4-23-03 MYA Meeting Minutes

From: Move Your Ash
Time Stamp 5/13/2003 9:52:18 AM



Move Your Ash Meeting
Devers Elementary School
April 23, 2003 7 pm

Discussion of retainer agreement finds many questions that must be answered by the attorneys. Some of these are answered below. If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail the attorneys, address below. Retainer agreement tabled for more study.

Guest Speaker- Larry Yates of the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (Love Canal Group) speaks on applying political pressure.

Key Points-
Pressure on PaDEP, Sen Waugh, Rep. Mackareth, York County Solid Waste Authority, and West Manchester Twp.

Bring County Commissioner Candidates to MYA meeting and ask them for their position on the ash piles and facility.

Use CONSISTENT political pressure

Create Task Committees

Get Move Your Ash Yard Signs made ($393 for 100 signs)

Prepare confidential survey including health, property effects, and any other information

Create an Ash Fact Sheet

Have a web page on CCIP's website with links from neighborhood websites

After Larry Yates' talk we formed committees for the following tasks:

Solid Waste Authority Committee( Go to meetings, background of authority and its members, how county influences the authority) 1) Cameron Texter, 2) Brent Ryer

DEP Committee (Write letters and apply political pressure)
1) Michael Helfrich, 2)Cameron Texter, 3)Tim Paige, 4)Brent Ryer

Communications/ Outreach (Create flyers and web links and get them to the public) 1) Sharon Smith, 2) Scott Smith

Media Committee ( Keep Move Your Ash in the Media)
1) Tim Paige, 2) George Ceroy

Political Liaisson Committee (Keep in touch with political officials)
1) Cameron Texter, 2) Hans Winterkorn

Election Committee ( Organize candidate visit to meetings to ask them ash questions) 1) Michael Helfrich 2)Pat Snyder

Health Survey Committee (write survey and organize people to go door to door) 1) Michael Helfrich, 2)Sharon Smith

Meeting Adjourned 9 pm