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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-01-11 4'00 Board of Health Meeting January 11, 1934 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held on Wednesday, January 11, 1954, at 7 15 p m in RoomG-25 (Health Department Office) of theTown Office Building I Members present were Mr James I Lambie, Chairman; Dr Linda Roemer, George Smith, Jr , Health Director; and Mrs Deborah J Halko, Sanitarian Minutes of the December Board meeting were accepted as read with the cor- rection of a couple of mispelled words •'1t 7 30 p m Mrs Linda Behar, resident, came before the Board to discuss mosquito control Mr Smith started by saying that they have not 'received any word from Dr Grady as yet Mrs Behar's concern is about pesticides used routinely if there is not a threat of EEE she asked if the Board plans to larviciding yearly Mr Lambie said that larviciding does not help with mosquito control I Dr Roemer said we have to keep population of mosquitoes down to keep BEE low We think larviciding keeps down nuisance mosquitoes also Mrs Behar does not want " nuisance mosquito " control She is afraid con- tinued spraying of chemicals will get into the ground water I Mr Lambie said that the risk of BEE has to be evaluated We wouldn' t do anything if we thaught there wasn't a risk 4e don't know yet how much of a risk there will be The weather has a lot to do with it and it id hard to know this ahead of time Dr Roemer said that we have to have the money ready for an emergancy Mrs Behar wondered if the men doing the water management in the winter months could get a feeling of how the mosquito population is going The Board said " absolutely " Mr Lambie asked Mrs Behar if she objected to the use of Methoxychlor She said she does not object to it if it is not used in the recreation areas Mrs Behar's concern was basically the continued use of chemicals yearly if there is not a threat of BEE Mrs Behar said if the Board could set forth a policy to the Board of Selectmen stating what they will do in a " dry "year and this is the plan for the years that things get worse The Board feels that this coming summer could follow the cycle and be a summer to worry about and then in other years ahead it could be just routine They feel if this year is the year when EEE is a real threat again, a mosquito control program I should be ready 407 After further discussion Mrs Behar thanked the Board and retired Mrs Debbie Halco reported to the Board of Health that she had attended SANITARIAN dog hearings She also went to a " Magistrates Hearing " at the Concord Court REPORT in regard to a Selectmen's order " to have a resident remove their dog out of town " Mrs Halko also attended a " Bulk Food Guidlines Seminar " and she went to a seminar on "Pests" (roaches,ticks, etc ) runby the Cooperative Extension Service Mrs IIalco has also inspected some of the nursing homes in town and has started to inspect the inplant-cafeterias She is checking out the cafeterias for "Ido Smoking"sections and she has found that some have not complied with the by-law as yet Mr Smith received a xerox copy of a letter about "dinning Farm but it PWINNING couldn't be read The xerox copy was poor Nothing has happened over there so far FARM Winning Farm has appealed the decision Mr Smith told the Board that the Town Manager sent Mrs Sanford (complaint TODD in regard to her neighbors wood stove) a letter stating that everything with the STOVES neighbor's stove was legal Mr Smith said he had discussed at the last Board Meeting the lot on Piper PIPER RD Road He said that he just as soon not have them build on this lot Mr Smith said that they want to build a four bedroom house that he feels is too big for the size of the lot Mr Smith told the 3oard he has written to the Board of Appeals pointing out the problems with putting a system on the lot Dr Roemer said to make it very explicit as to what Mr Smith wants for a system and suggest the house is too large for this lot becuse of having to put in a septic system Mr Smith said he is concerned that a lot that size may not adequatly ac- comodate a large house with a septic system Mr Lambie asked if they could put a smaller house with a septic system on this lot Mr Smith said he thinks so but it is always a risk with a septic system Mr Smitn told the Board that a Ir Litant of 5 Douglas Rd came into the office concerned about Cancer in his area because his wife had hied of breast cancer He had done a survey and found there seems to be quite a few cases of cancer in the area (That area is close to the Ioburn line) Mr Litant tninks it is environmentally related Mr Smith has talked to D E Q E and also to Jerry Parker of the State Health Department Mr Parker said to send in statistics, etc and he will have it studied Dr Roemer explained that the mortality rate(age woman has child relates to breast cancer) 408 "1r Smith said he told Mr Litant he would have to discuss this with the Board of Health Mr Lambie said that the Boarn should look into this cancer survey and Dr Roemer agreed SANITARIAN The Board was given a copy of a survey prepared by Susan Adler's office POSITI07 in regard to the Sanitarian's permanent part time position Ms Adler's SURVEY office checked into other towns comparable to Lexington THE POOL Mr Smith briefly discussed the town pool and the safety equipment dIe also stated tnat the Fire Department will be having weekly sessions on CPR that pool personnel could attend Mr Smith is currently meeting with Recreation personnel in regard to the number of swimmers allowed in for each pool, etc Dr Doemer feels there also should he some kind policy that parents cannot just dump their young children there and leave She said parents are still res- ponsible for their own child After further discussion the meeting was adjourned at 9 30 p.m The following permits were signed by the Board Food Service Establishments Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Store Carey's Catch 1729 Mass Ave 46 Mass Ave Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn Lexington United 727 Matterr Rd, Methodist Church 2600 Mass Ave Dunkin Donuts 373 Waltham St Data Recources In-Plant Cafeteria Temple, Barker & Sloan, Inc 24 Hartwell Ave 33 Hayden Ave Varian Vacuums Food Service Belco Vending at Unitrode Corp 121 Ilartwell Ave 5 Forbes Rd Servomation Cor for R Grace Co (vending) Ginn & Co (vending) 53 Hayden Ave 191 Spring St