seperate Boards

How can they even consider combining the Ecology Board, with its 30-year history, with parks and recreation? the Ecology Board is interested in residential and commercial recycling, water conservation, rain barrels, and any possible pollution in the areas under consideration for possible annexation. Those are not areas of interest to the Parks and Parkways Board. perhaps it is the pollution concerns that have prodded the Council to dilute and divert the Ecology Board away form that area of inquiry. The Council doesnt want anybody actually DOING anything close to DUE DILIGENCE on that issue-wonder why. The Ecology Board has spoken to Starbucks and Milams about recycling and they have agreed to expand their efforts, IF the City will give them the containers at a reasonable price and pick up their recycling on Wednesdays too, along with the residents recycling. They have also been active in encouraging the City to put more focus on their rececling programs at City hall, the gym. and the pool. They are in the process of putting together a rain barrel water conservation project for the residents, with the help of the MSSH EcoHawks. So they have been busy, but mostly under the radar. The two Boards have different focuses and should remain seperate.