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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-02-13 409 Board of le.31th Meeting February 13, 1984 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, February 13, 1984 at 7 15 p m. in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building Members present were Mr Ja,es 'S Lambie, Chairman Michael S Erdos,M D , Linda Roemer, Ph D and George A Smith, Jr , P.S , Director of Public Health Minutes of the January 11, 1984 meeting were accepted as read RIDGE Mr Smith told the Board that over in the Ridge Estates area someone had RIDGE ESTATES boticed and brought to his attention a disczarge and odor in the brook tnat looks ESTATES like sewage Mr Smith said last week ne had a machine dig and he found a pipe inground around 18 feet long Be doesn't really know what it is because there is no cess- pool or septic system in that area - pipe doen not lead into the brook Mr Smith said D L 0 E would not do water samples for him Dr Roemer said perhaps it should De tested ^1r Smith said he tnaugnt he would do taat Mr Smith told Mr Lambie he would like aim to go over there with him and take a look at it This lot has been sold and someone will be building on it Everything 152 Old will stay the same They will collapse the old system and build a new septic Spring, system Lot 16st Map 15 There has been a recall on many items that .ias EDB (Ethylene Dibromide) in them EDB RECALI The state proceeded with the recall of these items and Mr, Smith and Mrs Halko, Sanitarian, checked out the markets and convenience stores There were no items on the shelves with those particular codes Most items had been removed Mr Smith had received a call from the State on Friday, February 10th saying "to hold" on banning of the products It was going to court and a decision should be made on Tuesday, February 14th The Board of Appeals has turned down the owner of the lot on Piper Road to build a four bedroom house The owner, Mr Erickson, is trying to buy some land there from the State PIPER Mr Smith said he doesn't know why Mr Erickson wants to build there-he owns two ROAD or three lots across the street he could build on Raytheon has not set aside a section for non-smokers and seem to be aspirated with the whole idea They had their Cooporate attorneys looking at the whole RAYTHEON situation NO SMOKING UREAS Mr Smith said they claim smoking is down and that they have taken out three or four of their cigarette machines They have never conducted a survey to see how many employees could use a non- smoking area 410 4r Smith said that Raytheon is not "in compliance" at this time Mr Smith said that ten days before the next meeting he will send Mrs Ilalko to check the Raytheon cafeteria out for a non-smoking area-if they are not in complian at that time we will bring them to the next board meeting Mr Smith said that Sracies has finally complied When Mrs, Ilalko went back for re-inspection they had a section set aside CANCER The Board briefly discussed the "cancer Survey" and Mr Litant Dr Roemer SURVEY said that a letter should go out to Mr Litant stating that they were looking into the situation She said she would draft the letter to be sent MR FRIEDMAN Mr Smith explained that a couple of residents have filed a form with the APP'T ter,In clerk that they do not want to be sprayed on their property for mosquitoes He explained that the forms came from the Audubon Society and the resident must send it certified mail to the Town Clerk before March 1,1984 The names and addresses of their abuttors must also be included They have to distinguish, also, their prop- erty by some method The two people that filed had stated that their's would be white rags flying on top of a pole At 8•p m Mr Friedman came before the Board He explained how he had fileu with the Town Clerks office that he did not want to have mosquito spraying on his property Dr Erdos said that we accept his comments He did explain that he thaught the form that the Audubon Society has put out could stand some improvements, es- pecially for The Town of Lexington 'le would prefer to make some changes Dr Erdos told Mr Mr Friedman there are a number of commercialP esticide operations around that should he checking with the Town Clerk's office to see who :lad filed for no spraying The board e.:plained to Mr Friedman that they had no intention of ordering spraying if they don't feel there is a need for it If they feel the threat of :EE is around tais year, then they will have spraying but they monitor the mosquito spraying program pretty closely -,r Friedman's feeling is that he thinks the State should control the program ratuer than a local town Tee Board explained to hin that when the >tate gets involved they will come in and spray evermthing and the town gill lose control over the program completely They explained it is better for the town to nave control over this program They told Mr Friedman that there was LE around last year and that the State just sat back and did not do a thing 'e startee our own program and followed the situation closely and we are able to control the mosquitoes The Board e..plained again hog, it is better to control the program locally rataer than depend on the .tate Mr Friedman said that the Board ,.as uoing a good job! ! ! ! Ir Friedman thanked the "oard and retired 111 The 3oard discussed that they should start doing sone preparation for the Town Meeting in regard to mosquito control, that begins on April 2nd of this year The 'Board feels that more preparation will be needed than just the Marco Board Meeting 411 Mr Smith suggested that they snould get together and have one of mosquito their afternoon meetings to discuss this in depth The Board felt that they were right last year in the prediction control that :Eh would be carried by the mosquitoes in this part of the gtate They feel that it is time now to prepare for this year They agreed that in a report for the town meeting they should stress how the spraying of pesticides was helpful, and also all the drainage work, water ,management and back packing in the woods away from the population was also a large part of keeping the mosquitoes down Mr Smith said Dr Crady indicated a letter would be going out this week to the Boards of :Iealth in regard to mosquitoes and EEE The State feels we are going to have a continuance of EEE this year They also feel that the towns should continue mosquito control and that the towns that arenot in this program should set money aside and get into the program Mr Smith said he will get together witn Dr Henley, 'n i` C.P soon and and if he doesn't hear from Dr Grady in a week he will call him Mr Smith said it has been rumored that Collaborative Re-.earch wants to ( DNA DNA Research over in their Lexington facilities on Spring Street The ,Board said they should start putting some regulations together 'hen they are completed, then go to the Selectmen and say " This is our regulations, w,Zat is the next step and what do you want us to do now? Remind the Selectmen that they are going to put a committee together Dr ^rdos said that they (the Health Board) should look over all tie copies of regulations that they have, pick the best of each, put ours togeher and have them ready The Board agreed that it is their responsibility to have the regulations ready and then ask the Selectmen what is their next move Dr Roemer said she will contact Dr Clark and discuss this with him Mr Smith told the Board that Robert Mailloux, daltham Health Director, said that Collaborative Research is a reputable firm The owners of Green& hite land (hioburn/Maple Sts ) has submitted a plan GREEN & TO THE PLANNING 3OARD Mr Smith said that ne had seen the plan and it is not SHITE a very good one :e said that they naven't submitted anything to us as yet and they snould have gone to Conservation first Mr Lambie wanted to know if there were problems from other noints of view Mr Smitn said "no" there will be sewer and water and Mr „pith wants to see good drainage Mr Smitn asked if the Board had any comments on the job description for DISCRIPT SA,ITTATIAN a permanent part time sanitarian 412 The Board said that they had no comments, the description was fine 1r Smith said Ms Susan 'idler, 'assistant to the ;'own 'Tanager, wanted ir.i to ret hack to her about this Mr Smith said the applicants must he a registered sanitarian or is working towards taking the Registered Sanitarians test The Board will meet on March :, 19^.4 (Tuesday) instead of the second Monday as usual because of other commitments an(_, conflicts The following permits were signed by the Board Food Sarvice ,stahlishments Li'l Peach 1719 Mass Ave Servomation for T :3 S (venaing) 33 Hayden Ave Dining Mgmt at IT F (vending) 10 Maguire Rd ARA Services for _loneywell (vending) 2 Forbes Rd Frozen Deserts Li' l Peach 1721 lass Ave Animal. Permits 'Jerginia Fitzgerald 342 Bedford Street Collaborative Research, Inc 123 String :,treet sewage Disposal Permit Clear- lay Sewer & Drain Co (two trucks) 3 Flliot Pd 1