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Home My WebLink About1985-01-21 451 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JANUARY 21, 1985 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, January 21, 1985 in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building Members present were Mr James W Lambie, Chairman; Donald A. Goldmann, M.D , Howard B Asarkof, D D S , George A. Smith, Jr , Director of Public Health and Mrs Deborah J Halko, Sanitarian The Board accepted the minutes of a November Board of Health Meeting written IT George Smith, Health Director At 7 30 p m Mr Chris Bejorian of Spa Labs came before the Board Mr Bejoian has a new product "Crystaline" he is trying to get the Board of Health to approve so that it would help him to get state approval to sell this product to hot tub/ whirlpool operators Mr Bejorian feels that he has a vital product but it needs the sanction of a Board of Health, the D E Q E said. Mr Lambie said we are not the Board that you should be asking to be a vehicle for this product but feels he should be writing to the state for testing The Board feels the chlorinator has worked successfully in pools and hot tubs and a tablet and skimmer is not going to do the job After further discussion Mr Bejorian said he appreciated the Board seeing him, thanked the Board and retired At 8 0o p m Mr Fred Goodrich of Barnstead, New Hampshire, owner of property at 32 James Street came before the Board. Mr Goodrich has a potential buyer for this property but he is having a septic system problem He is requesting a variance from tying into town sewer from the Board of Health because he feels it would cost too much money to connect He would like to put in another septic system The regulations are stated If there is sewer on the street and there is a problem with the septic system one must connect to town sewer There is a lot of ledge on Mr Goodrich's property so the Board feels that a new system could be very costly, anyway The Town Engineer, Frank Fields and the Superintendent of the Water & Sewer Department, Richard Spiers, feel the house should be sewered A new system could be put in and in one year there could be problems - depending upon the ground conditions so the best solution is to connect to town sewer The Board said they could not approve a new system without first seeing the results of a detailed engineering study of the ground conditions The Board totally agreed that this house should be tied into town sewer and therefore denied a variance Mr Lambie told Mr Goodrich that is the best solution to this problem Mr Goodrich thanked the Board and retired -2- SANITARIAN' S Mrs Halko told the Board that she has been doing routine inspections ZEPORT of all motels , all the church kitchens , a pre-opening inspection of Sebastian's she also did a lead paint inspection at the Trinity Covenant Church Day Care Center, she has done several asbestos inspections on resident's homes , went to the Peking Gardens Restaurant for a fire follow-up inspection There was a "grease" fire at 11 30 p m at the Peking Gardens one evening and one of the employees received second degree burns Mrs Halko said they did a good job of cleaning up and they are still working it Mrs Halko said the Sheraton-Lexington Motel was in good shape and the Catch Penny Motor Inn is renovating Mother Earth has shown some improvement in the basement area Mr Smith said that he and Mrs Halko should go all through the Mews to check the restaurant, ventilation, etc Mrs Halko has written several articles for the current newsletter that is now being put together Articles on proper storage of deli foods , no smoking for food establishments , proper methods for sanitizing slicers and cutting boards The Board appointed Mrs Halko a special agent to sign death certificates and make out burial permits in the absence of the agent THE HAMPTONS At 8 30 p m. Mr William Smith of Boyd-Smith and Mr Joe Roos came before the Board to briefly discuss the new subdivision called The Hamptons located on Concord Avenue There are seven lots to this subdivision Mr Smith will be going before the Planning Board tomorrow evening and if it is passed as a subdivision they will begin the building of two houses in April Conservation is concerned about a small area of wetlands on the property It has to be passed by Conservation before they can start building The Board of Health did not have any objections because these houses will be town sewered and will have town water and the drainage is very good Mr Smith said that Stearns of New York is the architect for this sub- division The Board briefly discussed the WSI's and the ages of the lifeguards Ms Halverson hopes to be able to offer better money this year to pay the lifeguards "FINISHING Mr Smith went up to"Finishing Touches" and check it out The place was TOUCHES" clean, well lit They were doing some waxing Mr Smith told her she would have to change her ad's advertising that she does massaging Lisa plans to come before the Board to get a license OVERFLOWING Mr Smith reported that he had to issue an order "on an overflowing septic SEPTIC system" to connect to town sewer They will have to keep pumping the system SYSTEM out until it is connected Dr Goldmann said he thought we had pretty much discussed water manage- ment, etc 45 3 -3- There has been nothing about mosquitoes from the state this year MOSQUITOES Dr Grady had said he would be sending out a letter in February It has not come as yet The Board said they could always request Dr Grady to send a letter in regard to the mosquito population, etc to present to town meeting this year Mr Smith told the Board that the new increases in prices of licenses and permits were legally printed in the Lexington newspaper and that the swimming pools and retail establishments were now $50 00 Mr Smith said there have been calls regarding toxic waste at Hartwell Place and the Air Base The Air Base is investigating as it is either on the base or on Massport property There will be more of an impact on Bedford and their water They do not have any idea what it is at this time The Board wants to meet primarily to discuss the rDNA proposed regulations and the public hearing It seems that Ann White's proposal has brought out people trying to get on this Lexington Biohazard Committee that has been proposed THE FOLLOWING PERMITS WERE SIGNED BY THE BOARD Installers Permits L M Carroll 753 Waltham St , Lexington, Mass Electric Sewer Cleaning Co , Inc 294 Lincoln St , Allston, Mass Chemical Toilets Bowdoin Construction Co 220 Reservoir St Needham Heights , Mass Animal Permits Lisa T Fitzgerald 342 Bedford St , Lexington Walter L Williams 344 Lowell St , Lexington Market (Retail Store) Permits Sebastian's NEW 1845 Massachusetts Ave 4z 4 - 4 - Retail Food Establishments (Restaurant, etc ) Bel Canto Restaurant 1715 Mass Ave A T & T Information Systems (Utility Kitchen) 430 Bedford St ARA Services for Honeywell - Vending 2 Forbes Rd Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Store 1729 Mass Ave Dunkin Donuts (New franchisee) 373 Waltham St Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn 727 Marrett Rd Temple, Barker and Sloane (vending) 33Hayden Ave Carey's Catch II 46 Mass Ave Temple , Barker and Sloane , Inc (cafeteria) 33 Hayden Ave Arty's Restaurant, Inc 177 Mass Ave Hancock United Church ofChrist 1912 Mass Ave Interstate United Corp for Data Resources 24 Hartwell Ave Dana Home of Lexington 2027 Mass Ave Brigham's 38 Bedford St Pineknoll Nursing Home 30 Watertown St Servomation for Ginn & Co 196 Spring St Grace Chapel Northern Rd Goodies to Go, Inc N E Vending for Varian Vacuum 1734 Mass Ave 121 Hartwell Ave Catch Penn Inn East Village Nursing Home 440 Bedford St 140 Emerson Gardens Rd