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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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