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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOH Minutes 4/15/1993BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES April 15, 1993 MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Michael VanSplinter, Clerk Donald 60,q7 &,J Henry Austin and Peter Fontanini l Fr; J:t,g ALSO PRESENT Health Agent Scott Leite f -) 1. CALL TO ORDER at 7:30 PM by Chair VanSplinter in the Mansfield Town Hall 2. CONSENT AGENDA a. Approval of Minutes of April 1, 1993 b. Approval of Disposal Works Installers Permit: Philip Beatty Excavation, Inc. MOTION: To approve Consent Agenda. Fontanini /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. 3. COMMUNICATIONS a. Community Visiting Nurse Agency, January and February, 1993 statistics for Mansfield. Have not yet heard from Versacare. b. Letter from Thomas Donovan, Medfield, April 4, 1993, re: Apartment inspection for AFDC tenants. Copy of his letter to Gov. Weld attached. c. Copy of letter to Emerald Woodland Condo Trust, 20 Erick Rd., from Health Agent, April 7, 1993, re: Failed septic system. d. Response to Agent's letter from Emerald Woodland Trust, April 11, 1993. MOTION: To grant an extension to June 30, 1993 to hook up to sewer as long as system is pumped regularly. Fontanini /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. e. Copy of letter to Kevin Baker, Trustee, Edgewood Condos, 10 Erick Road, from Health Agent, April 2, 1993, re: Failed septic system. f. response to Agent's letter from Edgewood Condos, April 5, 1993. MOTION: To grant an extension to June 30, 1993, to hook up to sewer as long as system is pumped regularly. Fontanini /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. g. Copy of letter from DEP to Steven I. Dean, Esq., April 5, 1993, re: Hatheway & Patterson. h. Letter to Health Agent and Mr. Sullivan, Dean St., April 7, 1993, re: Subsurface sewage disposal. 4. VISITORS 8:00 PM: Public Hearing, Sewer Connection Regulation, Article 2. Proposed Development and New Construction: Chair VanSplinter called to order at 8:00 PM. Ralph Penney, Maple St., was present, but thought the hearing was for the proposed changes in the Title 5 law. He asked if the Board requires a license of drain layers. Response was no. Board of Health Page 2 April 15, 1993 Ed Rosenberg, Ware St., was also present, and commented that when he was on the Board, formulas were being considered for this Article. Chair responded that their Attorney Joe Hannon wrote and recommended this wording for the article, so that the responsibility was on the developer to convince the Board of Health that sewer was not feasible. Mr. Fontanini commented that the formulas sometimes forced a developer to install the sewerline as far a three miles away. Member Steele was concerned that this article would encourage more lawsuits, since it's to the Board's discretion to force sewer. Hearing closed at 8:16 PM 8:17 PM: Chair VanSplinter presented to Mr. Ed Rosenberg, former long- time member of the Board, with a framed letter of thank you and praise for his service to the Town of Mansfield. Mr. Rosenberg thanked everyone. He asked how fluoride was coming along? Board responded that due to lack of local and state funds, there has been no progress. 5. HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT a. Parsons, Goward Dr.: Approved septic design plans have been picked up, and the system will be raised, since Mr. Parsons must make the adjustments in order to sell his house. b. Brugliera, Goward Dr.: Town Counsel has not yet filed papers with the Court requesting permission for discovery re: the groundwater elevations on Mr. Brugliera's property. c. Special Attorney: Dept. Heads at the Paine School will be asking Town Manager at a staff meeting if it is feasible that a special counsel be used for various land- use cases. It could save money and might be more efficient if an attorney who specializes in these areas as hired. d. DEP Site Evaluator Training: April 16, 17, 30, 1993, Agent reminded that he will be out of the office for three Fridays in a row. Also, he cancelled the seminar on air quality next week, since Monday, April 18th is a holiday, Tues - Thurs., Air Quality; Fri. Site Evaluator, and Sat. household hazardous waste day. It would have been impossible to plan the HHWD. e. Compo: Wells (70) will be dug (to groundwater) sometime next week. Product to be recovered is floating, so to groundwater level is sufficient. System will be started late May to early June. f. 171 Ware St.: Problem with the septic system. Could be infiltra- tion in the tanks. If it's a pressure blowout on the top, it hopefully will not be a big deal to repair. Enforcement order was sent to Mr. Troy and his wife has responded via telephone. Board agreed not to allow the repair to take too long as it had before. i Board of Health Page 3 April 15, 1993 g. Non - Criminal Disposition: Attorney Joe Hannon feels that the Town's General By -Law has to be amended to include Board of Health. Town Counsel, Bob Mangiaratti, feels that the BOH is okay in the way they are doing in through their own regulation. Agent submitted an article for the special town meeting just in case it requires town meeting approval. MOTION: To sponsor the article in the STM to amend the General By -Laws. Fontanini /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. h. DPW Compost Area: Agent set up a meeting on site with DPW Director, Bob Swanson, but he never showed. Town Manager asked that Agent not cite the Town with an enforcement order, but attempt to work it out with Mr. Swanson. Agent explained the two -page letter he wrote to DPW Director with step by step remedies for the various violations. Mr. Swanson must respond before April 15, 1993. i. Peres and Plans: 28 peres and 60 plans. 6. OLD BUSINESS a. Great Woods: Chair was asked if someone from the BOH could attend the Selectmen's meeting on April 21st. to support the exlusion of db levels in the license. Board has done a tremendous amount of work with GW monitor- ing sound levels and conducting sound surveys with various residents in various neighborhoods. The Board's expertise in this area would be most helpful to the Board of Selectmen. Henry will attend. Michael will be out of town. b. Smoking Reg: Member Steele asked when it starts. Thirty days after Publication. Reg will be sent to all those who hold food establishment .permits, so that they will know exactly how they are affected. Mr. Steele cautioned that if the Board plans to tighten the reg, they should do so soon, so that the Board does not cause unnecessary and costly physical changes to a facility. Everyone agreed. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Watertable: Member Fontanini commented that watertable levels must be at a high. Agent agreed that they are. b. Rabies - -Fall River Health Agent: Agent received a letter from the Fall River Health Agent who is asking for support among Southeastern Mass. health departments to join him in telling the State that they are unfairly imposing requirements on localities re: rabies, i.e., traps, transportation, veterinary expenses, etc. Board agreed not to join the coalition, since they feel that it is their responsiblity to handle rabies issues. c. Training: Chair VanSplinter feels that there is a lack of understanding in the community as far as the BOH's jurisdiction and how far Board of Health Page 4 April 15, 1993 far their authority reaches. Chair asked Agent to present at the end of each meeting a short presentation of the laws that fall within the Board's jurisdiction, e.g., food sanitation, housing, septic systems, enforcement procedures, etc. These presentations will educate the Board and public and hopefully give everyone a better understanding of the Health Department's scope of authority. This should be done with a full board. 8. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: To adjourn at 9:15 PM. Fontanini /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. N Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle Recording Secretary NEXT REGULAR MEETING: MAY 6 and 20, 1993 I -3 — C1 Date 3