THIS WEDNESDAY'S CPAC AGENDA

First off Thank you to Woolwich Township for continuing to send me Minutes and Agendas for CPAC meetings in advance. Not only in advance but in fact several more days in advance than occurred with the old CPAC.

What concerns me is that this Agenda for Wednesday evening is literally a skeleton. This is probably due to the fact that both this week (June 8) and next week (June 15) were initially NOT intended to be proper public CPAC meetings but instead were Orientation Sessions for the new CPAC members. I used to complain about the paucity of old CPAC public meetings when they occurred every couple of months. We now have a backlog of issues that need to be addressed and discussed such as Odour Complaints. These were raised both last summer and last November by Shannon Purves Smith and she and her neighbours deserve the courtesy of a response. Without this even being on the Agenda that could be difficult. Speaking of next week's public CPAC meeting, it appears that it may even be in doubt. Further information will be forthcoming.

At the moment Dioxin removal from GP1 & 2 is not listed on the Agenda however my presentation to Woolwich Council last Monday was included in the package so perhaps we can conclude that under Update of Agenda it will be added. Also literally Life and Death issues such as Vapour Intrusion in the area of First St. and Howard Ave. west of Union St., if not discussed, at least should be delegated to someone to investigate. Chemtura and the old CPAC were also investigating the NDMA plume east and south of the Chemtura site. This included a re-examination of the Lot 91 site monitoring wells, Control Order and provincial officer's Report. There are also two seperate peer reviews of air issues supposed to be in the works.

I am the first to agree that what I've listed plus everything else I haven't listed aren't likely to all be covered this Wednesday evening. This is why weeks and months ago I was submitting proposed Agendas to Woolwich Township. These proposed Agendas included eight proposed CPAC public meeting dates. One thing that is on Wednesday's Agenda is Item 7.3.1 Meeting Schedule. Please CPAC do not scrimp on these public meetings, do not as is custom, take the summer months off and do not only book two or three meetings in advance. If you want public attendance, not to mention your own very slim members attendance, then have the courtesy of putting out a solid schedule for at the least the remainder of 2011.