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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-06-02-6- 131 SWIMMING POOL Moon Hill Pool Meadow Brook Day Camp c/o Christian High School RECREATION CAMP Meadow Brook Day Camp 0/0 Christian High School METHYL ALCOHOL Arthur's Auto Repair Shop Lexington Auto Sales, Inc. Calvin Childs Garage Rowe Chevrolet Inc. Colonial Garage, Inc. Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M. BOARD AF HEALTH MEETING JUNE 2, 1967 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Friday, June 2-, 1967 at 7:00 P.M. in the $e lectmen's Room of the Town Office Building. Members present were: R.L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove, James M. West and Richard Albanese, part-time Health Officer. The minutes of the May 1, 1967 Meeting were approved as read. Mr. George Archer of 160 Lincoln Street came before LINCOLN the Board to discuss the problem of unhealthy and hazardous STREET conditions existing at the Lincoln Street dump. DUMP Mr. Archer said he talked to Mr. Lincoln Cole, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, about this problem and he was now going to explain the situation to the Board of Health. Mr. Archer said he had been to the Selectmen, Health Depart- ment and Public Works Department a year ago and received no satisfaction on this matter. Mr. Archer stated that the Lincoln Street Durip area was full of stagnant water and debris such as an old re- frigerator with"the door still on, old cars and a=large pipe or tank which could be hazardous to children. He went on to explain how drain water from Mr. Wang's house at 143 Lincoln Street was being trapped in one area of the Dump. This is a street drain which drains into the edge of the Dump, the water is then trapped there making a pool of standing water. This water is stagnant -making an ideal situation for the breeding of mosquitos, vermin and etc. About 175 yards in from the street, Mr. Archer went on, there is an old refrigerator with the door still on and about 150 yards beyond there is a number of old cars, and a short distance beyond this a 500 gallon metal tank or old sewer ,pipe. This debris is standing in trapped stagnant water. The water trapped here is either from a brook or a sewage drain pipe which could be broken causing the area 1.32 -2- to fill with water. Mr. Archer went on to state that the whole area of standing water was stagnant and quite deep which could be very hazardous to the children in the area. Mr. McQuillan said he had attended a meeting, last week, to discuss with the Board of Selectmen the filling of this area. As he understood, this area was to be filled and madeinto a playground for the children. At the meeting they had discussed using the salt -water peat that DeMattio was dumping at the Hartwell Avenue Dump and before this material was used at the Lincoln Street Dump he wanted a soil analysis made to be sure there was nothing in the soil that would make it a danger to the children that would be using the playground. Mr. Archer showed the Board photographs he had taken of the dump, pictures of the debris, drains and standing water. Mr. Albanese said he would check this on Saturday so that Mr. McQuillan could have a full report for the Board of Selectmen on Monday. The Board thanked Mr. Archer for coming in and assured him they would write to the Board of Selectmen about this condition and a copy of that letter would be sent to him. Mr. &_Mrs. Charles Sweeney, Jr. and daughter 72 CARY Julie of 72 Cary Avenue came before the Board. Mr. AVE. Sweeney had requested an appeal on the Boards decision to deny an animal permit for one horse to be kept on ,the premises at 72 Cary Avenue, therefore a hearing was scheduled for this meeting. The Clerk reported to the Board that she had sent notices of this hearing to every homeowner in the area surrounding the Sweeneyts dwelling. Mr. McQuillan atated that Mrs. Glickman, 76 Cary Avenue, next door to Mr. Sweeney had called and asked the Board to state at this hearing that at no time' has she said She objected to the keeping of a horse on Mr. Sweeney's property. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Powers, 66 Cary Avenue, who are neighbors on the other side of Mr. Sweeney attended this hearing and stated they had no objections to -the horse being there. There were no other residents from this are at this meeting. The only objection was a phone call at the time of the original denial from Mrs. DiGiovanni, whose property abutts Mr. Sweeney's in the rear. Mrs. DiGiovanni lives at 10 Fairbanks Road. Mr. David Kunin introduced himself and stated 1 1 _3_ 1.33 that he had come to speak for the Sweeney's. Mr. Kunin stated he was an attorney by profession but he was only speaking tonight as a friend. He stated he had requested that Julie attend this hearing because it was her horse and she must see that it was taken -care of properly and she mast also understand the provisions of the permit. Mr. Kunin explained that Mr. Sweeney had 40,000 square feet of land, 3500 short of being the required acre. Mr. Sweeney had built a barn and had erected a six foot fence for a corral for the horse. The horse has been on the property a month now and to their knowledge there has been no complaints made. Mr. McQuillan explained that this was a thickly settled area and if the permit was granted the corral and barn would have to be kept clean and free from odor at all times. Mr. Sweeney said he had'made arrangements to dump the manure at Idle Wild Farm, he had also bought six large trash barrels that the manure was stored in and then carted away. Mr. McQuillan said possibly the manure would have to be taken off the premises at least twice a week during the summer months but must be removed once a week anytime. The Board voted that as there was no one appearing in opposition to the granting of this permit that the permit be granted with the provision that the area be kept clean at all times. Mr. Sweeney thanked the Board and retired. Mr. John Brucchi came befor the Board to object to JOHN BRUCCHI the repairs made on a septic system at 303 Concord Avenue.303 CONCORD He stated there was no inspection made and the system AVENUE was illegal. Mr. Brucchi said he had placed a bid for the job calling for a septic tank, new pipe and the existing cesspool to be used as an overflow, his bid for the whole job was 11580. Another contractor placed a bid to replace the broken and clogged pipe and his bid was less than Mr. Brucchlte. The Clerk explained to the Board that this was the problem that had existed since February when Mr. Brucchi was called to pump the cesspool. Mr. Brucchi had found the pipe clogged and broken and' had broken the sewer pipe just outside of the foundation and dug a large hole to take the sewage from this dwelling. He then came into the Health Office and told the Clerk what he had done. He stated that the owner of the residence lived in Maryland and he had called her to tell her what he thought should be done to correct tr.a system. The owner refused to have him go ahead with the job of installing a whole new system, and the tenant would not take the responsibility of having the work done and then have to pay for the repairs herself. Mr. Lucas was sent out to inspect this system and then wrote a letter to the Clerk stating that he had never seen the system uncovered but had talked to Mr. Brucchi 134 -4- and would go along with the repairs suggested by Mr. Brucchi. The Clerk went on to explain to the Board that orders were written to the owner in Maryland to have this system repaired in March and again in April. By the first of May there still had not been any repairs made and a letter was written stating that repairs must be made or court action would be taken. The tenant' had sent estimates of having this work done to the owner and the owner hired the other contractor to replace the pipe. This contractor had called the Clerk at the Health Department and told her what he was going to do, he also told the Clerk that he had taken the job with the understanding that if this did not work then the owner would have to install a new septic tank and use the old cesspool as the overflow; in order to get this problem corrected the Clerk issued the permit for the work under those conditions. Mr. Albanese, part-time Health Officer said he inspected the system after the new pipe was -installed and it was functioning properly then. He also went on to explain that when it came to repairs on older systems you had to do the best you could and there was no rules and regulations that you had to follow. - The Board discussed this matter further with Mr. Brucchi and finally told Mr. Brucchi they could not see that anything illegal had been done and the system was inspected and the nuisance abetted therefore, they would consider the matter closed. Mr. Brucchi retired. Mr. John Balansia, Golf Course on Cedar Street, was to appear before the Board to discuss the filling of a gravel pit on the ninth hole of th. Golf Course with the salt -water peat material now being used at the Hartwell Avenue Dump. Mr. Balansia did not attend this meeting but the Clerk explained to the Board what he was going to discuss. Mr. McQuillan said he had talked to Mr. Finneran about this andthe only question they had in mind was that the approach to the golf course was through.aa very thickly settled area and the heavy trucks and odor of this material could cause the residents some unpleasantness. Mr. McQuillan said he still thought asoil analysis should be made before this material is used in too many places in the Town. The Board agreed that this would be the best thing to do. The Clerk reported that Mr. Russell Johnson, 69 Spring Street had not contacted public works for connection to public sewer. The Board voted to send notice to Mr. Johnson stating that if he does not connect to public sewer within ten (10) days legal action will be taken in District Court. 69 SPRING STREET 1 1 135 The letter from the State Health Department, Division of Sanitary Engineering, regarding the use of radioactive material by Edward W. Webster, Ph.D. was read by the Board. The Clerk was instructed to write to Dr. Webster quoting the regulations as stated in the letter from the State Health Department. The Board also suggested letters be sent to the Fire Department and Police Department on this too. The letter complaining about the debris on a vacant MOWHAWK lot on the corner of Oak Street and Mowhawk Drive was read DRIVE by the Board. Mr. Albanese said he would check this out. The copies of the letters written to the Metropolitan District Commission and the Board of Selectmen regarding the sewage odor down around the Housing for the Elderly in Arlington was read by the Board. Mr. Albanese said he would check this area on Saturday and see if'there was anything that the Lexington Health Department was respon- sible for. The letters regarding complaints of malfunctioning septic systems to Mr. David Cacoiola, 18 Young Street and Mr. Antonio Ferro, 18 Chadbourne Road were read and approved by the Board. The letter of complaint of rubbish on a lot owned by Anthony LeCava, Waltham Street was read and approved by the Board. SEWAGE OVERFLOW EAST LEX. 18 YOUNG ST. 18 CHADBOURNE RD. RUBBISH COMPLAINT Mr. Albanese reported that this had been taken care of. The two sewage systems have not had anything done to them yet and the Board su-gested an order be sent to the homeowners instructing them to have these systems repaired within 10 days time. The Clerk explained that there weretwo subdivisions, SUBDIVISIONS namely *Loring Hill, Section 5", and "Ingleside, revised into cluster zoning. Both are Definitive Plans and will be public sewered but the Planning Board is to act on these on these on June 15th. Mr. Lucas has not checked these out as yet but if the Board would approve them subject to the Whitman & Howard eeport the Planning Board could be so notified. The Board voted to approve the two subdivisions namely, Loring Hill Estates and the revised cluster zoning plans of "Ingleside" subject to the Whitman & Howard report. The letter and petition of the large amount of water 11 YOUNG ST. next to 11 Young Street was discussed by the Board. Mr. Albanese said he would check this out. Mr. McQuillan said he had discussed this with the Board of Selectmen and there didn't appear to be anything the Town could do because this was on private property. The letter from the Selectmen regarding the Air Pollution Committee was read by the Board and placed on file. AIR POLLUTION COMMITTEE