I could be wrong, but I believe that I read that starting this year, much less annual funding will be available from Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources Trust Fund, as it has now met its cap by statute and they can only fund out of the interest.

The Env Comm’s charter precludes them from site-specific deliberations, so a joint subcommittee on the proposed greenway would be questionable. (The Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan process was a different critter in that it addressed broader policy questions.)

Coincidentally, I was just thinking the other night about the appropriate role of city council members on commissions. Ex officio seems appropriate. Voting privileges for council members have sometimes led to less-than-open-minded-and-policy-oriented action by commissions in my experience. Council gets to have their politically focused say when it comes to their table. Commissions play a different role, and council would do well by the community to not overplay theirs.

For all the noise about “Being Green”, this neglect of our public infrastructure by the city has resulted in many, many unnecessary driving trips to Ypsilanti that substitute for shorter drives, and even bike rides.

Perhaps if we paint the base paths to look like cross walks, they would get reasonable care for reasonable costs. At least we have a million dollar fountain celebrating our green priorities.

No. I missed that on editing. I’ve made the correction. He served on the environmental commission for 2008.