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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
JULY 16, 1984
The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, July 16, 1984 at
7 15 p m in Room G-1 of the Town Office Building Members present were Mr
James W Lambie, Chairman; Linda Roemer, Ph D , Donald A. Goldmann, M.D and
George A. Smith, Jr , Director of Public Health
The Board did not accept the minutes of the June 18th meeting as read Mr
Lambie and Dr Roemer pointed on page 4, third paragraph, it state - "They are
back-packing into swamp areas " This should have said "larvaciding" because
there is no backpacking being done
On page 2 of June 6, 1984 meeting notes Dr Roemer said on the Sanitarian's
Report that the clerk did not go into depth about the state's requirement of a
lifeguard being at least 17 years of age to work at the public semi-public pools
After a short disucssion it was remembered this had been written in depth in
the May 14, 1984 board notes
Mrs Halko was ill so she could not attend the board meeting She had a SANITARIAN
written report for the Board members telling them some of the inspections REPORT
she had done Mrs Halko reported that she had completed the pre-opening
pool inspections and that any problems or violations were being taken care
of
Some major problems were encountered at Minute Man Village and the Battle Green
Pool
Arty's Restaurant was informed of another complaint we had received regarding
their "no smoking" signs on some tables and a sign stating "no smoking"
section The tables were sufficient but the arrangement could have been
better
Mr Gianoukas said he doesn't have too much call for non-smoking sections,
therefore, his other customers have to wait
Mrs Carol Waddell , Senior Clerk of the Health Department, was appointed a APPOINT-
"special agent" to issue burial permits and sign death certificates in the MENT
absence of the agent
At 7 30 p m. Mr Tim Surgenor of Integrated Genetics came before the Board to Mr
disucss their moving into the Kennicott Building to set up their research Surgenor
business INTEGRATED
GENETICS
The Board explained that there is a DNA Advisory Committee that has been
meeting on a weekly basis studying and discussing this research , and are in
the process of putting together regulations for the Town of Lexington
Mr Surgenor explained what their company plans to do in research if and
when they come to Lexington
He asked when the regulations would be ready and the Board replied that they
should be ready by the September meeting
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Mr Lambie told Mr Surgenor that after the regulations are in place that
the Town will have to have a public hearing and they don't know what the
reaction will be from that
After further discussion Mr Surgenor thanked the Board and retired
CATALDO Mr Smith said he checked out the Cataldo farm on Bow Street and that they
FARM had done everything that was required by the Board
PHEASANT At 8 00 p m_ James McDowell of T & M Engineering Associates , Mr Chester Kahn
BROOK of Kahn/Quinn, Sidney Gorowitz, Attorney and Mrs Mary D'Arrigo came before
ESTATES the Board in regard to Pheasant Brook Estates Subdivision
This group came before the Board to discuss the plans for their subdivision
They propose to put a main roadway into this subdivision and they will build
on 65 lots that will all be connected to town sewer They said this has all
been reviewed by public works They also told the Board that they will not
alter the water level at all There will be a footpath in this subdivison
and also a pond.
Dr Roemer is concerned about the pond and kids ice skating She feels they
could be setting up a very attractive nuisance for kids to swim and possibly
drown like the quarries in Quincy
Mr Quinn said it wouldn't be conducive to swimming because of "cat and nine
tails"
The pond will drain into Munroe or Fessenden brooks
Mr Kahn tried to get in there earlier to open up the brooks but was denied
permission
They will begin this subdivision early in September
Mr Gorowitz, Attorney, told the Board if they have any other questions to feel
free to call him
After a brief disucssion the group thanked the Board and retired.
PESTICIDE Mr Smith told the Board about the pesticide spill that took place on Lowell
INCIDENT Street one day (July 11th) last week Some small tins rolled off of a Frost and
Higgins truck onto Lowell Street with Sevin and the Fire Department answered
a call from a resident and then called Mr Smith
Mr Smith went over with Debbie halko and the DEQ E also came about 10
o'clock with 9 men and 2 trucks to clean it up
Mr Smith said it was neither a health or safety condtion
OLD SPRING Mr Smith told the Board that he had sent a letter to the person representing
STREET the subcontractor for Old Spring Street He found they had put in a swptic
system in without a permit, so he had sent them a "stop work" order They were.
suppose to have used cast iron but they had used plastic
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Mr Smith checked out the pool at Minute Man Village The pool was not up MINUTEMAN
to the standards set by the state so Mr Smith sent Mr Haroian a "certified VILLAGE
mail" letter ordering him to close the pool Mr Haroian had been down the POOL
Cape on vacation and when he came back he had all violations squared away by
Friday and the pool was allowed to re-open,
The personnel at the Battle Green Motel (Kevin McGrath) did not like Debbie's
report in regard to the alkalinity of the pool and complained to Mr Smith
When Mr Smith checked out the pool a few days later, the problem had been
taken care of
RIGHT TO The "Right to Know" Law was passed by D E Q E , Public Health, etc No one RIGHT TO
KNOW LAW has received a copy of the regulations as yet KNOW LAW
Chief Bergeron will be in charge of this for Lexington He will do the
records keeping and inspections The Board of Health will be involved to a
point but it is the Fire Department Chief's responsibility
MOSQUITO The Board disucssed mosquito control for 1984 MOSQUITO
CONTROL CONTROL
Mr Smith said "Highland J" was showing up in Mass but he didn't know just
where as Dr Grady of the State Lab is on vacation right now and he does not
keep us posted up-to-date
The Board discussed the prospect of doing backpack spraying and thinks we
should do some of this because of the"Highland J" being reported
Dr Roemer said we have to assume that EEE will follow
Mr Lambie said he would like to talk with David Henley in regard to the current
status of mosquitoes Where "Highland J" has been found, counts from the truck
trappings, etc
Mr Smith reported briefly on the RDNA Advisory Committee They are disucssing RDNA
what constitutes production and manufacturing They voted at the last ADVISORY
meeting on P-3 The vote was split on this COMM
Dr Miller wants the companies to show performance up to a year
Mrs Ann White came before the Board of Health as an interested listener in
the audience She said she could not believe that no one else was there to
discuss RDNA Mrs White said she is concerned about the manufacturing of
the DNA
The Board said that nothing would be manufactured here, this is more for
research The Board explained that the RDNA Advisory Committee was formed to
discuss the come up with a document that would satisfy the Town
The board stated that a public hearing will be held and it will give people
a chance to speak for or against it
III We have this committee to study this and decide just what level they can go,
the Board told Mrs White
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NOISE Mr Smith said he had a complaint from a gentleman that lives across Route 2
COMPLAINT from 80 Hayden Ave He complained about the air conditioning running in the
building at 80 Hayden Ave
Mr Smith doesn't know what he can do but he can get a noise meter next week
Mr Smith reported he received notice from the VNA that they had done their
survey of the elderly The nurses found some people in need of help but it
wasn't overwhelming The Board feels that all elderly should have been
surveyed and not just the villages
The program should be intergrated with Human Services and other agencies
and not done in piecemeal
The Board discussed the VNA and their services to the Town
The Board said they should find out what the VNA wants, what the town should
provide for services Mr Smith said he would contact other towns and see
how their set up is for nursing services
Mr Smith told the Board that the State had approved the money for asbestos
removal at 96 Wood Street
RAYTHEON Mr Smith reported that nothing has been done at Raytheon in regard to
SMOKING setting aside seats for non-smokers
SECTION
Mr Lambie feels it is time for the Board to act The Board said they will
have to have a slow cause" hearing before putting them into court
Mr Smith said he had given them 30 days to put in a "no smoking" section
and he hasn't heard a thing Mr Smith will give Norman Cohen, Town Counsel,
a call
The Board briefly discussed the situation on Douglas Road (Mr Litant) and feel
they have handled it properly and now they feel the State should handle it
Meeting ended at 9 20 p m
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