If that name rings a bell with those of you following the Waukesha water diversion application's years of torturous delays, you could be recalling Ybarra's help in approving a draft application in 2010 and also his cancellation of a key, 2010 diversion meeting between Waukesha and DNR officials to which citizen and environmental groups had been invited.
Ybarra didn't want what he called third-party interests at the meeting, even as observers. At the time, I wrote:
Documents I obtained under the Wisconsin Open Records statute indicate that Common Council President Ybarra wrote the DNR - - his November 16th letter is posted at this DNR website - - to say that the meeting was off....Here is a link to Ybarra's letter to the DNR.
[Utility general manager Daniel] Duchniak told the Mayor [Jeff Scrima] of the cancellation and Ybarra defended the communications end-run to Scrima, the records show.
Maybe that application could have used more third-party input, since what got delivered by Ybarra's Common Council to the DNR in May, 2010 after work by the utility and its consultants is still being rewritten by the utility and its consultants - - consultants who have worked with Ybarra in the past:
Waukesha Ald. Ybarra: Waukesha water will not add to flooding concerns
5/13/2010
Paul Ybarra recently resigned as alderman citing work / public service time conflicts with his recent work promotion.
ReplyDeleteHow will he possibly have time to serve on the Water Commission?
Why would he want to?
The application is so far behind the approval process that even the the Commission has to realize the project has no legs.
Losing the motivating force behind the application, Mr. Warren, has to change the game plan.
Things at City Hall must be getting very testy.