For more information on this project, contact Bob Washam, Environmental Health Director, or Wendy Roberts, PACE EH Coordinator at the Martin County Health Department.
MARTIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
March, 2005 PACE EH Report
To: Daniel Parker, MSP, GAL
Assistant Division Director, Division of Environmental Health
From: Wendy Roberts,
PACE EH Coordinator
Date: March,
2005
Subject: March PACE EH Update
We had two meetings during the month of March. The first meeting of the
month was held on Monday, March 14, 2005. A total of ten residents were
in attendance. During this meeting we finished the analysis of the
remaining environmental health issues that had not been addressed at the
last meeting. These were the issues that we addressed: Lack of bathroom
facility in park, street lights, standing debris was combined with bad
habits, noise, crime, street names & street signs, electrical lines,
phone lines, after storm recovery and lastly, vacant/condemned houses.
All of the issues have been typed into a chart format and will be given
to the residents in order to rank and prioritize the issues. (See
this MSWord document .)
The second meeting of the month was held on Monday, March 28, 2005. A
total of seven residents were in attendance, a lower turn out than our
previous meetings. The team was called to remind them of the meeting.
Our objective for this meeting was to rank and prioritize the
seventeen environmental health issues facing the community. The chart of
the issues was distributed to the team, they were told to look at each
individual issue and look specifically at the last column which is,
what could happen if the problem is not fixed? They were told the rank
each issue on a scale of 1 being the most important, 2- less important
3- not as important. The results were written on chart paper and
tallied. The issue that scored the most ones is, lack of fire hydrants
(7), followed by well water (6), speeding (5) and these issues scored
four ones: bad habits, phone lines, after storm recovery, and condemned
houses.
A discussion was held about the four issues that scored a four. We
discussed the issue of Bad Habits, it became clear that it is an
underlying cause of the other issues of garbage cans without lids, and
yard cuttings. Both of those issues did not score high, thus it will not
be a top issue. Sheila suggested the team take the inventive to do a
community clean-up to address the issue. The phone lines issue as it
turns out is an isolated issue only facing one individual; this issue
will not be addressed at this time. The after storm recovery is not
going to be addressed as we cant really do anything until a storm
occurs. Through the discussion and the results of the scoring it became
clear these are the top for issues to be addressed:
1. Lack of Fire Hydrants
2. Well Water
3. Speeding
4. Condemned Houses
After reviewing the four issues, the team discussed what could be
done to address each issue. In regards to issue lack of fire hydrants,
there needs to be enough to have access for everyone in the community.
The issue of speeding, post speed on A1A, and change it from 45 to 35
mph. Traffic calming areas for Pettway Street and Washington Street. The
well water issue, sample drinking water to make sure it meets the
standards. The last issue condemned houses, a remedy for it would be to
bring the house(s) up to code or demolish the house(s).
At our next meeting, on Monday, April 11, 2005, we will develop an
action plan for the four issues. Julianne Renk, from Indian River
County, will be attending the meeting to share her successes in Wabasso.
February, 2005
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