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Home My WebLink About1983-04-12 367 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING APRIL 12, 1983 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held on Monday, April 12, 1983 at 7 15 p.m. in the Board of Health Office Members present were Mr James W Lambie, Chairman; Dr Michael S Erdos, Linda Roemer, Ph D and George A Smith, Director of Public Health Mr Smith told the Board that the "No Smoking" by-law that requires res- NON-SMOKING taurants to set aside 1/4 of their seats for non-smokers It does not BY-LAWS become become a by-law until tow meeting is finished then the town clerk has 30 days to file it with the Attorney General's Office Mr Smith said it won't probably be put into effect until October or November by the time the Attorney General sends it back Mr Smith said a place like Brigham's cannot comply the way the restaurant is set up so the manager is now working with Brigham's to come to a reasonable solution The social clubs and the Sheraton-Lexington lounges (they don't serve food) would be excluded from the By-law Mr Smith said that some restaurants have logistic problems and some restaurants will find it difficult to abide by the new smoking (non-smoking) by-laws and will have some problems Mr Smith said that places like Mario's and Chadwick's will find it is difficult to set up non-smoking areas Mr Smith told the Board that Lisa Fitzgerald wants the animal permit in her name instead of her mother's The Board was in agreement for George to LISA write to Lisa stating the Board wants documentation that her mother has FITZGERALD leased the land to her The Board was also in agreement that she should not increase the number of horses from 3 (with 1 extra with a variance) to six The Board did agree to the 3 horses with the one extra with a variance. There is 3 5 acres of Fitzgerald land She borrows land from the abuttor but Mr Johnson does object to the riding school Liza has been operating Mr. Freeman came before the Board in regard to the property at 47 Ridge TED Road that he had purchased with the land around it. The tenants have moved FREEMAN out for over 60 days and now they want to move back in He said the house 47 RIDGE is in deplorable condition. The people are elderly and they had rubbish and ROAD trash everywhere Their septic system was connected to the brook The house is really uninhabitable and should be condemned Mr Freeman said he had done everything that was asked of the Health Director - covered over the wells, and boarded up the house The Scheres could not come to the last meeting They have been having their lawyer, Mr Tropeano doing business for them Mr Tropeano was invited to attend tonight's meeting but was unable to come He did have a conversation with Mr Smith and asked Mr Smith what he would recommend Mr. Smith said he would recommend not letting the Schena's back into the house 368 Mr Freeman said he paid $250,000 for the land and house He tried to get Mr Tropeano to come and see the conditions that the 86 year old couple were living in After further discussion, the Board agreed to condemn the house as living quarters Mr Smith said the Building Commissioner could order the house torn down Mr Smith discussed with the Board the idea of charging for issuing of BURIAL burial permits to the funeral directors that come into the Board of Health PERMITS Office He said some towns do charge a fee for this service The Board decided that it would be best at this time not to charge for the issuing of a burial permit Mr Smith told the Board about the stuffed chicks that had been imported to this country around Easter time They killed live chicks and then stuffed STUFFED them with a filler that contained arsenic He said they had a high bacteria CHICKS count He found that Joel's Candy Store had sold 14 of them and Mr Smith was able to get two of them back and take them to the State Lab He wrote an article for the Lexington paper this week so people can be aware of this We had received a notice that many restaurants have been using sulfite in their food, particularly in the salads to keep them fresh looking Mr Smith SULFITE visited the restaurants and made them aware that they can use this only if they post a sign stating that that they do Some restaurants had been using sulfite but they agreed to stop using it This is very detrimental to the health of asmatics SWIMMING Mr Smith told the Board that the State has redone the swimming pool regulations POOL BEGS He is going to work this year with the new chemical standards There have been very stringent changes in the regulations Mr Smith mentioned briefly that chlordane is now illegal to have in one's possession Some people have brought chlordane into the office and a disposal CHLORDANE truck is coming tomorrow to take it away The Rabies Clinic has been set for May 26 and May 27, 1983 from one to four p.m. RABIES Mr Smith said if we don't have a good turnout this year - we will cut it down CLINIC to one day next year He told the Board that we will not be selling licenses at the clinic this year Ginny Brady had reported that she received some hostility in East Lexington because of cutting back of the blood pressure clinic there The Health Fair will be held on May 14th at the Fire Station The Board of Health is working with Choate-Symmes for the fair Cancer detection clinic will be held on May 10th in Cary Hall Mr Smith told the Board that he will be working without an intern shortly He and Ellen Ripton came to a mutual agreement She has also been working another job and has been working 60-70 hours a week She will be leaving the end of April Mr Lambie said we should now go after a permanent sanitarian The Board discussed mosquito control and Mr Smith presented a letter from Dave Henley of E.M M C.P for the Board to read The Board thought it was a very good letter Linda Behar has written a letter to Lincoln and Bedford asking them for their suppor to establish a permanent monitoring program for the mosquitoes The Board is only advocating a non-spraying program at this time Mr Smith said if we have to get into spraying, the Town Manager will have an answering service set up that the people can call The Board decided to get a little packet together and present them to the Town Meeting Members It would include the letter of David Henley's, Dr Goldman's letter, Dr Frechette's letter and an article written by Dr Linda Roemer After further brief discussion of mosquito control the meeting was adjourned Next meeting May 9th I The following permits were signed by the Board Methyl Alcohol Permits 111 Wung Jong Chun d/b/a Rainbow Food Mart 373 Massachusetts Avenue Recreation Day Camps J W Hayden Recreation Center, Inc 24 Lincoln Street Lexington Christian Academy 48 Bartlett Ave Manufacture of Frozen Desserts Mother Earth 10 Muzzey Street Retail Food Store Permit Wung Jong Chun d/b/a Rainbow Food Mart 373 Massachusetts Ave Mobile Food Server Permit Best Beef Company 108 Middlesex Street North Chelmsford, Mass Food Service Establishment Permits Wung Jong Chun d/b/a Rainbow Food Mart 373 Massachusetts Avenue Knights of Columbus Council #94 177 Bedford Street Cory's of Lexington 20 Waltham Street Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn - Poolside Concession 727 Marrett Road Kentucky Fried Chicken 211 Massachusetts Avenue Pine Meadows Country Club Cedar Street Chadwick's Ice Cream Parlour 903 Waltham Street :67 1 April 12, 1983 Vending Machine Facility - Food Permit Belco Vending, Inc for Unitrode Corp 5 Forbes Rd. Animal Permits Nancy Canzanelli - 1 pony John W Frey - 2 goats 21 Heritage Drive - 4 chickens 1133 Mass Ave. Barbara Sue Najarian -12 chickens Vernon M Parsons - 1 horse 101 Cliffe Ave 65 Allen St Carroll Bros - 10 cows, 1 horse Dudley West - 4 horses, 1 pony 31 Allen St 33 Oak St Alfred Iodice 5 deer, 5 fowl Brita E Swenson - 1 horse 63 Winter St 210 Marrett Rd. Carla Fortmann 18 laying hens Gerald M Cupp - 1 horse 5 Harrington Rd 171 Woburn St Swimming Pool Permits Hayden Recreation Center 111 24 Lincoln Street Adams Pool & Wading Pool 18 Brent Rd. Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn 727 Marrett Rd Lexington Christian Academy 48 Bartlett Ave Minute Man Associates One April Lane Lexington Chalet, Inc 440 Bedford St Minute Man Regional Vocational School 758 Marrett Rd Five Fields Pool & Wading Pool 21 Barberry Rd Six Moon Hill Pool & Wading Pool 24 Moon Hill Rd