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Building Department Village Of Estral Beach Village of Estral Beac h Building Department All permits are now issued through the State of Michigan Building - Marc Humphreys 517.395.9922 Electrical - Kris Mucci 517.315.7344 Mechanical - Dennis Lee 248.675.9480 Plumbing - Richard Burlison 517.898.4928 For questions regarding plan reviews and permits, please contact our Building Trades Section by emailing bccpermits@michigan.gov or calling 517.241.9313 option 2. Zoning Permit Application Filing a Complaint Zoning Board of Appeals Process Excavation, Grading & Soil Erosion Permit Certificate of Occupancy forms: Certificate of Occupancy Request

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Lake Erie Estral Beach Photos Estral Beach Resident Beach Crawl THIS IS NOT SPONSORED BY THE VILLAGE OF ESTRAL BEACH This is a resident organized event. WHEN? Saturday, August 9th, beginning about 1:30 p.m. WHAT? A fun-filled, all beach event hosted by various residents to gather, meet, and celebrate our unique community with food, drinks, and music! WHO? All beach residents and their children and grandchildren. The day is designed with flexibility so that everyone will have an opportunity to travel around the beach, meet with neighbors and friends, and enjoy the festivities and activities being hosted throughout the beach. Some additional details: Parade – We will start gathering at the village hall at 1:15 p.m. with a parade of golf carts, ATVs, and the like. If you want to, you can also decorate your conveyance to be entered into a decorating contest – again, the parade is for anyone to join and you do not need to decorate it to join in the fun. To be included in the contest, you must be at the hall and in line by 1:30 p.m. Beginning at 2:00 p.m., residents will travel to areas of the beach and those who are hosting during specific time frames. (For example, you might take your golf cart to the south end and visit any number of homes from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Then you will move to another area of the beach where hosts have volunteered to have some food or activity.) Beginning around 6:00 p.m., activity will move to the hall where there will be pizza, cake, and live music. Want to join in on the fun – we need a few more hosts! Hosting can be something simple – like popsicles or ice cream sandwiches or other grab-n-go items or it can be more. It is completely up to you. What you would like to do – food, games, drinks…. ? Hosting should occur at/near the street – you are not welcoming neighbors into your home and you will only be hosting for a short period of time so that hosting families can also participate. You are NOT committing to hosting an event all day – unless you specify otherwise, we are planning on each area and its hosts to be hosting for 30 minutes (schedule to be determined once we have a final number of hosts). If you are interested in hosting, reach out to Sharon Jordan via email at love.estral.beach@gmail.com or text Elayne Petrucci at 313-671-7896. If you want to help with our second beach crawl, we are taking small donations to defray the costs associated with the activities at the hall or other supplies needed to advertise and organize the event. Contact Elayne at the info above for ways to do that. Please use this link to provide those planning the day with more info. (It is quick) Below are a few pictures from last year's event.

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Estral Beach Veterans Memorial “Freedom is not free, and the responsibilities of protecting that freedom must be handed down to the younger generations.” With those words from Estral Beach Village President Fred Borowski, the community's Veterans Memorial, originally established in 1971, was rededicated to a whole new generation of local military veterans. The late John H. Knierim was president of Estral Beach in 1971, and he was the driving force behind the creation of the original memorial. Knierim served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and participated in several legendary battles, including the Battle of Guadalcanal. Working with the armory, Knierim was able to secure the tank, which became the cornerstone of the memorial. “The M-4 Tank, also known as the Sherman, was the most commonly used tank in World War II,” Borowski told an audience recently of more than 100 guests. “More than 50,000 were produced between 1942 and 1945, including this one.” “The memorial was one of [my father’s] greatest achievements,” said Knierim’s daughter, Sandra Knierim Wiegand. “He didn’t want to dedicate it to any one group, but to all veterans. “The original offer from the National Guard was a U.S. Fighter Jet,” Wiegand continued, “but the problem my dad had with that was that it was too expensive to mount off the ground, and he knew that the kids would want to climb on it. They then came back with the offer of the Sherman Tank, and my dad accepted.” With the help of Edward Mahalak, state representative at that time, the Michigan National Guard was able to transport the Sherman tank to the Village of Estral Beach on a flatbed trailer and place it in a location where it would remain for the next 50 years. “The pad deteriorated over time,” Wiegand explained, “because the funds for the project were very limited, mostly available through personal donations, and it was just enough to finish the project.” The memorial was refurbished in 2008 and 2010, but after 50 years, the pad had sunk into the ground and crumbled in many places, causing the tank to lean significantly to one side. Monroe County Historical Commission representative Mary Strevel contacted the Berlin Charter Township Historical Society about the possibility of obtaining a grant to refurbish the memorial. The society and the village council partnered together to submit the application to the Monroe County Museum System Historical Projects Fund, and a total of $10,000 was awarded for the project. The committee members knew that it would take a much stronger concrete pad to properly support the 40-ton tank, so Borowski reached out to Marcus Newton of Area Excavating & Construction of Gibraltar. After Newton agreed to do the work, the next step in the process was to determine how to move the tank from its current pad. Village trustee Greg Knierim and Fire Chief Dave Millar were able to unseal and enter the tank, and the committee members were thrilled to discover that it was parked in “neutral,” which would allow it to be pulled instead of lifted to its new location. With this information, the committee determined that the new pad would be poured about 15 feet due west of the original one. Unfortunately, June’s extreme rain postponed the project for several weeks, but in late July, a new pad was poured using material that would ensure the tank would be supported for many more years. “That pad is so strong, a 747 could land on it!” Borowski joked to the dedication attendees. After waiting four weeks for the concrete to set, the committee enlisted the help of Larry Masserant and his crew from Mid American Group, as well as Adam Younglove and his team from Michigan Marine, to secure a truck and a bulldozer to move the tank onto its new pad. During the ceremony, Borowski also recognized the many community members who helped with the renovation. “Refurbishing the Estral Beach Veterans Memorial was a community-wide effort of grants, sponsorships, and gifts-in-kind from residents of Estral Beach and Monroe, and even companies contracted for work who went above and beyond the contract. “In many ways this project was a labor of love to honor our veterans, and it is through veterans memorials such as this one that our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and future generations will learn to cherish and protect this ‘last best hope of humankind." The restoration of the Estral Beach Veterans Memorial will continue. Contact the Village at 734-586-8380 for information on how to donate or sponsor a bench. Stephanie Hawkins is a contributor to The Monroe News

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Estral beach History History Dillinger Sought in Estr al Beach Monroe Evening News 3/6/1934 Flooding South End early 1980s Dike Construction 10-7-1952 Dike Article 19 52 Civil Preparedness Article 1952 7 floods of 1954 Article 1952 Ice Scene 1952 Lake Damage 1952 Flood Photos 1954 Flo od Recovery 1954 Vill age Hall 1955 Flood Letter 1955 Flood Warnings 1972 Sewer Agreement Article 1973 Flood Photos Windmill 6774 Lakeshore Dike Alterations Article 1 978 Dike Lowering Article 1978 Dike Repairs Article 1978 Dike Ruling Article 1978 Ditch Clean out Article Flood History Monroe News 4 17 2018 Land Fill Ordinance Article 1979 $200,000 dike repair grant 10 2018