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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-01-08 44 46 3 BOARD OF i7ATTIT MEETING JANUARY e 1973 The regular meeting of "le Board of Health was held Monday , January 10, 19-3 at 7:00 P M. in the Conference Room G of the Town Office Building. Members present were Dr. William L. Cosgrove , Chairman Mr Jams W. Lambie Dr Charles F Ellicott and Robert C. F ustis Director of Public Health . The minutes of the December 4 , 1973 meeting were approved as read. Mr. Heustis presented the plans and explanation of the im- provements to Kiln Brook by the Town of Lexington. He said that the Town had to go through the Hatch Act; Procedure and the Con- KILN servation Commission had requested the Board of Health to re- BROOK view the plans . HATCH ACT The Board agreed that the improvements should be conducted so that the Landfill will not be enlarged into Toph t Swamp It was also suggested that the leaching from tte landfill be controlled in some way so that the standing water and brooks would not be so contaminated The Hearing for these plans will be held on January 9, 1973, Mr. Heustis and Mr Lambie will attend The application for permission to aid one horse to the ex- LOVERING isting p rmit for 2 ponies by Mrs . Emily Lovering, r Grove St. , HORSE was reviewed by the Board . Mr. H' ustis said cams had again been sent to the abuttors stating that an application to keep an additional horse had been received. There wore objections from the abutters The abutters f-lt that the increased activity created by the exercising of the animals and the riding lessons that went on was morn than they wanted. They also felt that a third horse could present a prob- lem to the health and safety of the neighborhood . The Board discussed this problem and then voted that due to the objections of the abutters and the fact, that to qualify for the original permit Mrs . Lovering had to obtain permission from Mr. Johnson to use some of his land this permit should be denied. Motion made and duly passed. The application for a permit to keep one horse by Lisa LORING Loring at 545 Bedford Street; was discussed by the Board. HORSE 545 BEDFORD Mr Heustis stated he had made a site inspection and STREET felt the drainage in this area was poor. The Board decided to delay action on this permit until a site inspection could be made . The Hatch Art Fearing to be held January 23 1973 regarding the trunk line sewer and drainage ditch to be installed from HATCH ACT Maple Street to Voburn Street was discussed by the Board MAPLE TO 1.0BUHU STREFT 464 •1 cr The Boar" recommended approval for this trunk line sewer tr which will service the area of Woburn Street around Webb and 1414 Young Street. This is a very troublesome area. Mr Heustis explained to the Board that in the future we will be having more of these notices and etc. regarding the Hatch Act Hearings . The announcement from the Department of Mental Health regarding a meeting on Alcoholism at Mystic Valley Mental ALCOHOLISM Health Association was read to the Board This meeting will MEETING be h ld January 23 1973 at 7 30 P M Dr. Ellicott said he would represent the Board at this meeting SERVICE Dr. Ellicott said he had been talking to Frank Totman, FOR Chairman of the L V N A Board about the services for the ELDERLY elderly Mr . Totman would be willing to come before the Board to discuss this further. Dr. Cosgrove said he had been working on funding this program for the elderly and he would like to see what his contacts came up with before we talked further about this service Tt was agreed that no action would be taken until after the next Board meeting on s -rvices for the elderly. Dr. Cosgrov_ said h_ had been invited to breakfast at the Mystic Valley Mental IIeaith Association on Wednesday, January 10, 1973 , he pre sum r ,sum d this was to discussthebudget .p u get , Dr . r`osgrove said he would attend this meeting Dr Ellicott said he had noticed an error in the budget for REPLACE "Replace" which was submitted to the Selectmen at the meeting they had so he has had them revise the Budget and he will write a cover lett-r• if this was agreeable to the rest of the Board. The Boar' approv-d . The following permits were signed by the Board SEWAGE DISPOSAL PERMITS Chelmsford Siewer Service Suburbanite Cesspool Service , Inc A A Cesspool Co. John Zanni Co. R E. Andrews Co. Electric Sewer Cleaning Co. , Inc. Joseph H. App Co. INSTALLERS PERMITS Deflice Corp. Suburbanite Cesspool Service A A. Cesspool Co. L M. Carroll Joseph H. App Co. GARBAGE PERMITS James F. Morse Co.