onat
loc Pa
r
CODtroI DI'OtcdlOD.
Com i aioner Ch ric
Yarbro raised a qu ti
abo if tI.c who e 80-90 cres of
Jean Klock Par rc going to
haYe approvement done fro
Klock Road back to the be ch I
area. He aid the reason he
raised this question was that
once they accep the money for
Je Klock Park, the city can't
do anything else with the park
unl the tate says so. (like to
think that some part of Jean
Klock Park could be used for
co ci I development," he
said .
I hate to see commit die
ole park, ju t to do part of it
- because once e accept the
money from the tate, Jean
Kloc Par , i dead, have no
more control of it," Yarbrough
·d.
M yor William Wolf said the
improvement would include
the 01 be ch, including the
wetlands.
Wolf said the he wanted to
see Jean Kloc Park become a
public park. This is an out-
tanding example of natural
wetlands and unique asset and I
want to see it developed for the
citize of Benton Harbor and
the .. tors of Benton Harbor,"
he said.
t park h a lot to offer
and if we don't do something to
facilitate th t nd improve it
and take advantage of the grants
th re available out there - I
think e are selling the future of
our entire community do n th
drain," Wolf . d.
,
"Jean Kloct Park is a lot
more than a beach," be
It', a dune area, aJuI also a
natural It .
wetlalMk in this area
depicts tbij coaaby Iidc
looked like 200 � • TIuIl
is DOt PlIdc, that· the
natural h bitat of BerricD
Cowaty ••
"Wcha� • to
do.. very �
umque ID aDd·
part of the COUDtry, - Ud to do
that, arc • to to
some monc back mto thc
marsh land, that , W
said.
Yarbrougb aid he. Ccs
'th Wolf said, b "I also
realize that we h ve 7S pee
of unemployment in Benton
Harbor. 'I like bea� I
like peop �r: I like
to see' SoIDC land for oJ coo' 0IDl1IC
development, • he added.
Voting in favor of the resolu­
tions were Mayor Wolf, C0m­
missioners Arno d Smith, �
Wooden, cruel MCKcazie,
Fred Sims, Kerry ShanD()ll
George Wysinger. Voting no
were, Commissioners Ralph
Crenshaw and Ch rles
Yarbrough.
In other business Commis­
sioner Herschel McKenzie
re igned from the City'
Cemetery Board, because he
said the City's Attorney John
Postelli id it was a conflict of
interest for him to "serve on the
board and the city comm;ssio
too.
Commissioner George
Wysingers, who is also a mem-
ber of the City'S Cemetery
Board, said he would like to .get
a second opinion from the
Clarey, Nantz, law fum before
he steps down.
"I don't kno what the
problem . , but I know
h d commissioner itting on
the cemetery board-for at Ie t
tcn years .; I don't know what
cau d all- thi - maybe be­
cau e I tried to get them a rai ,
so maybe now they are trying to
find a way to get the commis­
sioner off there," he said.
Wy inger said if the Clarey,
antz gree with Attorney Pas­
telli, he will step down too.
In other business the com­
mission voted unanimously to
pprove:
- The e of a house 612
Madison, through the City's
homesteading program for
SLoo. VerODia G ye Easley
aDd Larry BeD· . G .
- The of a house 8S6
E. High St., for 1.00 to D vid
M son through tbe City's
IlOalCSlleaCtiag program.
- Extend • street
r
to the the hourly rate
c:oten aaaiDteDuce. aad
. •. the CQuipmcm
. of
"otlXnlm·Appcoval of the ex­
. povidc the· .
.L_ • city
u.; opportunity to recei coun-
ty � uch the striping
of streets and the use of special-
ty .
- Pur a Model 710
leaf loader for $24,900 from
Louis Gelder and Sons for the
iA City, Dcpartme of
• 'it •
- Elltcria&· 0 a leaWpur-
. chue for an EJgin
p. Street Sweepcr for the
DcpuJment of Public Works
&om BeD Equip nt Co y
for the amount of' $67,485. The
..-eement is not to exceed a
period of:.w.� ....
- A,UIIl(�:tt RlltbarG'!!IPI
de to F
Escrow'Suit on behalf of the
City of Benton Harbor OIl"the
Brooklyn Bar, 319 Territorial.
The amoun is not to exceed
S2,(XX).
Authorization of
Abomarche Inc. to do sub-sur­
f ce investigation, site surveying
and ground water testing on the
35 cres of land near Miller's
Pond, where developer Ross
H dley wants to build a 75-unit
apartment complex for $3.5 mil­
lion. The cost fOr the surveying
is nO( to" exceed $15,000. No
commissioner asked the source
of the funds or why public
money was being used to pay
cos necessary for Hadley, a
private developer to prepare
the site.
S eking Vol
The Soutnatcrn
Volant r Ce er t· eekiDg
voluntce . V oIuntcering often
o� the door to jobs it of-
fe . . .... Care at Home- is
To finding volunteers
other YOIunteer be willing to work
please call 983-0912 in the St. 0 morning per week answer-
Joseph-Benton Harbor area or ing the telephone at its
683-5464 in the Nil area for Stevensville office.
further information. To arrange ...- Region IV Area Agency
an appointment, please call on Aging is eeking a volunteer
ahead. Appointments do not who can work one or more days
co . ute any obligation to ac- per week organizing the
cept a volunteer opportunity. agency's St. Jo eph office
- Make a New Year's library. Library experience is
resolution to give the gift of life not necessary but an interest in
in 1990. The Red Cro BloOO- organizing and working alone
mobile will be in your are every would be helpful.
two mont Volunteer to - The American Associa-
donate blood often you "lion' for etired Persons
tho year. You may ve a life. (AARP) provies a Tax-Aide
- WNIT Channel 34 Public program for elderly persons
Television, originating in Who need help completing their
Elkhart, Indiana, is gearing up tax returns. Volunteers are
for its 1990 season aad i seek- ne ded to help provide thi ser-
ing volunteers to help with its vice. Training will be provided
telemar eting campaign. locally.
- Hospitals in the area are
especially in need of volunteers
at this time of year 0 many of
their long-tim volunteers are in
the south durin the cold winter
m nths. If y u n iv few
hours a week between n w and
summer, pI e give the Volun­
teer Center a caU and y u will
be matched up with a ho pital
that needs you.
- The LOFf (Learning Op­
portuniti for Teens) in Ben­
ton Harbor i eeking
volunteer to hc1p with its. fter-
chool progn IDS for tudent
between the age f 12 and 19.
Volunteers must availabl
for one 3-hour hift per week
between th hour of 2:30 and
8:30 p.m. Volunteer may ign
up for on or more three-month
"trimesters". Both profe ional
and lay volunteers are needed in
the four vice area which in- .
elude health education; arts and
recreation; academic educa­
tiop; d personal counselling.
- The Twin Citie Area
Literacy .�Wlci1 is planning its
next tr ining for MODdays,
January 22, 29 and February 5
fro 6-10 p.m. There ] DO
charge for the training which
wiD prepare volunteer to tutor
an individual seeking help in
learning to read.