SAFETY COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT

The Community Safety Committee (CSC) membership has grown over the past year. Current volunteer membership consists of Ted Taylor, Bob McDaniels, Rich Petteys, Roy Horn, Maggie Horn, Dan McCaughan, Don Moore Board Member & Acting Chair, Rod Falor Board Member. Skip and Barb Cooper retired due to health reasons as Chair and Secretary of the Firewise Committee and the Firewise Committee has become a sub-committee of the CSC. Now with the addition of the Firewise volunteers: Jack Withrow, Bob Cushman, Kathy Broderick, Pam Malmberg, Jan Wilson Alternate, Carolyn Patterson Board Member, we have a total of 14 active volunteers.

• The CSC worked in conjunction with the Social and Rec Committee in the planning and implementation of a Community Health Fair.
• The CSC worked at contacting residents who had not completed their Emergency Response Survey.
• The CSC organized and conducted a standpipe painting project. The committee also proposed a comprehensive maintenance and testing program for the standpipes which was adopted by the Board.
• The CSC conducted a free First Aid/CPR course for the residents of Shelter Bay. Approximately 35 people completed the course.
• A Medivac helicopter landing zone (LZ) was designated in Shelter Bay to be used in cases of medical emergencies.
• The CSC instituted a policy of submitting a different safety related article each month in the Newsletter and on the web site.
• At the request of the Manager the CSC is studying ways to reduce the dangers associated with Klamath and Shelter Bay Drives intersection and to investigate and find solutions for the speeding problem within Shelter Bay.
• At the request of the Board the CSC is working with the Social and Rec and Greenbelt Committees on some type of vehicle barrier and walkway on Shelter Bay Drive in the area of the helicopter landing zone.
• The Board merged the Firewise Committee into the Safety Committee. Firewise will become a sub-committee within the Safety Committee.
• At the request of the Board the CSC proposed for the Boards approval new rules, regulations, and guidelines concerning the operation of Martha’s Beach.

Activities of the Firewise Sub-Committee:

• Organized and conducted a Family Fire Safety Day.
• Published informational articles in the newsletter.
• Cleaned up growth and weeds and picked up debris around the fire rings at Martha’s Beach. Also added gravel and sand buffer around the rings.
• Formed Martha’s Beach Patrol group: a group of community volunteers who patrol the beach area and locked the gate at sunset.
• Worked on developing an alternate access driveway at the water tower on Muckleshoot Circle. Made keys available for the gate at Muckleshoot Circle to key people as well as the local police and fire departments.

The Safety Committee would like to thank the Committee Secretary for the many things she has done to make the Committees job so much easier.

Respectfully submitted,