23 July 2002
Minutes
The meeting originally scheduled for 16 July was postponed to 23 July. It was convened at 7:15pm at the Vashon Chamber office. Present were: Board President James English, Secretary Steven Macdonald and Treasurer Nan Hammett. Director Macdonald chaired the meeting. The agenda is attached as the last page of these minutes.
Announcements
1. Mary Marth (GreenLady Gardening) indicated interest in the Soil Amendments project.
2. Ecology has announced the grant proposal submission period for the 2003-2005 PPG grants (see <http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0207015.html> and <http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0207014.html>). We will need to submit our continuation proposal by 31 October 2002.
Review and adoption of minutes from prior meeting (6-18-02)
The minutes were adopted as submitted.
Technical consulting services
Contracts negotiation was discussed. The Kleinfelder contract draft V4 (6-25-02) was reviewed and approved. Secretary Macdonald will sign for the Board and send the original to John Lillie, with copies to Kathy Seel at Ecology and the Board.
The IERE contract final draft (7-15-02) was reviewed, along with Kathy Seel's email message dated 7-22-02. The Board approved it contingent upon the following alterations: change the end of term date in Article II to be 30 June 2003; specify the IRPPC PO Box number in Article X; and change the IRPPC signatory name. Secretary Macdonald will sign for the Board and send the original to Rita Schenck, with copies to Kathy Seel at Ecology and the Board.
IRPPC projects
The Soil amendments education project partners were discussed, along with options for action. Identified partners include Chamber of Commerce, Garden Club, Vashon Island Growers Association, and Washington Toxics Coalition. Additionally, the Master Gardener Volunteer program of WSU Cooperative Extension King County Agriculture might be interested. Options for action include community-wide education (e.g., through paid ads in Beachcomber and Ticket), point-of-sale education (e.g., by signage in stores and/or stickers on products), store staff education, and voluntary removal of toxic products from store shelves by merchants.
The symposia were discussed, with the consensus that IRPPC should continue to offer to co-sponsor symposia with VMICC-HMRC.
Financial affairs
Treasurer Hammett distributed copies of the 7-22-02 Work Progress Report (for the period 3-1-02 to 6-30-02) sent to Ecology, along with a draft financial statement of expenditures to date (7-24-02) of $363.82.
VMICC HMRC
Draft 2 of the medical symptoms list was reviewed.
Next meetings
It was noted that we will have two meetings prior to the due date of our continuation proposal: 10 September and 15 October.
16 July 2002
Agenda
1. Announcements
2. Review and adoption of minutes from prior meeting (6-18-02)
3. Technical consulting services: Contracts negotiation
?Kleinfelder (R1, R2, R3, R4, D4, D7)
?IERE (R5, R6, D1)
4. IRPPC projects
?Soils education
?Symposia
5. Financial affairs
?Work Progress Report for Ecology
6. VMICC HMRC
?Highline Community Hospital meeting 6-17-02
Medical care project - symptoms list
next meeting is 8-2-02
Next meetings
7:15pm, second Tuesday evening of each month: (no August meeting), 10 September, 15 October (3rd Tues). Location: Vashon Chamber of Commerce office, Parker Plaza on Vashon Highway.