ADOPTED - JUNE 11, 2002

Agenda Item No. 17

(Tabled on May 28, 2002)

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

RESOLUTION #02-154

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 Ordinance adopting 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."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the modified Ordinance shall take effect when notice of its adoption is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County.

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

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