For more information on this project, contact Michele Seeley, PACE EH Coordinator, or David Overfield, Environmental Health Director

ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
April, 2007 PACE-EH Progress Report

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Date: May 2, 2007

To: Daniel Parker, MSP
Assistant Division Director, Division of Environmental Health

From: David Overfield
Environmental Health Director

Subject: Apopka PACE EH Project

1. Project Summary

We have completed the survey portion of the project with a total of 276 surveys compiled. The surveys listed the 29 environmental health concerns the community of Apopka had generated during a community meeting. On the surveys the 29 concerns were ranked on level of importance. The top five concerns were identified for the PACE EH project. One of the concerns on the list has already been worked on by the local officials. The five concerns the PACE EH project will work on are

more medical and dental clinics,
more medical specialty care,
physical activities and after school programs,
more organized sports with low or no fees and
the odor from the Lake Jewel dump.

The next community meeting is being planned for this month (May), in order to inform the community members the results of the survey and discuss plans of action for the project. We will look for the appropriate stakeholders and community members to assist on the different environmental health concerns.

2. Work Plan and Process Update

PACE-EH Tasks	Action	Outcome	Target Date
Task 1: Determine Community Capacity	Apopka was chosen based on previously recognized environmental health issues, continuing concerns from locals and the at-risk population of the area.	Completed
Task 2: Define and Characterize the Community	The City of Apopka has had environmental studies completed in the recent past, had an on-going mouse overpopulation problem in which OCHD was already involved; which also had developed some communication between local leaders and OCHD.	Completed
Task 3: Assemble a Community-Based Environmental Assessment Team	The Director of Environmental Health in the Orange County Health Department, David Overfield is the head of the PACE EH project, he was able to hire a part-time local coordinator, and with 1-2 regular OCHD staff, have begun the PACE EH project. As the community needs are assessed, partnerships can be forged with the appropriate people in government, community leadership and businesses to accomplish the goals.	Ongoing	May 30, 2007
Task 4: Define the goals, objectives and scope of the assessment	A community meeting was held in Apopka January 22nd 2007 to begin assessing the community needs and concerns. A list of 29 EH concerns were listed and the community survey was developed from that list.	Completed
Task 5: Generate a list of community specific EH issues	The list of 29 EH concerns were listed a community survey and they are being rated by importance to create 5-6 'most important' issues on which the PACE EH project can focus. 67 surveys have been collected; more will be collected by the target date.	Completed

3. Outstanding Issues/Concerns

Michele Seeley will be attending the EPA Community Involvement Training Conference June 19-22, 2007 to learn more about community development projects and how to make them successful.

Past Orange County Updates

March, 2007

June, 2004