The Operations Ad Hoc Committee members Marielle, Lou, and Maureen met over Zoom on June 2,
2025 to review the items delegated during the last Operations Committee meeting. They discussed
potential forum titles, talking points for the chair to make during introduction, the forum handout, and
created a check list of action items with roles and deadlines. They plan to hold a follow up meeting in
August after the next Operations Committee to finalize all details to bring to the commission for
approval.
OLD BUSINESS
5.
DISCUSS the logistics of holding a public forum and continue developing a plan of action
The next Operations Committee meeting will be held at the County Admin building to review the space
and work on a layout for tables and resources. Commissioner Brennan created a flyer on PFAS for the
forum, Commissioner Jamin will work on refining her draft and bring it back to the committee for
review. The commissioners reviewed the attached draft contents of forum advert/flyer document
(agenda item 4 attachment) and discussed potential revisions such as including a sign in sheet to collect
names, city/town, private citizen vs organization, and contact information (optional).
The
commissioners discussed limiting the number of topics to have flyers on to 6-10: flaring, sea level
rise/living levee, creative land recycling/brownfield development, lithium battery safety, PFAs, HMC
intern program/Career Pathways, and pharmaceutical collection. The commissioners discussed
delegating roles for preparations to be completed prior to the forum and roles for the day of the forum.
6.
Review the Hazardous Materials Commission webpage and recommend any needed updates.
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The commissioners requested the recording of the Con Fire lithium ion battery safety presentation to be
trimmed and posted on the webpage. They also requested to have their Recommendations to the Board
of Supervisors section updated to reflect the years in which the recommendations were made. Adam
will request that Michael Kent's name as the contact person is removed from the Hazardous Materials
Commission tab within the Boards and Commission webpage.
NEW BUSINESS
7.
CONSIDER recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning Student Interns’
presentations to the Hazardous Materials Commission on June 26, 2025.
Commissioner Glueck expressed concerns regarding the student interns and felt the commission needs
to be more diligent in the selection process to ensure full commitment to the internship. The
commissioners discussed the current expectations provided to interns and considered developing a more
formal list of expectations and guidelines from the commission's standpoint. Commissioner Brennan
was impressed by the level of expertise of the interns and suggested that college students may be better
qualified to conduct the level of research expected by the commission. The commissioners found the
research presentations to be very interesting and informative, but opted to not make any formal
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
8.
Announcements from commissioners on items of commission interest.
There were not any announcements made by commissioners.
