| The Water Treatment Plant Proposals |
Overview
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This page contains links to proposal documents submitted to the DNR by Laketown Township
and Holland Board of Public Works which we have obtained through Freedom of Information
Act requests and from other sources.
The details of these proposals have now been rejected by the DNR, as outlined in our
February 4, 2003 Update, but Laketown
Township and the City of Holland continue to pursue the park as a water plant location.
CCSDSP will monitor their progress and keep you informed here.
On this page you will also find links to images of portions of the park directly targeted
for construction by the current proposals. Many of these images illustrate the impact
construction and permanent access easements would have on the Park. We have included
links to images of projects similar to the water treatment plants proposed for construction
in Saugatuck Dunes State Park as well.
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Laketown Proposal Documents
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Letter, Laketown's Robert Scanlan to DNR Land Exchange Review Committee, April 22, 2002
Response to Rodney Stokes letter of April 11, 2002.
Attachment to above: Water System Master Plan Intake Feasibility Study map. 381 KB .gif
Our copy of this map is pretty poor. We added duplicates of unreadable notes and cleaned up
parts of the image for clarity.
Letter, DNR's Rodney Stokes to Laketown's Robert Scanlan, April 11, 2002
Intention to recommend DNR's Land Exchange Review Committee deny Laketown's
land swap request.
Letter, DNR's David Yankee to Albert Meshkin, Laketown Township Manager, March 23, 2001
Response to exchange application explaining additional requirments.
Interoffice Communication, Lowen Schuett to Mitch Wells, May 8, 2001
Informing Wells, Supervisor of Saugatuck Dunes State Park, of Laketown's
application for land swap.
Includes documents, surveys, and maps describing scope of proposed project.
Letter, Laketown to DNR's Paul Yauk, September 5, 2001
Results of a prudent and feasible alternative study to Yauk,
Acquisitions & Trails, Parks and
Recreation Bureau of DNR.
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Images of Saugatuck Dunes State Park Areas Affected by Proposals
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The map below depicts the middle section of Saugatuck Dunes State Park. Areas
which are proposed for the pump house, pipeline easement and water treatment plant are shown
in red. Areas of private property are shown in grey, as is Laketown Township's Shore Acres
Park which includes the Felt mansion. The orange traces are Park footpaths.
Both proposals are very similar, so this map is generic in the sense we do not
delineate the differences here.
Middle section of Park, proposed treatment plant, pipeline and pump
site shown in red. Not to scale.
Click on cameras to see the view from the location and direction indicated.
We also have a printer friendly hand drawn map
which provides some good detail on the location of various proposed structures, private property,
hiking trails, and surrounding roads.
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Last updated January 29, 2009
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