Mark said: > Karen is right. I mixed up McLaughlin's Department of Environmental Quality > idea with the Department of Environment & Water Quality proposal that others > have worked on. I apologize to all involved for that error. > Karen: Thanks, Mark. The DEQ may be slightly different from the Dept of Env and Water Quality, but the basic idea is the same. I do wish RT would support it; environmental issues need greater visibility and authority in the City. But, still, my Sierra Club Water Committee did not work on either of these ideas. I didn't either. I had only been informed about them.
Mark said: > That feasibility study, which I understand cost over $100,000, was never > distributed to council members and it never received a hearing by the > Transportation and Public Works (T&PW) committee. What happened to it? If > Colvin Roy was so supportive of the idea of the new Department, why didn't > she keep the proposal alive and work to resolve whatever concerns she had? > Karen: That feasibility study only addressed the Public Works Department. It was not about developing a new City Department of Environment and Water Quality. >From my understanding, the results of that study would have been helpful supporting the new City Department as well, but the idea was dropped because the Mayor was not supportive. Karen Harder Lynnhurst REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
