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SANFRANCISCOBOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Environmental Committee

Minutes

Date: June 7, 2006, 2-4pm Location: DPH, Fox Plaza

Committee Members Present: Neil Gendel, Healthy Children Organizing Project; Louise Kimbell, DBI; Karen Cohn, DPH; Raymond Manion, Dept of Environment

Staff and Guests: Anjali Nath, ATF Advocacy Coordinator;

Absent: Benjamin Heckman, La Croix Davis; Sean Prichard, SFAA; Myrna Melgar Iton, Mayor’s Office of Housing; Louise Hill, USEPA; Mae Ling Dea, DBI Vince Fabris, DBI; San Francisco Housing Authority; Joseph Ossai, Housing Inspector, DBI; Mary Higgins, HERC

Meeting Notes/Decisions	Desired Outcome
Introductions & Sign In Facilitator: Karen Cohn Recorder: Anjali Nath
1. Review Agenda and Minutes
2. Update on Camera Purchase Were approved as vendor Still on good terms with purchaser
3. Finalize Karen’s Edit of MOU Neil, Karen and Louise provided input into final draft All mention of water has been changed to moisture intrusion Thermogaphic camera is referred to as “Camera” Karen informed that attorney for SFHA called to indicate his interest in working in partnership with ATF on this endeavor. Karen also brought additional resources to educate ourselves on asthma issues in the home: Video in Spanish and English National Center for Healthy Housing: Essentials for Health Homes Practitioners Training Course, Training Materials (www.healthyhomestraining.org)	Louise will retype and finish and final draft with formatting.
4. Preparation for Meeting with Supervisor Sophie Maxwell Friday, June 9^th, 12-1pm we will meet with Supervisor Maxwell to discuss MOU, plan for hearing and next steps Setting the agenda: She will want us to have some tough questions for her to ask. Discuss MOE and that the point is to get agreement on MOE (Karen) – any questions/comments? (Show her outreach tools) Explain we want to brief SFHA prior to hearing - likes/dislikes Calendar of Events/Timeline – she contacts SFHA to inform about MOE and hearing, she receives his response and forwards it to us, Sophie and ATF reconnect? Sophie’s advanced meeting with SFHA *Hearing with SFHA - To what extent should we reference MOU? Do you need any support from us in the vein of getting letters from our directors (DPH, Environmental Health, DBI, City Atty) and what should the tone be? Who else should be on the agenda? What committee is this going before? We intend to brief other committee members? Do you have any concerns? If backpeddling occurs, what role should ATF take. Frame as the health issue it is for children. Other questions for Sophie: How much does she know about City Atty’s work (14% vacancy at Oakdale). Should not be back peddling by SFHA; already agreed upon. – do you want any background info on that? Should we highlight a success story? Informal Questions to SFHA (in advance) Sophie writes to Mr. Fortner- we are sending you MOU, please respond in writing by x/x/x. Have you have read the MOU? What is your overall feeling about it? What specifically do you like/not like? Is anything missing that should be in it? Who are people taking the training and what’s their role? Acknowledge them. Formal Questions (at hearing) Do you agree with the expectations? Next hearing & what we hope to hear by then Purpose of hearing: To make expectations clear and publicly known; Agree to MOU and agree to work with us; POWER or HERC could testify supportively (GreenAction, POWER, Housing Rights Committee), mend relationship between SFHA and HERC. Myrna submitted 3 grants to HUD: i. Healthy Homes – requires to look for asthma patients and give energy fixes; Using Lead model Myrna spoke with Cal Broomhead (WHPT) – who she referred a number of landlords to; we are interested in the findings of the testing and outcomes	Raymond will connect with Cal Broomhead to follow up on their recent WHPT work with landlords referred by Myrna
5. Announcements – no announcements
6. Next Meeting & Agenda Karen handed out documents related to private housing agenda – how to deal with negligent landlords.
Next Meetings of Committee: a. Wednesday, June 21, 2006 b. Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Meeting Notes/Decisions

Desired Outcome

Introductions & Sign In

Facilitator: Karen Cohn Recorder: Anjali Nath

1. Review Agenda and Minutes

2. Update on Camera Purchase

Were approved as vendor

Still on good terms with purchaser

3. Finalize Karen’s Edit of MOU

Neil, Karen and Louise provided input into final draft

All mention of water has been changed to moisture intrusion

Thermogaphic camera is referred to as “Camera”

Karen informed that attorney for SFHA called to indicate his interest in working in partnership with ATF on this endeavor.

Karen also brought additional resources to educate ourselves on asthma issues in the home:

Video in Spanish and English
National Center for Healthy Housing: Essentials for Health Homes Practitioners Training Course, Training Materials (www.healthyhomestraining.org)

Louise will retype and finish and final draft with formatting.

4. Preparation for Meeting with Supervisor Sophie Maxwell

Friday, June 9^th, 12-1pm we will meet with Supervisor Maxwell to discuss MOU, plan for hearing and next steps

Setting the agenda: She will want us to have some tough questions for her to ask. *Discuss MOE and that the point is to get agreement on MOE (Karen) – any questions/comments? (Show her outreach tools)

*Explain we want to brief SFHA prior to hearing - likes/dislikes

*Calendar of Events/Timeline – she contacts SFHA to inform about MOE and hearing, she receives his response and forwards it to us, Sophie and ATF reconnect?

*Sophie’s advanced meeting with SFHA

*Hearing with SFHA - To what extent should we reference MOU? Do you need any support from us in the vein of getting letters from our directors (DPH, Environmental Health, DBI, City Atty) and what should the tone be? Who else should be on the agenda? What committee is this going before? We intend to brief other committee members? Do you have any concerns? If backpeddling occurs, what role should ATF take. Frame as the health issue it is for children.

Other questions for Sophie: How much does she know about City Atty’s work (14% vacancy at Oakdale).

Should not be back peddling by SFHA; already agreed upon. – do you want any background info on that?

Should we highlight a success story?

Informal Questions to SFHA (in advance)

Sophie writes to Mr. Fortner- we are sending you MOU, please respond in writing by x/x/x.

Have you have read the MOU? What is your overall feeling about it? What specifically do you like/not like? Is anything missing that should be in it?

Who are people taking the training and what’s their role? Acknowledge them.

Formal Questions (at hearing)

Do you agree with the expectations?

Next hearing & what we hope to hear by then

Purpose of hearing: To make expectations clear and publicly known; Agree to MOU and agree to work with us; POWER or HERC could testify supportively (GreenAction, POWER, Housing Rights Committee), mend relationship between SFHA and HERC.
Myrna submitted 3 grants to HUD:

i. Healthy Homes – requires to look for asthma patients and give energy fixes; Using Lead model

Myrna spoke with Cal Broomhead (WHPT) – who she referred a number of landlords to; we are interested in the findings of the testing and outcomes

Raymond will connect with Cal Broomhead to follow up on their recent WHPT work with landlords referred by Myrna

5. Announcements – no announcements

6. Next Meeting & Agenda

Karen handed out documents related to private housing agenda – how to deal with negligent landlords.

Next Meetings of Committee:

a. Wednesday, June 21, 2006

b. Wednesday, July 5, 2006

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