ADOPTED - MAY 28, 2002

Agenda Item No. 9

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION HONORING LEELA MADHAVARAU, PRESIDENT OF MOORES PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION

RESOLUTION #02-137

WHEREAS, Leela MadhavaRau has served as President of the Moores Park Neighborhood Organization for the past 5 years; and

WHEREAS, during this time the Moores Park Neighborhood Organization has forged key partnerships with area businesses, such as Board of Water and Light, Lansing School District and General Motors; and

WHEREAS, Leela has been instrumental in obtaining grants for neighborhood activities and was involved in designing a new non-profit (501C) housing organization - Moores Park Residential Ownership; and

WHEREAS, she has spent numerous hours working on the Community Garden project, she has improved relations with the City of Lansing Parks and Recreation, organized neighborhood clean ups, adopt-a-river, neighborhood carnivals, activities with Moores Park Elementary School, and other neighborhood events, as well as serving as co-writer for the Moores Park Newsletter; and

WHEREAS, her dedication and the countless hours she has devoted as President of the Moores Park Neighborhood Organization has resulted in the improvement and beautification of the area and has enhanced the lives of the citizens in the community which has contributed in making Lansing a great place to live, work and raise a family; and

WHEREAS, Leela MadhavaRau is leaving her position as President of Moores Park Neighborhood Organization to relocate in California.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby honor Leela MadhavaRau for her years of service as President of the Moores Park Neighborhood Organization and for the many contributions she has made to citizens of Ingham County.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board wishes her continued success in all of her future endeavors.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Swope, Lynch, De Leon, Celentino Nays: None Absent: Severino Approved 5/21/02

PULLED FROM AGENDA MAY 28, 2002

Agenda Item No. 10

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL AT HAWK ISLAND COUNTY PARK AND THE KENNETH A. HOPE SOCCER COMPLEX

WHEREAS, alcoholic beverages are currently banned at Lake Lansing Park-South, Rayner Park, and the Burchfield winter sports area; and

WHEREAS, Hawk Island Park is anticipated to be an intensively used park similar in nature to Lake Lansing Park South; and

WHEREAS, alcoholic beverages were banned at Lake Lansing Park-South in 1985 in response to widespread problems related to the use of alcoholic beverages; and

WHEREAS, The Soccer Complex was designed to be used primarily as a youth oriented recreational facility; and

WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Ingham County Parks Board that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners prohibit alcoholic beverages at Hawk Island County Park and the Kenneth A. Hope Soccer Complex in order to maintain an orderly and pleasant environment for park visitors.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Section 4, Paragraph G, Subparagraph 4, of the existing Ingham County Park Rules and Regulations (adopted June 27, 1998) be modified to read "Possession and/or use of alcoholic beverages within Lake Lansing Park-South, Rayner Park, the Burchfield Park winter sports area, Hawk Island County Park, and the Kenneth A. Hope Soccer Complex is prohibited."

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Swope, Lynch, De Leon, Celentino

Nays: None Absent: Severino Approved 5/21/02