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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 5, 2003 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 4 February 5, 2003 without dissent. V. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action A. PHEADS Committee 1. Community Assessment Process for 2003 The health department in the past has been charged by the state Division of Public Health with completing a community assessment process every two years. The last such assessment was completed in August 2000. This two year cycle did not allow for adequate time to address needs identified as a result of the assessment process and involved a lot of staff time in conducting an assessment rather than implementing interventions to affect the chosen priorities. Last year the State altered the assessment process so that it would only need to be conducted on a four-year cycle and that it would correspond with recertification of local Healthy Carolinians coalitions. Therefore, for our county, a community needs assessment will be due to the Division of Public Health by December 2003. Maria Hitt, Healthy Carolinians Coordinator, explained that the Healthy Carolinians Executive Committee has considered a tentative outline for a community-wide process. That group has recommended the enhancement of the process by approaching various non-profit and government groups that may be conducting assessments of their own and asking them to participate in a single assessment every four years. A revised outline of the process was presented to board members for their input. Orange–Chatham Justice Partnership, the Orange County Partnership for Young Children, and Communities in Schools have agreed to participate to date. Board members are welcome and encouraged to participate in this process. B. ACEHS 1. L & W Mobile Home Park Update Ron Holdway presented the board with an update on the L & W Mobile Home Park case. Wayne Paschal is the owner of L&W Mobile Home Park in Eno Township and was under a Superior Court Consent Order from 2001 and further notices from Health Department staff to vacate spaces because of failing septic systems. Mr. Paschal appealed to the Board of Health with the consideration that he would connect the park to the Durham sewer system by June 1, 2002. The connection was to be by a privately owned sewer pump station that Mr. Paschal would install. Mr. Paschal failed to meet the deadline for installing the pump station and contended until early December 2002, that he still intended to do so, but had been held up for a variety of reasons. Staff was notified by his attorney on December 16th that Mr. Paschal no longer intended to install the pump station for financial reasons. Staff met with Mr. Paschal and his attorney on January 10 to review the situation