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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-09-13 221 The Board thanked the gentlemen for coming in and talking to them. Meeting adjourned at 11:00 A.M. bOARD Oi' bALTI NEETli.G SEPTEObbR 13, 1960 The regular meeting of the board of Realth was held Friday, September 13, 196b, at ( .100 P.N. in the Selectmen' s room of the Town ()nice building. Members present were R. L. McQuillan, Coalman, Dr. William Cosgrove, and Dr. oharles Goiburn. Mr. McQuillan explained to tree Board that Hr. Aeustis, Director of Public nealtn was unable to attend this meeting because of the death of his step-mother. The minutes of the July 19, 196b meeting and the minutes of the special milk dealers meeting July 31, 1960 were ap- proved as read. Mc. McQuillan explained to the joard that Dr. roley was coming in to discuss his horse permit. de went on to explain that Hr. Aeustis had made an inspection at Dr. kble:Ys on 11 Thursday and found four horses and one pony. he recalled to the board that in Ha the board bent-over-uackwards allowing Dr. looley to keep d horses until the middle of June and he felt tnat with this violation the board should de very stern with. Dr. moley . tie suggested court action or suspending the permit entirely. The board discussed this problem and agreed that they would talk to Dr. ieoley and then make a decision. Mrs. Galen, 46 Marrett Road, and ner daughter came before the Board in regard to her application ior a permit to keep MRS . one norse at 39-43 narrett Road, property now owned bj the GALII;N Supreme Council of the masons . NORSE PERMIT The Board read the letter from Stanley 10. naxwell, bxec- utive Secretary of the Supreme Council of '•iasons, which stated that permission was granted to Hr. and irs . Ralph W. Galen to house tne horse in the carriage nouse on the grounds at 39-43 Marrett Road and it was also agreed that tne Valens world care for the premises in a manner agreeable to the Order of masons and the board of health. Permit granted by the board. At tnis time a number ol other horse permit applications II were considered by the Board. The application for p ermit to keep 2 horses on the WiLDERuTER property of Stanley h. Wilderoter, 114 bast Street, was HORSE approved. This request complies with the regulation. These PERMIT horses will be supervised by ivrank dodges , 4 Whitman Dr. The manure will be kept in leakproof containers until removed irom the barn. 1 922 cr 444 LD" ARD The application for permit to keep 2 no ,ses ,y Edward KELL_✓ J . Melly, 266 Bedford Street, was approved by tne board. MORSE This request complies with tae regulations, altaougn Mr. PFR._.T McGovern, an abutter, has questioned the kistance from his house to the stable. fie did not object to tae keep- ing or the horses. Mr. Kelly is aware of this concern and will, if necessary, make other arrangements. CHARLzS The application for a permit to keep one pony by BRACKETT Charles F. Brackett, 121 Grove Street, was approved by POINY the Board. This request complies with the regulations PERMIT and_Pir. Brackett' s property is surrounded by Town owned open land. The request of William L. Ivarson, Jr. , 26 Cottage St. , to keep 1 horse and 2 ponies was discussed by the IVARSch Board. Mr. McQuillan explained that a complaint was HORSE received regarding the property of the lvarson' s and he PERI°IIT and Mr. Heustis inspected the property and bound the horses and ponies. The ivarsons, at that time, were ordered to house the horses elsewhere until an applica- tion for a permit was made. This was done that after- noon and a permit riled in the health Department Office. The neighbors in the area nave signed a petition re- questing that the lvarson' s be granted permission to keep these horses. The lvarson' s nave also obtained permission from George r'. Davis to use land owned b;; him which abutts the ivarson property. The addition or this area gives the ivarson' s sufficient area for keeping, corraling and riding the horses. The Board discussed this permit and agreed in view of the additional land and the lvarson' s cooperation in dealing with the origional violation this permit would be approved. Dr. Howard Foley and his daughter Jane, came to the Board to discuss the violation to their animal permit as noted b y Mr. Heustis on an inspection Thursday, Sept. 12, and also .to request an increase from 3 horses to 6 Horses. HU+BARD Mr. McQuillan: Well, Dr. Foley, you remerber back FeLliY in the summer we allowed you to keep the t3 no'ses with HORSE the agreement that in September you wo ld only have 3 PrR1IT riorses stabled in Lexington? de were very surprised when Mr. Heustis reported that at tne time of his inspection there was 5 horses in the barn instead of 3 as we stip- ulated in the Spring. Jane Foley: I brought 3 home with me and 2 are out to pasture in Concord. The extra 2 had to have work done ontaeir feet so we brought them down on Wednesday. 11Dr. Colburn: Where are they going to be kept? lou have 5 norses and you were directed you could keep 3. 663 Dr. Foley: That is one of tne re-sons we are here to- I nignt . We were going, to as the board to reconsider. Tads summer 1 have taken tie barn apart and put it back togetr.er again. Dr. Golburn: Dr. Foley, we are not, at tne moment, in- terested in the barn, according to our records you were told you could keep 3 uorses. iiow we rind out you have 5. uur per— mit m tated 3 as of September 1. Dr. Foley: Could the board possibly reconsider? Dr. Colburn: You are keeping 5 horses now . Jane Foley: We have 3 in the barn and 2 in Concord. 1 only brought the 2 horses down from Concord to have their feet attended. Dr. Colburn: Wnen did you bring the horses :n, and now many do you have in the tarn now? Jane Foley: I brought the 2 from pasture in Concord late Wednesday evening and nad the blacksmith rix tneir feet and took them back to Concord on Thursday when 1 got home i'rom teaching school. II , Dr. Colburn: You realize that was a violation or our permit? Jane Foley: Their feet needed attention and tnat was the mly thing l could do. Dr. Colburn: That was still a violation of your permit. Your permit is for 3 horses, you realize this board co ld revoke our permit. Mr. 7icQuillan' This board has every right to revoke your permit at any time . Dr. Colburn I wonder ii' this board should suspend this permit until the rules and regulations are complied with, in view or tne evidence presented to the board of health. Mr. heQuillan: You reel, Dr. Colburn, that tne board should suspend this permit and all horses be taken out until such time as tne board reels tnat no more than tape number of horsesalready approved by tire board will be brought back? Dr. Colburn: I reel it is appropiate action for tnis permit . II hr. Aict.,;uillan: Dr. Cosgrove, what are your ideas on this? Dr. Colburn: I reel we must take a strong stand on these issues of permits or don't issue permits at all. 2'2 4 cr Mr. Mc uillan: We did lean over backwards and with the complaints from people around, we let you keep b horses with the understanding that as of tne i irst of neptember only 3 horses would Le kept there. Dr. Cosgrove : As I understand this, you brought 2 norses down from concord on Wednesday, had their .feet attended to, and brought them pack on 'Thursday. As far as suspending this permit, 1 don' t want to be that harsh, 11 at the present time. tnere are only 3 horses there, J. would let it go at that. Mr. Ncuillan: They nave a new permit in for 6 norses. Dr. Cosgrove : With the acreage that Dr. I'oley has and in view of our regulations, I would go along with the 3 horses but I don' t feel the area is large enough to accomodate 6 horses . Dr. .N'oley: Since we were here in May I nave done some investigating. i have talked with people in the S P.C.A. and County Extension people and the both say the area needed for horses that do not graze is much less than for horses that graze . We bring in the hay and train and 1 acre would be sufficient for almost any number under tnose circumstances, also these horses al- most never go out in the yard. I wish Mc-:Luillan you would come up and see what we nave done to the barn. We nave tne quarter-ton trailer which we put tae manure in and then cart it away. Mr. Mc uillan: ede want to be fair in every way but we must govern all applications the same way. We nave made a law and we must stick to it . Our idea when we issuepermits for horses is primarily for a family to ride for pleasure. Iuow we have you talking about show horses, etc. , not tiding tne horses. Your location is a problem, you are right in the middle of town, next to tne church, with apartment houses in back of you, actually teat is quite a controversial area to keep any horses. We have complaints from tne people of the cnurcj., etc. There is no other way for us to act. We don' t like to sus- pend permits but if we say 3 horses and then you bring in 3 more and then 3 more when we see these conditions then it is up to this Board to take positive action. Dr. roley: May I interrupt? you say the maximum allowed is 1 horse per acre. Mr. i- cQuillan: les , 1 horse per acre. you have less than 3 acres but we did give you a permit lop 3 norses. Dr. Colourn: You have a little over 2* acres and we did stretch the point and give you a permit for 3 norses. lou must remember you are in a sensitive area, so near town and tne church. d I d®) Dr. ±oley : Have the abutters been complaining or is it mostly church people? Mir. mcwuillan: Mostly church people. Dr. Colburn: When 1 saw the manure pile an tue Sprang I was apalled. Dr. Foley : We know that was bad but we could not ;et a truck in to get it out with the winter we uad. Dr. Colburn• if you have no way o1 taking care of t..e manure then possibly we shoald reconsider the w.;uolci Dr. Foley: I really misunderstood the action necessary by the hoard. Mir. I>c iuillan: We can grant you a permit for 3 horses as you now have. We were very disturbed to discover more than 3. We must leave this permit as granted. Dr. Foley: I' ll accept teat. ..owevee, if on special occasions, such as the lyth of April or a special show could we bringin a iew extra horses overnignt2 Mr. :ic.;auillan I think sornetning like this could be ar- ranged, ii you called a few days ahead of the tame we would in all instances, go along with it. Jane coley: May I ask something? The baby teat was born this Spring broke its leg 2 weeks ago and the Veterinarian is to call me to let me know ii he is going to be all right. `laze baby is not old lough to be taken away from Its mother and ne willneed special care, could i bring the baby and her mother down until ne can be weaned? Dr. Holburn: .L1' you take 2 or the horses you have out so that you keep only 3 horses in the barn. Jane holey: i can' t put the show horses out to pasture. '.Phe board: We must stand firm -- 3 horses, no more. Dr. Foley: 1 understand your position. We will just have to make other arrangements. Dr. Foley thanked the hoard and retired. The Board saidwtlen the permit for 3 norses was sent to Dr. Foley ailetter should be sent stating that only 3 horses ma- be kept and if at any time more are to be brought in for a special occasion the board must be notified in advance. The Board discussed the regulation for keeping horses and agreed that tuelaw governing the keeping 01 horses should be gone over. Cr Dr. Cosgrove and hr. mc uilian said t.uat when this law was reviewed in 1966 it was their understanding that11 the ruling on Horses would ce a separate regulation stating clearly 1 acre of land. for 1 horse. Dr. Colburn said he would like to request a letter be sent to Town Counsel asking for an interpe e,atlDn of triis regdlati en as it stands. I also su est that ..r. l.eustis writeta tne field station or S.P.C.A. for their opinion in the amount oi land needed for keening horses just to make sure we are riot being unreasonable about this horse business. It was suggested teat Twjen the letter to Town Coun- "uiD sel is written it might be well to ask for advise on a i;-e" ruling tnatwoula be applicacle to horse permits only. Air. he"tu11lan said nothing has b en done at Lex- ington "Res". The area has been drained but nothing nas been heard from hr. Cortell. There has been no additional information from tine -1- LIJORIDA2fuN State on the r'luoriaation law so we just sit tignt . hr. hcuillan uillan explained to tne board about the ". ini- bus", a screening program for respiratory diseaees which 11will ce here for the week or Sept. 16. The clerk reported that the appointments were coming in very well. DReG Mr. McQuillan reported he had been attending the Drug AbbSE Abuse Committee Meetings and he did contact Mystic Valley u1.11,10 Mental Health Association regarding treatment if referrals are made to the Clinic. Dr. Newman has suggested a member of his Clinic staff be appointed to this committee. FLU Mr. 1,1cQuillan said in view of the notice from the State CLINIC regarding the expected outbreak of Asian influenza during FOR OVER the winter of 1960-69 he would like to do something in the 65 way of a Flu Clinic for people 65 years or over and charge about 50¢' a person The Board discussed this and finally agreed that possibly a letter to the Doctors stating that the Board of Health would make the flu vaccine available to the Doctors for Lexington patients in the following categories: 1. Persons in the older age group -- fifty years of age and older. 2. Persons of any age who have a chronic disease, such as a cardiovascular, pulmonary, renel or metabolic disorder. These include patients with: a) rneumatic heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease and congenital heart disease. 22 b) asthma, chronic bronchitis , bronchiectasis, pulmonary-.fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema and pulmonary tuberculosis. c ) chronic nephritis or other kidney disorders d) diabetes and Addison' s disease. Mrs. Jones asked if the Board wanted to have a Leasle Vac- cine Clinic in view of the fact that last year in a 2 day clinic MEASTP only 90 people were done. CLINIC Dr. Colburn said he felt this clinic should be offered. It was agreed that we would hold this clinic this year and then revaluate tue need of this clinic again. The notice from the State Health Dept. regarding the DUMPS availability of mumps vaccine for clinics for students in the CLINIC Junior High grades ( 7th, 8th, and 9th) was read by the Board. It was noted that a mumps clinic for this special age group would be held. Mr. Heustis will discuss this clinic with the school nurses. The letter and petition from residents in the Five Fields FIVE area for public sewer was read and placed on file. No action FIELDS II can be taken on this until a pumping station is installed to PUBLIC service this area. SEWER The letter to Mr. Duncan McQueen, 91 Outlook Drive stating that his area be given top priority for public sewer in the DUi'ICAi' 1969 work orders was read and placed on file. ACQUEEN The ]etter to Melvyn Maxner, 18 Vine St. regarding the MELVYN condition of the wet ceilings in the bedroom of his apartment NAXNER was approved by the Board. The letter to IIr. Joseph Rooney, President, Chamber of Commerce was read and approved b; the Board. This letter re- commends teat Mr. Rooney, in a meeting with the shop keepers JOSEPH in the area. extending from Depositors Trust and including the ROONEY vacant Harvard Trust Lot, suggest various ways of keeping this LITTER area clean. A number of complaints have been received regarding IN the conditions in this area. A carbon copy of this letter was CENTRE sent to the merchants located in the area. The application for aid for premature infant McCann was MCCANN approved forpayment by the Board. Mr. Collins of the Welfare INFANT Department approved this request. The guide for the care and handling as prepared b,; Dr. DR. Howard Smith for the laboratory animals in the schools was HOWARD read by the Board. Each school will have a copy of tuis book- SMITH let on file. 228 co v tv DATA The notice regarding data processing was presented to PROCESSING the Board. It was felt that at the present time there was very little need for this type of service. The question of the licensing of Mrs. McCarthy' s swimming pool was discussed by the Board. This is a residental pool MCCARTHY and although Mrs. McCarthy does give swimming lessons there POOL is no regulation in the State Sanitary Code covering this type of operation. After discussion of this situation it was agreed that the State Health Dept. or Town Counsel would be asked for a ruling in this situation. The Health Officerts report was checked and it was noted that Musgraves Tower Farm and Woburn St . Cumberland Farm were rWiRE bad. Mr. Heustis will pick up samples again on the 24th. CUMBERLAND Both dairies were notified of these high counts. WOBURN ST. MILK COUNT The following licenses and permits were signed: FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS Powder Horn Golf Course Drummer Boy Restaurant Regent Delicassen Honeywell Cafeteria instrumentation Laboratories Folsom Seafood CHILD CARE CENTERS Countryside Kindergarten Lexington Montessori School Hancock Church Weekday School Lexington Day Nursery hethodist Weekday Nursery Pilgrim Church Nursery School Kreb' s School --Concord Ave. New School Church of Ourledeemer II:STALLFR' S PERMITS David F. Eagle Suburban Pumping Co METHYL ALCOHOL Grant Gulf - Formerly Rowe Chevrolet RUBBISH COLT,ECTION PERMIT Stanley Roketenetz, dba North East Disposal Co. The meeting was adjourned at 9:L5 P.M.