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Residents raise runoff and lab health concerns; city staff to investigate
Summary
At the April 10 Environmental Advisory Board meeting, citizens asked the board to pursue water testing after runoff into a Lakeside Park pond and raised concerns about Oppenheimer Lab; city staff, housing and public health were told they would investigate those concerns.
Katherine Arnett, a citizen who presented the Environmental Advisory Board with a history of the EAB, opened public concerns at the April 10 meeting, followed by Andrea Hirtle and Kristie Ortiz, who described environmental problems in neighborhood water bodies.
Ortiz reported runoff from an auto repair business draining into a small lake near Lakeside Park and said residents eat fish caught there; she also said community members have observed higher rates of cancer and plant damage near Oppenheimer Lab. The board heard the concerns during the public-comment portion of the meeting; no formal testing results were presented at the meeting.
Theresa McGeady, a City staff member, said her team will investigate the water-quality complaint and that the Housing Department and Public Health, Dayton & Montgomery County will also look into the lab-related concerns. The meeting minutes record that staff will be dispatched to follow up but do not include a timeline or testing protocol.
The meeting did not include a vote on directing specific sampling or remediation steps; members instead received the reports and logged the request for staff follow-up. The board’s agenda packet and minutes do not specify which laboratory or analytic methods will be used for testing, and a speaker did not provide a firm schedule for results.
Next steps recorded in the meeting: city staff will investigate the runoff complaint and coordinate with Housing and Public Health on the lab concern. The board will hear updates at a future meeting; no date for follow-up testing or findings was announced at the April 10 session.
