Elvira Neighborhood Association

APPROVED ENA Meeting Minutes

ENA Meeting Minutes: 09.14.09

- Rich Kessler started the meeting at 7:06PM.

- CENSUS 2010: Fatima Morales and Monica Sanchez gave a presentation on the 2010 Census. They handed out info from the U.S. Census Bureau. They also presented a timeline of the census as to start and culmination. Various questions from the neighbors present were answered.

- Environmental Protection Agency (Leana Rosetti, Martin Zeleznic, Richard Muza) and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (Susan Hess, Eileen Palese): A presentation was given on the TCE contamination and the focus remedial investigation for 1,4 dioxane in the  Elvira/Sunnyside neighborhoods.   [ In 1981 with the U.S. EPA and the City of Tucson conducted groundwater sampling and analyzed data from city municipal water wells within the Tucson International Airport Area, which covers a ten square mile area. The investigation, which began in 1982, revealed elevated elements of VOC,TCE, PCE in several south-side City water wells. As a result, these wells were closed for use as public drinking water. The TIAA was listed as a Federal Superfund Site in 1983. Subsequent sampling identified a main plume of ground-water contamination approximately one-half mile wide and five miles in length. U.S. EPA and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality have been involved in investigations and clean-up activities at TIAA since the initial discovery of VOCs in the groundwater. Eleven drinking water wells and several private households wells have been shut down as a result of the contamination. Improvements in technology have allowed for the detection of 1,4 dioxane; focus remedial investigation is being conducted. ]  To provide community members with an opportunity to learn about the cleanup process and to obtain local perspective for decisions concerning the cleanup, a Unified Community Advisory Board (UCAB) was formed in 1995. The UCAB meets the third Wednesday of January, April, July and October; 6:00-8:00PM @ El Pueblo Neighborhood Center, 101 W. Irvington Rd. The meetings are open to the public.

- ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Rich Kessler mentioned he has received letters from Pima Council on Aging. Also, from Dave Ciesiewski wanting to meet with the board officers and then the rest of the association. Rich will let both parties know that we will be busy with the Elvira Neighborhood Association Bylaws and will not be able to meet with them until after the first of next year (2010). Pre-UCAB meeting Tuesday,  Oct. 20; 6:00PM @ Hope Methodist Church and quarterly UCAB meeting Wednesday, Oct. 21; 6:00 - 8:00PM @ El Pueblo Neighborhood Center. SNAPP (Southside Neighborhood Association Presidential Partnership) meeting Thursday, Oct. 15; 6:00 - 7:30PM @ Santa Cruz Police Substation, NW Corner of Park and Fair. 

- Meeting adjourned at 9:03PM.