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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MAY 9, 1983 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, May 9, 1963 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Dr. Michael S. Erdos, Linda Roemer, Ph.D. and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. NO SMOKING Mr. Lambie, Chairman, said he thought we were going to get the no -smoking BY-LAW by-law started quicker than was recorded in the April 1983 minutes. As stated in the April 1983 minutes, it does not become a by-law until after town meeting finishes, the Town Clerk has 30 days to file it with the attorney general and he, in turn, has up to 90 days to return it to the town clerk. In the mean- time, the Board and the Director have agreed to draw up a draft of this by-law, complete it, two weeks before the public hearing. In the process of drawing up the by-law the penalties or fines will have to be discussed with the Town Counsel. Mr. Smith said he thought after it was completed that he would have it published two weeks before the public hearing and he will notify all restau- rant owners. Mr. Smith feels that we could have the public hearing at the July Board Meeting. Mr. Smith told the Board that they would not have to worry about problems with 47 RIDGE RD. the house at 47 Ridge Road anymore because it had burned to the ground on last Saturday night. Mr. Smith reported to the Board that he had received a letter from the W. R. Grace Company in regard to the chemicals that they have stored there at 55 Hayden Avenue. They have invited the Board of Health and the Director to make a visit to the facilities so that they can be aware of the chemicals they store there. The bulk of the hazardous waste stored is about 90% flammable solvents, and the remaining 10% consists of corrosives (acids and bases) and halogenated solvents. They said there were two situations that could occur in the hazardous waste storage area, one being a fire or explosion and the other would be a spill resulting from a leaking drum. They have a contingency plan that would handle emergencies to deal with both of these events. The Board will make plans to visit the company of Friday, May 20th, 1983. on Wednesday, the 18th of May Mr. Smith had received a copy of a letter that the Versaille Restaurant had written to the Town Manager requesting permission to put a sidewalk cafe out- VERSAILLE side the restaurant (on the sidewalk) in front of the premises. The Town Manager RESTAURANT wanted "comments" from the Health Director. Mr. Smith told the Board that he is not crazy about that idea at all. It would be right in line with the foot traffic. RAILROAD SPRAYING It was decided that the Board cannot object to this as long as the food is served properly but they would like it known that they are not keen on having food served at an outside cafe. Mr. Smith told the Board that the Town has reveived its yearly letter from the railroad stating that they will be spraying along the railroad tracks with herbicides. He said that the railroad will not be spraying in Lexington be- cause they currently do not use the railroad tracks in this town. The Board really does not have control over this.