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For more information on this project, contact Samir Elmir, Environmental Health Director or Bridget Smith, PACE-EH Coordinator at the Miami-Dade County Health Department.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
September Little Haiti PACE-EH Project Report

 To:                Daniel Parker, M.S.
                       Assistant Division Director, Division of Environmental Health

From:             Trevor D. Coke
                       Environmental Supervisor II

Through:         Samir Elmir, MS, PE, DEE
                        Environmental Administrator

Subject:          Little Haiti PACE EH Project
 

On September 12, 2006 a scheduled meeting of the PACE EH project was held at the Center of Information and Orientation Inc, located at 181 NE 82nd St., Miami. The meeting was scheduled with the Little Haiti community committee (Environmental Health Assessment Team) to discuss issues that were brought to the attention of the citizens of the community. Several issues were identified by the team such as overgrown vegetation on the property at 140 NW 70th St, suspicious activities (drugs/prostitution) at 51, 131-133 NW 70th St., commercial trucks loaded with roofing material parking on both side of the street, the need for a new crime watch sign on N. Miami Ave., need new Resident Guide to Local Services from City of Miami Neighborhood Enhancement Team, and the need for a speed bump in the middle of NW 70th St. block. Several of these issues were refereed to Rasha Camaeu, NET Administrator for the Little Haiti Community, who will be handling these issues. The next meeting will be held at Miami-Dade County Health Department, Environmental Health and Engineering division. The committee will be give an overview of all the regulated programs in Environmental Health.

PACE-EH Tasks	Action	Outcome	Target Date
Task 1: Determine Community Capacity
	On April 15, 2006 we started to gather information on the community.	Completed
	The community is bounded on the North by 82nd Ave., the East by NE 2nd Ave., the West by I- 95 and the South by NW 36th St.
	We looked at the demographics of the community and found that there are several persons who will adequately represent the community.
	We already have a working relationship with the community and other Governmental Agencies.
	Several representatives of the community have expressed their willingness to participate in this project.
	This community uses the local Haitian radio station to communicate with their counter part.
	One identified weakness is the fact that several representative of the community have their own political agendas in mind.
	The First community meeting was scheduled and held on June 8, 2006.
	We were able to identify a possible person from the community who could serve a community liaison.
Task 2: Define and Characterize the Community	On April 25, 2006 we conducted a survey and found that there were several characteristics of the community such as the different community representatives, and environmental conditions affecting the community, such as trash, garbage, rodent infestation and other environmental stressors. We also conducted several field visits to determine who the key players in the community are. We found that there are several business owners, political activist, home owners, radio stations and governmental agencies that have the capacity to take on a PACE-EH program.	Completed
Task 3: Assemble Community Environmental Health Assessment Team.	At our August 10, 2006 meeting we identified a group of community residents who volunteered to serve on a committee that will coordinate the emerging issues of the community.	Completed
	We are now in the process of hiring a person from the community who will act as a community liaison.	Pending	Dec 10, 2006
	The community members included 6 home owners, 2 crime watch representatives, 1 government employees and 1 local radio station representatives.
Task 4: Define the goals of the assessments.	One member of the assessment team advised me that a major issue will be the drainage system within the community	Pending	Nov 17, 2006
	Second issue they would like to address is suspicious activities at several residents (drug sales and prostitution).	Pending	Sept 17, 2006
Task 5: Generate the environmental health list.	The need for code enforcement at 140 NW 70th St. Property has overgrown weeds with trash.	Pending	Nov 17, 2006
	Suspicious Activities ( Drug sales and Prostitution) at 51,127, 129, 131, 133 NW 70th St.	Pending	Dec 31, 2006
	Commercial truck parked with full load of roofing equipment.	Pending	Nov 17, 2006
	The need for a new Citizen Crime Watch Sign at N. Miami Ave.	Pending	Nov 17, 2006
	The need for a speed bump in the middle of block - NW 70th St.	Pending	Dec 31, 2006

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? The The need

During the implementation of the PACE EH project in the Little Haiti Community we have encountered several opportunities.

1. Several environmental concerns were brought to the table and are being address.

2. The administrator of the Little Haiti Neighborhood Enhancement Team is very committed to the resolution of several of the community request.

3. Several of the issues brought up by the team falls directly under the jurisdiction of the Neighborhood Enhancement Team.

4. Environmental has advised the team to work directly with the Neighborhood Enhancement team to resolve the issues identified.

5. Environmental Health will also be following up with the team to ensure the issues are being resolved.

6. The team is also working to schedule a cleanup activity in a specific location of their community.

Little Haiti Community Reports

August, 2006

July, 2006

June, 2006

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