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<br />LEXINGTON BOARD OF HEALTH
<br />MEETING MINUTES
<br />Wednesday, May 10, 2017
<br />7:00 P.M.
<br />Cary Hall Memorial Building
<br />Estabrook Hall, (Lower level)
<br />1605 Massachusetts Avenue
<br />Lexington, MA 02420
<br />Board of Health Members in Attendance:
<br />Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD, Chair, John J. Flynn, David Geller, M.D., Sharon MacKenzie R.N., CCM, Burt
<br />Perlmutter, MD.
<br />Office of Public Health Attendees:
<br />Gerard Cody, Health Director
<br />Francis Dagle, Health Assistant
<br />Speakers:
<br />Mark Sandeen, Sustainability Lexington
<br />Sara Robinson, BU, School of Public Health
<br />Sam Beglinger, BU, School of Public Health
<br />Documents:
<br />Community Health Report
<br />Environmental Health Report
<br />Chicken and Rice Guys, document
<br />Check yourself for ticks when you are done with your outside activities, press release
<br />Aerial Application to Control Mosquito Larvae
<br />Medical Waste Collection Day in Lexington, Press Release
<br />Hazardous Waste Collection will be on Saturday May 13, Press Release
<br />Building Materials: Safer Alternatives
<br />Radiofrequency Monitoring and Scope
<br />Proposal for Region 4A document
<br />Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment document
<br />Request for Pool Variance document
<br />Emergency Preparedness Report
<br />The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM. Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD, served as Chair Person.
<br />Gerard Cody, Public Health Director, reviewed the Community Health Report.
<br />Environmental Health report was reviewed and the following topics were discussed;
<br />Mark Sandeen, Sustainability Lexington, met with the board to discuss the sustainability project proposed for the Joseph
<br />Estabrook Elementary School. Mr. Sandeen requested that the BOH draft a letter to help guide the project in the right
<br />direction. Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD proposed a motion that stated, “The Lexington Board of Health moves to
<br />authorize the Public Health Director to draft two memos addressed to the Director of Facilities. The first memo will
<br />identify chemicals on a suitable red list, and the second memo will identify benefits of increased ventilation.” Burt
<br />Perlmutter, M.D., seconded the motion. All were in favor.
<br />Micro cell tower complaint update; Sam Beglinger, Boston University School of Public Health, undergraduate student,
<br />will be studying this case, and report back to the BOH with any findings. See minutes from February 2017 for further
<br />information.
<br />On April 12, 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Food Protection program informed the Lexington
<br />Office of Public Health that an E. Coli outbreak investigation is currently ongoing at various Chicken and Rice Guy
<br />establishments. The Public Health Director wrote a letter informing the owners that their permit to operate a mobile food
<br />truck in Lexington called “Chicken and Rice Guys” has been suspended due to the investigation of an E. Coli outbreak.
<br />The Board reviewed the State Sanitary Code Case for 6 Churchill Lane; a non-criminal complaint was filed by Director
<br />Cody on December 30, 2016. The homeowner complied with the conditions, and the case is now closed. 24B Greeley
<br />Village;ASAP Environmental assessed the property. The report identified backup found in the basement, which backed
<br />up in the tub, toilet, and sinks on the first floor.After some discussion, David Geller, M.D. proposed a motion that stated,
<br />“Due to recent findings, The Lexington Board of Health requests that the sanitary drain be checked, maintained, and
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