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Commissioner To Hold Town Hall Meeting To Discuss Lead Poisoning
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Hillsborough County
Commissioner Gwen Myers is hosting a Town Hall meeting for residents of Grant Park, Florence Villa, Dixie Farm or Uceta Gardens, on Wednesday, April 21, at 6:30 p. m. The meeting will be held at Kenly Park, 3101 North 66th Street, Tampa (33619).
“This meeting is to discuss the lead poison at Gopher Re- sources, also known as Enviro- focus Industries. A series of news articles on lead poison at Gopher Resource were pub- lished in the local paper,” Comm. Myers said.
“We want to inform the residents of the above commu- nities on the health and safety concerns as it relates to lead
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poison and provide education and testing for lead in children and adults,” said Myers.
According to the published reports in the Tampa Bay Times, employees from Go- pher Resources say they have complained about the lead poi- soning for many years. Head- quartered in Minnesota, the
plant in Tampa is one of two lead battery recycling factories in the country.
“Some of the health issues associated with high levels of lead exposure are: heart ail- ments, kidney disease, infertil- ity, hypertension, muscle weakness, behavioral prob- lems, reduced attention span, cogitative disabilities and de- bilitating headaches.
Community partners par- ticipating are: Congress- woman Kathy Castor’s staff, State’s Department of Health, County’s Environmen- tal Protection Commission, City Councilman Orlando Gudes, and School Board Member Henry “Shake” Washington,” said Myers.
She is encouraging resi- dents in the named communi- ties to please attend.
Tampa Housing Authority Board Meeting
The Regular Virtual Meet- ing of the Board of Commis- sioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Tampa is scheduled for Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 8:30 a. m.
To join the meeting: • Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:https://meetings.rin gcentral.com/j/1493693016? pwd=SkREaEF6TFFWWG1U d DVDd1l1WDlpZz09 Pass- word: 009829 • Or Telephone US: +1(312)2630281, Meeting ID: 149 369 3016.
All board meetings are open to the public.
NOTICE: Any person, who
might wish to appeal any de- cision made by the Board of Commissioners, with respect to any matter considered at this meeting, is advised that he/she will need a record of the proceedings; for such pur- pose, he/she may need to en- sure that a verbatim record of the proceedings be made, which will include the testi- mony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be asked.
James A. Cloar, Chair- man of the Board, Jerome D. Ryans, President/CEO, Tampa Housing Authority.
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