Map Proposals
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    We felt it was important to make the map will not use a proposals for the
    small portion Shores (22 acres) Harbor development available so the public
    can see for themselves that this of JKP for the golf course as claimedof JKP
    for the golf more like 75% of the park. As  but you you will see the tees,
    fairways and golf holes encompass the entire park from the top of the dunes
    east to M-63.

    Proposed Site Plan

    Visitors will not be welcomed to the entrance to Jean Klock Park but to the
    "Harbor Shores Experience Center." The new park entrance will be located
    in the City of St. Joseph, not the City of Benton Harbor, who owns JKP.
    This new entrance would run along the north side of the water treatment
    plant requiring a huge portion of the south end of the dune to be removed
    for the new road.

    Claims have been made that there will be little impact to the dunes which
    are blatantly false as you have read above. Not only will they be grading the
    7th fairway up to the top of the north dune, but also
    the tees for the 8th fairway will be located along the ridge of the north dune.
    Almost every tree along that ridge will have to be removed. Some are
    currently banded, marked for removal.

    The area between the north and south dune which is now the entrance to
    JKP will be filled to connect the north and South Dunes in order to
    accommodate the 8th fairway; its hole and tees for the 9th fairway are
    located on top of the South Dune. This is lost access as the public trail and
    the birdwatch tower will be removed.

    There has been a lot of criticism of the parking lot and there are no
    arguments from us that it leaves a lot to be desired, however it could be
    dramatically improved. The proposal to replace the parking lot behind the
    dunes with a new one on the beach would be aesthetically far less desirable
    than the existing parking lot.

    Do not believe for one minute that this natural beach and dune area will not
    be negatively impacted because the truth is, the natural aesthetic value of
    the entire park will be sacrificed. But you can see for yourself by clicking on
    the link below.

    Harbor Shores Map

    The following map shows an overlay of various wetland conditions through
    out the development indicating the sensitive nature of these supposedly
    protected areas. This is where the question of whether or not Harbor
    Shores can back up their claims that boardwalks and foot paths as there is
    a strong probability they will not be able to obtain the permits required to
    construct these amenities.

    Another important issue is the fact that the proposed parking lot on the
    beach is located in what is called an intermittently flooded wetland area
    which means that a rise in the lake level, combined with strong winds and
    wave action would cause erosion from beneath the parking lot causing it to
    be washed out. One of the many seriously flawed components of the plan to
    use JKP as part of the golf course

    We have provided the "Wetland Category Definition"s below for your
    reference after viewing the Wetland Descriptions map at the following link:

Friends of Jean Klock Park | PO Box 8988 | Benton Harbor, MI 49023
info@savejeanklockpark.org | www.savejeanklockpark.org
© 2009 Friends of Jean Klock Park. All Rights Reserved.

    We apologize. The relevant images that were once posted at the top of
    this page that were taken at Benton Harbor City Hall (a public domain) of
    presentation boards that were mounted on a wall in the public meeting
    chambers have been taken down. One was an aerial photo of JKP of the
    then existing conditions, the other was the same image with an artist
    rendered overlay showing the golf course development with the Harbor
    Shores and Jack Nicklaus logo. The images had been on this website
    since 2008. Someone who lives near Jean Klock Park and is in support of
    the devastation that took place in the park has claimed to be the owner of
    these once publicly displayed images (which were also published in the
    Herald Palladium Newspaper and passed out in other public venues). This
    person has demanded, without showing proof of ownership, that our
    photos of these publicly displayed images be removed from this site. We
    hope to prove that we are within our rights to display them on this website
    and to post them again very soon.