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Home My WebLink About1984-09-10441 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING SEPTEMBER 10, 1984 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, September 10, 1984 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. Donald A. Goldmann, and Mr. George A. Smith, Jr., Director of Public Health. At 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Jayne Tapia, R.N., Administrative Nurse for Visiting Nurse and Community Health, Inc. came before the Board. Mrs. Tapia reviewed, for Dr. Goldmann what had happened up until now in regard to the survey the Visiting Nurses had done in the villages for the elderly. She explained that she had come before the Board in May for permission to do a survey in the elderly villages to see how many frail elderly could use more services. She explained to the Board how she had done 22 assessments and 9 needed additional services. Mrs. Tapia said she had applied for a grant from the Department of Elder Af- fairs to see if they could hire a senior health monitor (SHA) that would be a health aide or an LPN to monitor the needs of the frail elderly if we could get this grant and the housing authority allows the nurses to go into the villages. The visiting nurse that does the Lexington clinics now would supervise the health monitor. The position would be for a 20 hour week plus an hour to sit down with the nurse in charge to discuss and review what was happening with the frail el- derly that they had visited. Mrs. Tapia said the project would be for nine months and she has requested $8664.00 (grant money) and any money donated by the Board of Health. Dr. Goldmann suggested to Mrs. Tapia to give a call to Dr. Jack Rowe of the Harvard School of Public Health (Geriatrics) or Dr. Richard Bestine of the Jewish Rehabilitation Center and see if they could suggest something that would be able to fund programs for the elderly. Mrs. Tapia said if she goes ahead with the project she would like to involve Mr. Smith or one of the members of the Board of Health. Mrs. Tapia also said she wants to get money to start a project for the elderly at Emerson Gardens, Battle Green Apartments and Captain Parker Arms, as many of these tenants are aging. Mr. Lambie told Mrs. Tapia that he hasn't been completely comfortable with the role the Board plays now as far as the Visiting Nurses visits and these health assessments. After a brief discussion Mrs. Tapia said she would keep the Board informed and then thanked the Board and retired. Mr. Smith told the Board that Mrs. Halko was unable to attend the meeting SANITARIANS this evening because she has started back to classes on Monday evenings. REPORT He said while he was out during his illness Mrs. Halko did very well filling in for him. She had trouble with the owner of the new store Castiello's. When she went up to his deli/bakery for a final inspection he still had many things 442 to complete and she would not let him open until these things had been completed. Dunkin Donuts gave her some problems, but he did get his place cleaned up. RDNA Mr. Smith said that the RDNA Advisory Committee is just about ready to ADVISORY write their report to the Board of Health. Wednesday evening, September 12th COMMITTEE should be their last meeting. If any member of the Board of Health wants to go - it will be held up in the Public Works Office (X.00m 201) of the Town Office Building. The final letter will need a large scale review with the Board of Health. Mr. Smith said the committee was upset with him because of his restrictions on food service. If there is going to be cafeterias, he said, their has to be full pest control because pests, i.e. cockroaches, can travel both ways (to the cafeterias and from the cafeterias. The RDNA Advisory Committee will probably meet at the October meeting of the Board of Health if their report/letter is completed before then. MOSQUITO Mr. Smith said the mosquitoes are beginning to go - the mosquito trappings CONTROL are low in number. A horse died in Brockton from EEE. David Henley of the E.M.M.C.P. told Mr. Smith that at the state game farm pheasants have been dying. He said when one pheasant dies that the others have a tendency to pick at the dead one and can contact EEE that way but even those in noncontiguous pens have also died so they must have been bitten by mosquitoes. Mr. Smith said he will be writing his last weekly message for the cable TV this week. FARMINGTON The plans for the new subdivision, Farmington Rise, going to be built by RISE SUB- Mr. Mark Moore seem o.k. Drainage arrangement is good, there will be town DIVISION sewer and town water. RAYTHEON NO SMOKING SECTION Mr. Smith suggested that the Board ask Mr. Mark Moore to come into the next Board Meeting. Mr. Smith said Susan Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager, had asked for his comments on the Bow Street sewage dumping station. Mr. Smith said he can"just see the Bow Street manhole for sewage disposal having to be moved somewhere else when the new development is completed and people move in there." He felt that the manhole should be manned at all times during the day because in the past trucks have come in there from out of Town that were not licensed with the Board of Health. Mr. Smith thinks that the disposal site should be up at Public Works and manned with someone up there. Mr. Smith told the Board that he is meeting on Wednesday, September 12th with Mr. Norman Cohen, Town Counsel, in regard to Raytheon and their not setting aside a 25% of their cafeteria seats for non-smokers. 1 1 1 1 44-3 The Board was told that Mr. Smith has set the annual Flu Vaccine Clinic for the elderly, town employees, and chronically ill persons for October 11, 1984 at Cary Hall. He said he is trying to set something up for that day so that school employees and town employees could come in to get the shot and get out faster than they have in past years. He thinks maybe he could set something up in the left corridor down near the kitchen. Mr. Smith said that Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day has been set for October 20, 1984. The next meeting has not been scheduled at this time. Meeting adjourned 8:30 p.m. The following permits are to be signed by the Board; Food Service Establishments Sunshine Convenient Food Mart Countryside Deli 373 Mass Ave. 321 Woburn St. Kindercare Learning Center Kitchen Creative Gourmets LTD. for Itek # 1 80 Maple St. 10 Maguire Rd. Mother Earth Natural Foods 10 Muzzey St, ARA Services for Honeywell Radiation Ctre. 2 Forbes Rd. Mario's Italian Restaurant 1733 Mass Ave. Canteen Corp. for Instrumentation Lab 113 Hartwell Ave. Food Service Establishments - Vending Servomation for Ginn & Co. Viking Vending Corp. for Hayden Recreation 191 Spring St. Center 24 Lincoln St. Dining Management Services for Data Instruments Canteen Corp. for Instrumentation Lab 4 Hartwell Place 113 Hartwell Ave. Interstate United Corp. for Data Resources 24 Hartwell Ave. Interstate United Corp. for Data Resources 29 Hartwell Ave. New England Vending Corp. for Varian Vacuums 121 Hartwell Ave. Canteen Corp. for Instrumentation Lab 101 Hartwell Ave. Retail Food Stores Permits (Markets) Sunshine Convenient Food Mart 373 Mass Ave. MediMart 60 Bedford St. Maunder's Meat Market, Inc. 1768 Mass Ave. Catering Permits Servomation Corp. for Minuteman Home Care - Senior Citizens catering at Church of Our Redeemer 6 Meriam St. Sewage Disposal Permit F.J. Ratta Co., Inc. 235 School St., Acton, Ma. Chemical Toilet Permits Spauling & Slye For: Kilnbrook #5 15 N.E. Executive Park, Burlington Weitz Construction Co. For: Cranberry Hill (Off Merrett Rd.) P.O. Box 179, Needham, MA Animal Permits Francis W. Smith - 2 horses,,7 goats and 20 chickens 4 Clematis Rd. Elio Sgrosso - 14 chickens 215 Marrett Rd. Anne Butler - 1 horse 22 Rangeway Donald Flannery - 12 laying hens 22 Vine St. Syringe Permit Barry W.J. Rose 8 Blossomcrest Rd., Lexington Methyl Alcohol Permits Citgo Service Center 384 Waltham St. 1 1 1 Methyl Alcohol Permits - continued Barrett & Son Sunoco Station 301 Mass Ave. Lexington Exxon Station 10 Woburn St. Minuteman Regional Vocational School 758 Marrett Rd. WalthamStreet Mobil Station 396 Waltham St. MacKay Hardware 166 Bedford St. Lafley's Service Station - 27 Mass Ave. Arlex Oil Corp. 275 Mass Ave. Lexington Shell Service Center 1095 Mass Ave. Heritage Service Centers, Inc. 277 Bedford St. Stop & Shop 36 Bedford St. Midnight Motors 433 Marrett Rd. Ray Potter's Service Center 330 Woburn St. Al Stander's Gulf Service, Inc. 324 Marrett Rd. C.V.S. Pharmacy 1735 Mass Ave. Medi Mart 60 Bedford St. Minuteman Auto Supply 313 Marrett Rd. 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