Heavy Metals Remediation Committee

Draft Minutes 4/4/03

Present at the meeting: May Gerstle, Shaheeda Pierce, Steve McDonald, Blake Trask, Nan Hammett, and Bonnie Meyer from Public Heath - Seattle & King County.

Minutes were accepted with corrections.

The Agenda was approved with modifications.

Symposium

A. The April 26 symposium agenda was reviewed and amended. The agenda will be sent to Ecology.

B. Tables were reviewed:

0. Sign-in table

1. Public Health: Healthy Gardening in contaminated soils.

2. Ecology: Area maps and Vashon Area Reports.

3. Garden Club - we are still waiting to hear if they are coming.

4. Worm Bin - Ann Moses with Seattle Tilth will have worm bins and written

information.

5. VIGA - Steve has repeatedly tried to contact VIGA, but there has been no

response.

Steve will contact John and Vicky at Judd Creek Nursery in search of a

composter.

6. Stamets - Will include all his paperwork.

7. Green Lady (Marth) - Will include all paperwork.

8. Sustainable Vashon - ask Rita is she would like it.

9. Whistling Winds Farms - Steve will inquire to see if they want a table.

10. Refreshments - Wax Orchards

Bob's Bakery

11. WA Toxics Coalition - will ask if they want a table.

Details

Help Needed

Posters - Blake will poster all over town and will find Dan & May and others to help out.

A student in Evergreen will poster in Olympia. Shaheeda will give to student.

Shaheeda will distribute to Healthcare clients and advocates.

Nan can distribute at schools.

Room set-up and 9 A.M. Nan, May, Shaheeda will help sign up, Blake.

+ take down

Timekeeper. Shaheeda with May's help.

Sandwich Board. Shaheeda will buy permanent markers and make the sign

Kelly Electric May will inquire about posting signage.

Athletic Club Steve will inquire and will do the letters.

How to get people there:

1. Email list to everyone

2. Nan - families at work

3. May - will personally contact all people who signed up last time

4. Steve - evaluation summary has list of those who wanted to be contacted, he

will get list to May.

5. Church Groups - May will call.

6. Sustainable Vashon listserve - May will use.

7. WA Toxics Coalition - will be invited

8. VIGA Mail - Steve

9. Sarah Day - Public Health

10. Youth and Family Services - Flyer -

11. YMCA

12. Childcare providers

Report from Public Health - they are staying busy. New TSP Team Lead, Nicole Fus will be at the Symposium.

Ecology is not here.

IRPPC Report

3 consultants

IERE - 3 tasks

Environmental Labs

Sources of Lead

Web page

Kleinfelder

Dissatisfied

Rejected - Interim action level methodology

Rejected 3.4 drafted Child Use Area Study

Asked them to stop work on this

Earthworks

To replace Kleinfelder

Draft of the phytoremediation study

2 summaries of phytoremediation studies submitted to May.

Prior to release summary needs to release and approved, i.e. Rita, May,

Ecology (accepted with changes.)

Process for approval of summary.

How will we approve summaries of the study?

- 2nd study of Kissel - Wegner Study will be disseminating that.

- Shaheeda requests to May to forward Kissel study to all HMRC members.

At the next meeting we will have a working session to develop a work plan for the remainder of the year.

For example: CCA wood

Handbook for Physicians

Laboratories to test soil

Sources of clean dirt/clean dirt vendors

CME - Course for MD's (linked to handbook)

Bonnie: Nutritional information- needs to be gathered and disseminated

Look at specialized behaviors; raw food eaters

BYU people

Next meeting will be on May 2, at 3 pm at the Vashon Library.

Respectfully submitted by Nan Hammett