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Lexington Board of Health Meeting, March 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Cary Hall, Ellen Stone Room 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA Attendees: Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Chair; Sharon MacKenzie; Deborah Thompson and Judith Feldman. Health Department Attendees: Gerard F. Cody, Kathy Fox Heiger-Bernays called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The Board reviewed the minutes of February 13, 2008. MacKenzie motioned to accept the minutes of February 13, 2008 with corrections. Feldman seconded. All approved. The Board reviewed the Public Health Nurse report. It was noted by Heiger-Bernays that the July 07 TB case would soon be coming to a close and there are no outstanding TB cases. Cody advised the Board of new developments with the shared PHN position. The Public Health Nurse position will be posted as a full-time Lexington employee, reporting to the Health Director. The Town of Belmont will receive 14 hours or 2 workdays worth of PHN service from the Town of Lexington. In addition to paying for the hours, other associated costs such as health care, retirement and mileage would be covered by Belmont for the relative % time of the PHN. Cody informed the Board of an issue that occurred last year with the Mass Premier Soccer Camp, when the Camp was delinquent with required documentation for permitting, although the camp had been allowed to run as scheduled. The BOH was uninformed of this issue until this meeting. In order to make certain that all required documentation is on file well before the camp season, Mr. Lee Billard, Manager for Mass Premier Soccer, came before the BOH. Mr. Cody clearly enunciated the requirements for application and Billard assured the BOH that all requirements would be met. The Board reinforced the position of potentially denying a permit for 2008 if the application is incomplete prior to the June 15, 2008 deadline. Under Plan Review updates, Lexington Prep School was not available as scheduled in the agenda and was addressed later in the meeting. The Biosafety Committee recommended issuing an rDNA permit to Microbia, Inc. At this meeting Kevin Madden, Program Director for Microbia, presented an update of the original plan that was submitted for review. After a brief discussion by Heiger- Bernays, MacKenzie motioned to grant the rDNA permit to Microbia. Feldman seconded. All approved. Food Code Compliance Program Update Cody introduced Chris Tai, Manager of Teppanyachi and reminded the Board that Teppanyachi had been before the Board on February 13, 2008, and that several violations of an order letter dated February 22, 2008 were outstanding. In addition, there were several new violations, including a cutting board with mold on the underside. Earlier in the afternoon, seven employees, including Tai were present for a Person In Charge (PIC) training, which included a forty-five minute video (in English) about proper food preparation and service. There was also an eight-minute video in Mandarin (as requested by the food workers) that helped explain cross contamination by lack of proper hand