning and Design, Sustainable Systems knowledge, Writing and Communication Skills, Historical Restoration and Preservation, Wetland Preservation and Restoration, Policy Analysis,  Non-motorized Trails Knowledge,  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

SNRE Program Areas: 
Conservation Ecology (Aquatic Sciences, Terrestrial Ecosystems, and Conservation Biology)
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture
Professional Career Development Benefits: 

Team members will have opportunity to meet and work with conservation and land preservation groups, consult with the Department of  Natural Resources, Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board,  assist local government entities,  collaborate with county and local land use planners, develop grant writing knowledge and skills, conduct public meetings and workshops, prepare a report and presentation of project findings and results.

Funding Sources: 

We are exploring avenues for funds to help with travel, lodging and publishing costs.

Identify expected products/deliverables: 

Hayes Township will consider multiple student approaches, which could emanate from various fields of study to support the creation of a master park plan report. By way of examples, the final conceptual plan may reflect and incorporate such types of research and analysis as:

  • Inventory, analysis and synthesis of natural and cultural data
  • Resource supply and demand based conceptual planning study
  • Policy analysis and feasibility study of a potential regional parks authority;
  • A study of ecotourism and the relationship between natural resource management and the economy in Charlevoix and Emmet Counties.
  • A study of the economics and benefits of land set aside for public use versus lost tax dollars.