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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-05-03o95' Hancock Congregational Church Lexington Christian Academy Denny's Restaurant Bernardine Clarke Meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MAY 3, 1976 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, May 3, 1976 at 7:00 P.M. in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman; James W. Lambie, Charles E. Ellicott, M.D. and Director of Public Health George A. Smith. Minutes of April 5, 1976 meeting were approved as typed. Mr. Smith reported that there was still four or five people at one end MOON HILL of Moon Hill Road that did not want the town sewer. He said the Board had SEWER recommended doing the whole area and he would like to know if the Board still recommended this whole area be serviced with Town sewer. One of the reasons these people did not want the sewer was because an easement would be needed through some of their natural areas. It would not mean cutting any large trees but it would mean cutting some of the scrub material which would grow back very quickly. The Board agreed they would certainly stay with their original recommen- dation that the whole area of Moon Hill Road be sewered. At 7:30 p.m. Miss Kocopoulos, Attorney for Alexander's Pizza Store came before the Board at the request of Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith explained to the Board that as Alexander's owner was in Greece he thought Miss Kocopoulos ALEXANDER'S should know and understand the problems he had with this establishment. PIZZA STORE Dr. Cosgrove said he and the other members of the Board had read the file on Alexander's and it had been just a series of requests to clean the place up. He said last month, before Alexander went to Greece, he had been requested to appear before the Board at the Aprilmeeting which he chose to ignore. As far as the Board was concerned this place must be cleaned and kept clean and all the Sanitary Code requirements met or the Board of Health was prepared to close the place. Mr. Smith said he had been into the store today and was pleased with the improvement. Mr. Smith went on to explain to Miss Kocopoulos that Alexander had brought in plans for a proposed renovation program which would have ex- panded the store and provided a second toilet room as required in the plumbing code. Since Mrs. Benoit has taken over the managering of this place there has been a marked improvement in the cleanliness of the place. Mr. Smith said that when he saw the place today it was the cleanest it had ever been. Miss Kocopoulos said she was sure that Alexander was sincere in making the corrections demanded by Mr. Smith. She went on to explain that she represented over thirty-eight Pizza Restaurants in the Greater Boston area. As far as she was concerned cleanliness was a strong factor with her. She ;9b said the plasterer had come in and repaired the holes in the ceiling and many of the other things had been done. Mrs. Benoit does clean every day. The walls are freshly painted and she said she thought everything was clean, in fact, she said she was impressed by what she had seen at Alex- ander's. Miss Kocopoulos said as she understood the problem right now was the fact that there should be two facilities. She said she felt that if there was a sink upstairs and a sink and toilet down stairs this would be a better arrangement than two facilities back to back down stairs. Mr. Smith said that he did have two toilets to begin with, one up- stairs and one downstairs, Alexander asked to take one out and then when he did the planned renovations the toilet in the store to the left would be the second poilet for the Pizza Store. Permission was given to take out one facility on this basis. When Mr. Smith went back for an inspection instead of expanding the store as he had planned he had rented the store next door and therefore has one facility only, he was told at that time that he would have to put in an additional facility. Mr. Smith went on to explain that he had spent a lot of time with Alexander on the ventilation system when he put in the pepper steak items, by the time he was finished he had a good system and one the neighbors up there accepted. At that time Alexander talked of the expansion and all seemed to be all right. This other facility must be installed as soon as possible to meet the requirements. All the other facilities in Town have had to meet these requirements. Miss Kocopoulos asked if things had been allright for the past six months since Mrs. Benoit had been there. Mr. Smith said there had been improvement since Mrs. Benoit had been there but this toilet problem must be corrected so that the place adhered to the rules and regulations. He said he was willing to go along with the way things are until Alexander came back from Greece but if he did not take immediate steps to install the second toilet when he came back then he would take the steps to close the place down. Miss Kocopoulos stressed many times that she thought sanitation was important and that she felt that of all her 38 clients this store mas the cleanest and she was sure that Mrs. Benoit had done an excellent job during the last six months. She also felt that Alexander was sincere about keeping the place clean. Mr. Smith said he agreed that Mrs. Benoit had done a good job and she was carrying out his requests very well. He again said he had gone in to- day and was very pleased by what he saw. Miss Kocopoulos said she would be in communication with Alexander and she also thanked the Board and Mr. Smith for extending the courtesy of not taking any action until Alexander comes back. She assured the Board that at that time she would certainly see that our regulations were carried out. Miss Kocopoulos said she would see that Alexander met with Mr. Smith as soon as he comes back from Greece. Mrs. Benoit would keep the place clean and they would go along with everything for the time being. Mr. Smith and the Board thanked Miss Kocopoulos and Mrs. Benoit for coming in. â–ºmoi 1 1 1 Mr. Smith told the Board that he had requested Mr. Freeman, developer of the BiCentennial Estates, Cary Avenue, to come before the Board. Mr. Freeman again chose to ignore this request. Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel, had advised that Mr. Freeman should be asked to come before the Board and re- port on the progress of the removal of the decomposed material from this area. 597 BICENTENNIAL ESTATES Mr. Smith said that Mr. Freeman had moved some of this material to places where he is building other homes in Lexington. Mr. Smith said he saw him take a truck load of this material out of Cary Avenue and dump it at a house he was building on Blossomcrest Street., -..Mr. Freeman has also forbidden Mr. Smith to come onto his property. Dr. Cosgrove said he felt this situation could not go on. The Board agreed that Mr. Smith see Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel, about this matter again. Mr. Smith explained to the Board that a petition for Town Sewer for Blossomcrest Street had been presented to the Health Department. He went on to explain that he and Dr. Cosgrove had done a site inspection in the Blossomcrest Street and Waltham Street area and they felt the situation over there was very bad and definitely a health hazard. He asked Dr. Ellicott and Mr. Lambie to check this area out and give him their opinion. SEWER BLOSSOMCREST ROAD Mr. Smith announced the dates pf tje Rabies Clinic on May 19, 20 and 21st. Mr. Smith announced that we had heard unofficially that the Swime and Bi- FLU valiant Flu Vaccine would be available for the high risk groups in the summer, probably June or July. Dr. Ellicott asked if this would be a clinic situation and the Board said they felt it would have to be. The renewal application to keep four horses by Donald Long at 121 Grove Street was discussed by the Board. Mr. Long had an original permit for two horses in 1974, he increased his permit to three horses which has been ap- proved, this year he has now requested a permit for four horses. It was agreed that this request would be checked by the Board members before the next meeting. The following permits were signed by the Board: Animal Permits: Mrs. Harold Melcher, 10 Winthrop Road - 17 chickens Annelie Flynn, 26 Patterson Road - 6 ducks Marian McIntire, 205 Wood Street - 2 horses Charles R. Gredler, 119 Burlington St. - 22 hens Alfred Iodice, 63 Winter Street - one horse Wilson Farm, Inc., 10 Pleasant Street., 2 cows, 4000 poultry John D. Brucchi, 63 Paul Revere Street - 6 sheep, 8 horses, 3 6 goats, 2 deer, 300 William Fitzgerald, 177 Grove St. - one horse John Holdsworth, 6 Coach Rd. - one horse Manuel Rose, 748 Waltham St. - 2 cows Mrs. Arita Swenson, 210 Marrett Rd. - one horse David L. Gennaro, 108 Winter St. - one horse Neil Chayet, 272 Concord Ave. - one horse CLINIC ANIMAL PERMIT FOR LONG 121 GROVE ST. cows chickens