Recreation group to reorganize; Members quit in 2008, citing lack of effectiveness

The Haines Borough Assembly on May 10 advanced an ordinance that would form an advisory committee for parks and recreation programs, resurrecting a group that went dormant in 2008.

The ordinance would re-establish the borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board as a committee, with more limited powers, and is scheduled for a second public hearing on Tuesday.

Even with more powers delegated to them, three members resigned from the board in November 2008 and recommended…