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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-06-18Animal Permits 429 Mrs. John Brucchi 63 Paul Revere Rd. - 300 Chickens, 8 horses, 6 sheep, 3 cows, 6 goats, 2 deer Peter Tropeano 19 Revere Sb. - One Arabian horse, two cows, and chickens & ducks BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JUNE 18, 1984 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, June 18, 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., Donald A. Goldman, M.D., Mr. George A. Smith Jr., Health Director and Mrs. Deborah J. Halko, Sanitarian. Minutes of the meeting of May 18, 1984 were accepted except for an ommission in the meeting notes. Omission --Jayne Tapia's second reason for coming before the Board was to discuss with them and get their approval to do a survey of the elderly that live in the senior citizen's villages. Mrs. Tapia of the Visiting Nurse & Community Health told the Board that the Lexington Housing Authority is concerned about the frail elderly. She said the Visiting Nurses could do an assessment of the people living in the villages to see what their needs would be and to assess who needs them more than others. The Board feels that the Human Services Department of the town should also be contacted about this. Dr. Roemer said this should be discussed with Bea Phear, Human Services Coordinator and Dr. Roemer feels this should take in the elderly living alone in their homes and not just those living in the villages. The Board said to go ahead with the survey and just see how many elderly persons have need for more services. (end of omission) CATALDO Mrs. Cataldo of 61 Bow Street and her son came before the Board at LANDFILL 7:30 p.m. The Cataldo's had been given a permit about 10 years ago (renewable each year) to allow the Town of Arlington to dump on the Cataldo property, so that the land may be reclaimed for agriculture. Mr. Cataldo has recently passed away but the dumping has continued without a renewed permit. Mrs. Cataldo's son explained that the Town of Arlington would be wrapping up their contract "to dump" on the thirtieth of June of this year and there would be no more dumping, He said people have been coming in without their knowledge and dumping. The Board suggested now he should put up "no dumping" signs and that all roadways leading to the landfill area be closed or blocked to discourage would- be dumpers from entering. 430 RAYTHEON SANITARIAN'S REPORT Mrs. Caraldo's son said he would send the Board a copy of the letter that the Town of Arlington has sent to him stating that they do not plan to renew their contract for dumping with the Cataldo's and dumping will cease on June 30, 1984. Dr. Roemer asked why we were signing the Raytheon Food Service Permit when they have not complied with the "no smoking" by-law. The Board discussed this issue and said there is only a $20.00 fine and their permit probably wouldn't be revoked. Mr. Smith thinks that Raytheon should be brought into the Board Meeting. It was decided to invite them into a Board Meeting to discuss why they haven't set aside a non-smoking section. Mr. Smith said he would write to them and invite them into a meeting. Mrs. Halko, Sanitarian, reported to the Board that she has been inspecting the school cafeterias. There are no big problems in the schools except they are using the unused dishmachines to pile things up in. There have been changes in the state regulations for semi-public.. and public pools this year. Lifeguards have to be at least 17 years old and the other change is that depth markings have to be on the decks besides in the pool. The state is stricter this year. Mrs. Halko said that she and Mr. Smith would like to run a seminar for pool managers, guards, etc. before the next year's pool opening. She feels that this would be beneficial for the operation of the semi-public and public pools. Mrs. Halko told the Board that she worked at the annual rabies clinic this year. WADING Mr. Smith told the Board there still is a problem in the wading pool POOL at the Centre Playground. Children's feet are still being scraped and cut. CENTRE It cannot be painted because it would become too slippery. At this point PLAY no one can figure out what is causing the problem. They are going to have ROUND the pool hand sanded to see if this will solve the problem. At 7:50 p.m. Mrs. Rita Sullivan, Executive Director of the Lexington Housing Authority and Jim MCLaughlin; Chairman of the Housing Authority, came before the Board, Mrs. Sullivan told the Board that a "rental property" of the Lexington Housing Authority has a serious asbesto problem. This house had been relocated from Lincoln to Wood Street, Lexington when the National Park took oyer Pone of the Lincoln property. The pipes in the cellar have asbesto insulation. Mrs. Sullivan wrote to the State for funds to have the asbestos removed and wanted the Board's approval to do this asbestos removal. The house is occupied now and it is not recommended that the tenants move out but Mrs. Sullivan was told to have the tenants remove everything from the basement the day that the asbestos is removed so that the asbestos 431 fibers will not get into anything. Mr. McLaughlin, Chairman of the Housing Authority asked Mr. Smith if he would put something in writing stating that everything must be removed from the basement during the removal of the asbestos. Mr. Smith said he cannot be there during this removal process but he will send Mrs. Halko. After a brief discussion Mrs. Sullivan and Mr. McLaughlin thanked the Board and retired. At 8:15 p.m. Mr, Tony Gentile and Mr. William Hamilton of Landmark Associates for Maple Tree Village Subdivision came before the Board. They discussed with the Board their proposal for drainage of this land MAPLE and said the standing water will all be taken care of. TREE VILLAGE The Board checked out the plans for this subdivision. Mr. Hamilton said the subdivision will consist of 4 houses: 1 standing house and three new ones. He said the Conservation Commission has issued their orders and he also will go to the D.E.Q.E. before the sewer is put in. After further disucssion Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Gentile thanked the Board and retired. At 8:40 Jean Nichols, Ph.D., John Murphy, Ph.D. of Seragen came before the Board. Also present was Ashton C. Stocker, of S.R. Costello Associates SERAGEN for Seragen. Dr. Nichols explained how Seragen was interested in coming to Lexington in the Ledgemont Lab and their interest is the same as Collaborative Research. she said they came before the Board to explain their interest in coming to Lexington and to tell them a little bit about their company. Dr. Nichols gave an explanation of how the company started and expanded several ways into the present company.. In Lexington she said they would like to do production/toxcology studies. Dr. Murphy went into some detail what the company plans to do in research. Mr. Lambie told the Seragen people how there is an appointed committee studying the TDNA and they are drafting regulations for this research in this town. He said we are not sure what will happen. We will take the finished draft to a public hearing and then take the draft and complete it. We can not promise anything at this time. Dr. Murphy would like the Board to follow the NIH Guidelines but Dr. Roemer said the NIH Guidelines are changeable. Dr. Nichols said they would be very happy to bring their company to Lexington. 432 After further discussion Dr. Nichols, Dr. Murphy and Mr. Stocker thanked the Board and retired. ,VNA Mr. Smith presented the VNA Nurses contract to Mr Lambie for his signature. CONTRACT The amount per visit will go from $18.00 per visit to $20.00 for the '85 fiscal year Mr. Smith told the Board that the mosquitoes are out there in abundance. ,MOSQUITO The E.M.M.C.P. have started trapping. Theyare looking for "Highland J" REPORT They are backpacking into the swamp areas now and this knocks down mosquitoes by the thousands. SICK Dr. Roemer asked about the disease of the skunks and raccoons. SKUNKS & Mr. Smith said they call it the "circling disease". It is a virus that RACOONS. creates discharges from the eyes and nostrils of these animals and they sometimes go around in circles. These animals are nocturnal and when they contact this disease they seem to be out in the daytime. MISC. Humans do not have any ill effects from these sick animals but there is a problem for dogs and cats. The only thing we can do is shoot them. The dog officer has had a couple of confrontations with residents that don't want these sick animals shot. Mr. Smith mentioned he had received a letter from Bailus Walker, State Health Commissioner, about mosquito control but he had received nothing from the state in regard to the cancer survey. October 20th, 1984 has been set aside as Hazardous Waste Day. Mr. Smith told the Board that he would like to raise the permit fees of (RAISING the retail food establishments and the pools to $50.00 each. He feels there is -a 'OF FEES lot of work involved in inspections of both of these establishments. The pools are checked out several times and water samples are taken all summer long. The Board has no objection to these increases. Mr. Smith told the Board that Linda Behar has a new project she is getting interested in. It is the "head lice" problem in the schools. Mr. Smith said he had sent a memo out to the Fire Chief, Police Chief, and Joan Halverson, Director of Recreation listing four items that should be standarized procedure for emergency at the swimming pools. He has asked them for their com- ments and suggestions. Mr. Smith told the Board that the Rabies Clinic was disappointing. There were "under 300 dogs" immunized. He said next year he is only going to have a one day clinic or have it on a Saturday. Dr. Roemer said she hopes the Town Manager will appoint her replacement soon because she has so many things to attend to before she leaves for Africa. She said this is the last meeting I hope to attend. 43; Mr. Lambie said the Town Manager mentioned a person interested in serving on the Board named Marcia Feakes. Mr. Lambie said he had no objection to Mrs. Feakes. Next meeting of Board of Health will be Monday July 16, 1984. Meeting adjourned at 10;05 p.m. The following permits were signed by the Board: Sewage Disposal Permits Sewer Man, Inc. 268 Rangeway Rd. North Billerica, MA Animal Permit Paul B. Lloyd 202 Cedar St. Lexington, MA Swimming/Wading Pool Permits Drummer Boy Homes Association Pleasant. Brook Pool -wading also 13 Drummer Boy Way 21A Mason St. Battle Green Inn Paint Rock Pool Corp. wading, also 1720 Mass Ave. 13 Partridge Rd. Catch Penny Inns, Inc. 440 Bedford St. Food Establishments Alexander's Pizza Shop Lexington Golf Club 180 Bedford St. 55 Hill St. Yangtze River Restaurant Wild Acre Inn 21-25 Depot Square 50 Percy Rd. Peking Garden Restaurant 27 Waltham St. Versailles Restaurant - Sidewalk Cafe 1777 Mass Ave. LeBellcour Restaurant 10 Muzzey St. Seilers for "D" Cafeteria at MIT Lincoln Lab 244 Wood St. Seilers for Main Cafeteria at MIT Lincoln Lab 244 Wood St. Canteen Corp. for Raytheon Executive Cafeteria 141 Spring St. 434 Vending Machine Facilities Canteen Corporation for: Raytheon Executive Corp. 141 Spring St. Raytheon Research Corp. Division 131 Spring Street D.C. Heath Co. 125 Spring St. Temporary Food Permit Lexington Lions Club Fourth of July Carnival - June 30 - July'4, 1984 Retail Food Establishments Gloria Food Store 137 Mass Ave., Lexington Mother Earth Natural Foods 10 Muzzey St., Lexington Town Food Store 93 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington Joel's at Lexington Center 1740 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington Edwin Breslin d/b/a/ Breslin's Market 2219 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington Highland Food Mart 321 Marrett Rd., Lexington Doran's Greenhouses, Inc. 150 East St., Lexington C.V.S. Pharmacy 1735 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington Royal Pastry Shop 317 Marrett Rd., Lexington Hancock Market (Luigi Staniscia) 6 Nsrth Hancock St., Lexington Colonial Pharmacy 1754 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington Alexander's Convenient Store 335 Woburn Street., Lexington