VMICC HMRC Meeting Minutes 
IERE Offices  - DRAFT
January 9, 2004

Attending were Shaheeda Pierce, Guy Barret from Dept of Ecology, Smelter Plume, Dennis Saunders, 
Adam Rawson, Dan Schueler

We started the meeting talking about who we are. 
The minutes from the November 2003 meeting were approved, as was the agenda for this meeting.

Announcements
none

Reports
Department of Ecology was represented by Guy Barret.  DoE, Seattle King Co Health Dept, Pierce co Health, 
Kitsap and Thurston County will be conducting a new soil sampling effort for Arsenic.  The footprint of
the study is somewhat larger than previous sampling efforts, now including more areas to the south in Thurston
County, more areas in King, Kitsap, King and Pierce counties. They are also announcing a new program for 
child use areas, and talk about a new residential soil sampling program.  People will sometime in the future
be able to have the County sample their soil and the State DoE will pick up the tab.  They are also naming ASARCO
as the the liable party and announcing their new outreach program, which includes an
update of their website.  Guy also told us about the current state of the editing of the April 2003 Symposium 
video.  They're hoping to get back to us next week to give us a further update. 

no reports from IRPPC or King County Public Health.  

We had a discussion about a new printing and publication of more copies of the Heavy Metal Handbook for 
Healthcare Practitioners. Shaheeda Pierce made a motion that the Community Council be asked for the funds 
to print 100 additional copies of the handbook. The motion was seconded and passed.  

There was discussion of the existing structure of subcomittees and of the mission statement.  It was agreed 
that the subcomittees would be Information, May Gerstle Research/Science - Rita Schenck, Liason - Dennis Saunders 
and May Gerstle, Action - Shaheeda Pierce.

New Business

The plan for the next year Dennis wants to continue working with other organizations like Rotary and VIGA.
Adam wants to be involved in coming up with new ideas for getting the information we've already gathered 
out to the public.  Shaheed mentioned possibly a third Dirt Symposium.  Rita will be working on the Creating
Clean Dirt project and will be needing help, wants a volunteer to go to hardware stores to find out what is
being sold now, fertilizer now.  Guy mentioned a prototype grant proposal he created for a clean dirt project.
May wants us to figure out how to further disseminate the Heavy Metal Handbook and also wants us to host
another symposium.  Dockton park playground cleanup was mentioned.  

Submitted by Dan Schueler, January 9, 2004