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Home My WebLink About1984-03-28 _ 9 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MARCH 28, 1984 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Wednesday, March 28, 1984 at 7 15 p m in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building Members present were Mr James W Lambie, Chairman; Linda Roemer, Ph D , Dr Donald A Goldmann, and George A Smith, Director of Public Health Minutes of the February meeting were accepted as read The Sanitarian's report was given by Mr Smith because Mrs Halko was ill Mr Smith said that Mrs Halko is concentrating at this time on vending machines in cafeterias Debbie has been setting up appointments with SANITARIAN'S someone from the food services to be there to open the machines REPORT The Dunfey Corporation sent a letter stating they are going to make a SHERATON sewer connection for the Lexington-Sheraton There had been another break/ SEWER blockage around the 8th or 9th of March The connection to the sewer should CONNECTION be completed in a month or two Mr Smith had checked the preliminary plan for the Ridge Estates and RIDGE said sewer and water are available Mr Freeman will have to go to the ESTATES DEQE to extend the sewer All subdivisions have to de this now This plan from Ginn & Co /Xerox Corp has to go upstairs to be reviewed GINN & They can by-pass the preliminary plan and submit a definitive plan COMPANY ' Mr Smith doesn't have any hard or new data in regard to Raytheon Mr Lambie said we should have had the wording of the town meeting by- RAYTHEON law in regards to non-smoking areas in restaurants to say "food service CORP establishments" instead of just restaurants Raytheon does not want to comply in their cafeteria with the no-smoking sections The Board said that the thing to do now is to get Norman Cohen, Town Counsel, to keep right after this Mr Smith explained how Dr Howard Smith had written to the town manager RABIES wanting to do the rabies clinic for 1984 CLINIC Mr Smith said, that in the past, Dr Smith had indicated he was not interested in our clinic and he has already asked Dr Chabot's assistance to participate in our clinic for this year The Board said to write to Dr Smith and tell him we will consider him for the clinic in 1985 The state has sent a form to us to be filled out for each establishment EDB checked for EDB FORM There are 4 new houses being built at Hayes Lane/Fletcher Avenue The water line to that area is a dead end line 420 The neighbors in that area are upset because of the color of the water There is bacteria in the water and the D P W is looking into the problems of this area MOSQUITO The Board and Mr Smith will be preparing something on mosquito control CONTROL for town meeting Dr Goldmann wondered if, in additon to tracking the mosquito population what about tracking the virus We could have a large population of mosquitoes and no virus in town This is the third year of the "cycle" and the season was ended with virus around The control efforts last year of Lexington and some of the surrounding towns was helpful to the mosquito control program The $19,000 in the warrant for Health is a little misleading Mr Smith said - $11,000 is for mosquito control and the $8,000 is for the Health Dept budget Mr Smith said the Air Force may pay for our educational literature this year Mr Lambie said when we are preparing our report for the town meeting we should list the pesticides we will be using and be prepared to answer any questions Dr Roemer said our report for town meeting should be made very simple - so much money for larviciding, so much for water management, etc We should be prepared to answer any or all questions regarding mosquito control and the Board feels that David Henley, EEMCP should be in attendance, also Town Meeting will not be getting to the financial items until April 26th or April 29th The Board will be working on a mosquito control statement before they go to town meeting RDNA The Board of Selectmen turned the RDNA project over to the Board of Health COMM The Board decided that they should get an advisory committee together with one Board of Health member on the committee They have to find people with expertise in this field The town manager made an announcement they are looking for qualified for this committee Dr Goldmann said there must be 50 people in town qualified for the oommittee When the committee is picked, if the Board feels that they need more know- ledge, they can always find a qualified person to help Dr Goldmann has a name of someone who is high up at Collaborative Research who could answer questions They will need about five volunteers and one member of the Board of Health Dr Goldmann will represent the Board After the committee is established all meetings will have to be posted at the Town Clerk's Office 421 The Board of Health will pick members of the committee and will establish the RDNA Advisory Committee The following permits were signed by the Board Catering Permits Concord Caterers, Inc 9 Adams St , Lexington Food Establishment Permits Cory's of Lexington Hancock St Market 20 Waltham St 6 No Hancock St Lexington Lodge of Elks F P Kitchen, Inc d/b/a/ 959 Waltham St Frederick Pilecki Sandwich Shop 420 Bedford St Lexington Masonic Association Harrington Rd Kentucky Fried Chicken 211 Mass Ave Denny's Restaurant #705 438 Bedford St Minute Man Regional Voc School 758 Marrett Rd Animal Permits Animal Permits Eugene F Delfino Frederick J Hopwood 94 Reed St 172 Burlington St John W Frey Walter Williams 1133 Mass Ave 344 Lowell Sh James V Cosgrove Dudley West 307 Wood ST 33 Oak St Carla V Fortmann Carroll Bros 5 Harrington Rd 31 Allen St Breta E Swenson 210 Marrett Rd Disposal Permits Corenco Corp 2 trucks 525 Woburn St Recreation Camps Lexington Christian Academy/Meadow Breeze Day Camp 48 Bartlett Ave Funeral Directors Licenses Arthur F Douglass John B Douglass Jeffrey W Blodgett 51 Worthen Rd 51 Worthen Rd 51 Worthen Rd