In February 2004, the Asylum Lake Preserve Management Framework was adopted by Western Michigan University Board of Trustees. This framework identified the Asylum Lake Policy and Management Council. It specifies that the council shall be a self-sustaining body which is responsible to the WMU Vice President for Business and Finance, it shall have a majority of its members from WMU, and it shall meet at least twice a year with meetings open to the public.
Designated member representatives
ALPMC members
VP Business & Finance Appointment - Mark Frever
VP Business & Finance Appointment (At-Large) - Duane Hampton (Chair)
VP Business & Finance Appointment (At-Large) - Pete Strazdas
VP Business & Finance Appointment (At-Large) - Cybelle Shattuck
Campus Planning & Finance Council - James W. Penner
College of Arts & Sciences - David Lemberg
Institute for the Environment & Sustainability - Steve Kohler
Facilities Management (Natural Areas Manager, ex officio) - vacant
Asylum Lake Preservation Association - Lauri Holmes
Asylum Lake Preservation Association Alternate - John Kreuzer
City of Kalamazoo Environmental Concerns Committee - Paul Manstrom
Kalamazoo Environmental Council - Tyler Bassett
Kalamazoo Environmental Council Alternate - Kay Chase
Oakland Drive/Winchell Neighborhood Association - Paul Scott
Parkview Hills Neighborhood Association - Bonnie Alkema
Parkwyn Village Neighborhood Association - Marnie Twynham
Recording Secretary (non-member) - Amy Thomas
Meeting schedule
The public is invited to attend. Meetings are held every second Thursday of the month, 7 p.m.
The next meeting is scheduled for March 12, 2020 at 7 p.m. at the ROTC and Landscape Services break room of the Campus Services Building.
Property and council framework documents
- Asylum Lake Preserve Declaration of Conservation Restrictions
- Asylum Lake Preserve Declaration First Amendment
- Asylum Lake Preserve Management Framework (Revised November 2019)
- Restated By-laws of the Policy and Management Council of the Asylum Lake Preserve (November 2019)
- Public Acts 1976—No. 272
Additional information