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Home My WebLink About1984-10-16446 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING OCTOBER 16, 1984 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Tuesday, October 16, 1984 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building. Members present were:Donald A. Goldmann, M. D., Howard B. Asarkof, D.D.S. and Mr. George A. Smith, Jr., Director of Public Health. Mr. Smith introduced and welcomed Dr. Asarkof as a new member of the Board of Health. Minutes of the September 10, 1984 meeting were acceptable to the Board. SANITARIAN'S Mr. Smith told the Board that Mrs. Deborah Halko, Sanitarian, was unable to REPORT be present this evening so he reported that she has been very busy doing inspections and re -inspections. They have to keep right after Dunkin Donuts to the point of telling the owner (manager) if things were not improved upon the Board of Health would have to close them down. Even the help was dirty looking. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Halko went back to Dunkin Donuts today and things had really improved and the help was much, cleaner looking. They will go back in another month for another inspection. Mr. Smith said they also went back to Castiello's Bakery. It was not clean. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Halko are going to re -inspect it every two weeks. The plans to put a kitchen in the basement at Castiello's had been approved but now Mr. DiMatteo has put a "stop work order" on this because of doing some things differently than the plan showed. Dr. Asarkof mentioned the various eating places that the help does not wear "hair restraints". Mr. Smith said he keeps trying to get them to wear them. He said the mana- gers keep saying "they are on order". At 8;00 p.m. members of the RDNA Advisory Committee came before the Board RDNA to formally present the cover letter and the proposed regulations for Recom- ADVISORY binant RDNA Research for the Town of Lexington. Those members of the committee COMMITTEE present were: Diane Nosnick, Chairman of the Committee; Donald A. Goldmann, Mj.D. (Board of Health Member, also) Iclal S. Hartman, Ph.D. and Stephen W. Miller, M. D. Mr. George A. Smith, Jr., Director of Public Health accepted the proposed regulations for James W. Lambie, Chairman of the Board of Health in his absence. The regulations will be reviewed and discussed at the November meeting of the Board of Health. RDNA will be on cable T.V. in December when a film will be shown with a question and answer period following. At the next Board of Health Meeting in November the Board of Health will decide a date to hold a public hearing in regard to RDNA. FEE INCREASE Town Meeting in June of 1984. Mr. Smith told the Board some fees had been approved for an increase at 1 These fees had been approved by the Attorney General's Office and advertised under legal notices for two weeks in the Lexington Minute Man Newspaper. Recreational camps from $45.00 to $50.00 Motels from 10.00 to 50.00 Milk Licenses from 2.00 to 10.00 Methyl Alcohol from 1.00 to 5.00 Pasteurization from 10.00 to 40.00 44i FARMINGTON Plans have been submitted to the town for a subdivision on Bow Street (Cataldo RISE SUB- land) by Mark Moore of Moore Homes, Inc. DIVISION There is town sewer and water available and the Conservation Commission is reviewing the drainage. It is pretty much a usual type subdivision. HAZARDOUS Hazardous Waste Day is being held on Saturday, October 20, 1984 from 9:30 WASTE DAY a.m. to 3:30 p.m. up at the town barn on Bedford Street. Hazardous Waste Day started here in the Board of Health and is sponsored also by the League of Women Voters. This will be the third Hazardous Waste Day we have had. Money for it is voted at town meeting. TEMPORARY Mr. Smith mentioned to the Board that he has re -done the regulations for FOOD temporary food service and temporary food service establishments. SERVICE SECTION II The caterers fees are as follows: Commercial: Each mobile vehicle, stand or trailer $10.00 1 Charitable/ Nonprofit churches, schools, civic group, scout troops, $ 5.00 etc. Catered function: each licensed caterer $25.00 PER YEAR OR $ 5.00 PER FUNCTION SECTION VII: Caterers - states a caterers commissionary is required to have a current valid current license. Each caterer is required to have a current permit frau the Lexington Board of Health as provided under Section II of the regulations. Communicable diseases are reportable to the Board of Health and any person affected with a communicable disease (working in a food business) or is a carrier shall be prohibited from work. Mosquito control activities are winding down at this time. MOSQUITO CONTROL Mr. Smith told the Board that Dr. Grady was speaking tomorrow (October 17,- 1984) on encephalitis at the Middlesex Mosquito Control Meeting. This year for mosquito control awareness the Health Department Director put messages on cable TV, had a hot line for residents to call for updated messages and also sent pamphlets home through the schools. Mr. Smith said next year we may not have to scale it up for mosquito control but he doesn't want it scaled down either. MISC. Mr. Smith told the_Board that Mrs. Halko had gone to Raytheon cafeteria and BUSINESS they had put "no smoking" signs up on some of the tables. Owner of property at 6 Raymond Street went to court on Monday (Oct. 15) in regard to violations that were our problems. There are still building department problems there - the house needs to have a structural engineer come there. Mr. Smith told the Board that we had a person come in to request an ap- plication for a "massage license". A resident of Dane Road came into the office in regard to something she felt should be a concern - (Vinebrook) - because 4 persons in four houses right in a row on Kendall Road have cancer. (These are different types of cancer) Mr. Smith told the resident that everything should be documented and if she could prove something of that magnitude it has to be put in writing and have proof of this problem. We received another call today, Mr. Smith said, from a resident of the same area complaining about Vinebrook and the smell, etc. Mr. Smith went over there and found the brook to be dried up. He told the Board that the residents will get together and different ones call with complaints because they want Vinebrook to be covered over. Meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. The following permits were signed by the Board: Animal Permits Seasons Four (seasonal for holiday season) 1265 Mass Ave. Manufacture of Frozen Desserts McDonald Corporation 758 Marrett Rd. Sewerage Disposal Permits Service Pumping & Drain Co., Inc. 42R Broadway Wakefield, Mass. Catering Permits Castiello's Bakery Deli Eatery 1721 Mass Ave. Rene's Catering 113 Front St., Scituate Food Service Establishments Friendly's Ice Cream 66 Bedford St. Sack Cinema's one, two and three 1794 Mass. and 10 Muzzey St. 1 1 Food Service Establishments -continued McDonald's Corp. (Minute Man Corp) 758 Marrett Rd. ARA Services for Honeywell Radiation Center 3 Forbes Rd. Folsom's Seafoods 182 Bedford St. Alexander's Convenient Food Store 335 Woburn St. Versailles Restaurant 1777 Mass Ave. The Kitchen 351 Mass Ave. Maunder's Meat Market 1768 Mass Ave. Sprague Electric Co. - VENDING 92 Hayden Ave. Apple Vending for Tektronix VENDING 482 Bedford St. Bellino's Bakery, Inc. 141 Mass Ave. MOBILE SERVERS Domenic F. Saracen - Deek's Canteen 92 Harrison Ave., Woburn, Mass. Richard DeSaivatore 3 Stephanie Circle, Woburn, Ma. Methyl Alcohol Licenses: Woodhaven Wallpaper & Paint Co., Inc. 424 Marrett Rd. Battle Green Service Center 46 Bedford St. Five Forks Shell 286 Lincoln St. Highland Food Mart 321 Marrett Rd. 449