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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 12/5/19911 .,. BOARDt -9P ?NE`ALTi}!j'`" MINUTES December 5, 1991P� g l DEC 26 MEMBERS PRf$NT:t�'4 i�m�an Michael VanSplinter, Henry Austin and Edward tail�SSrttf It senberg ALSO PRESENT : Health Agent Scott Leite 1. CALL TO ORDER at 7:30 PM by Chairman VanSplinter. 2. CONSENT AGENDA a. Approval of Minutes, November 7, 1991 b. Approval of Disposal Works Installers Permit: Robert Marvelle, Bourne MOTION: To approve Consent Agenda. Rosenberg /Austin. All in favor. VOTED 3. COMMUNICATIONS a. Copy memo from Town Mgr. to Board of Selectmen, Sept. 5, 1991, re: Environmental Assessment of 297 -301 North Main St., (adjacent to Fire Station). This memo prompted Board and Agent to discuss groundwater polution areas throughout the town and how it relates to shallow wells. Agent will put thoughts on paper and submit to Board for future meeting. b. Copies of two letters from DEP, Oct. 28th and Nov. 14, 1991, to Hatheway & Patterson re: Hazardous Waste. c. Copy of letter to Marcel Boelitz, DEP, Nov. 12, 1991, from GEI Consultants, re: Compo, Monthly Progress Report. d. Copy of letter from DEP, Nov. 12, 1991, to Chas. A. Richardson, Inc., re: Hazardous Waste. e. Memo to Board from Conservation Commission, Nov. 14, 1991, re: Proposed Wetland Protection Bylaw. Agent will review and submit comments in writing. f. Copy of letter from DEP to CC &F, Nov. 15, 1991, re: Cross Connections. g. Memo from Town Mgr, to All Depts., etc., Nov. 19, 1991, re: Budget Reviews h. Copy of letter from Health Agent to Malcolm Post, Dec. 4, 1991, re: Mr. Post's request for plans, etc., for projects on Erick Rd. and Bonney Lane. i. Memo from Town Mgr. to BOH, Dec. 4, 1991, re: Goals and Objectives. j. Copy of letter from DEP to R.J. Stewart, Inc., re: Cross Connections at Eastern Container Corp. k. Annual Report from American Lung Association of SE Mass. 1. Handbook on Smoking Laws & Regs for Mass. Communities, Aug. 1991. from Mass. Dept. of Public Health. m. Advanced Deaths Booklet, 1989, Mass. Dept. Public Health. n. Cancer Incidence in Mass., 1982 -1988, Mass. Dept. Public Health. Board of Health Page 2 December 5, 1991 4. VISITORS Susan Stevens, American Lung Association of SE Mass., presented the Radon Education Program for the Town of Mansfield, that the BOH had agreed to participate in. She explained the facts and dangers of radon and that it is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer, next to smoking. The campaign goals are to make residents aware of radon as a health risk and to increase home testing. ALA -SEM will provide test kits for $9.95 each and will handle all the advertising for the campaign. The Board's responsibility is to select seven distribution sites, i.e., public library, drug store, town hall, bank, school, etc.; set up speaking engagements for ALA -SEM to discuss radon program; Distribute advertising material; build a "radon- meter" placed in a highly visible location so that residents can see how many homes have been tested. Program begins in the month of February and advertising for it will begin in January. The towns of Hansen, Hingham and Falmouth are also participating. There are approx. 4,000 residents in Mansfield. Hopefully, many radon kits will be sold. MOTION: To actively work with ALA -SEM to get program off the ground. Rosenberg /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. 5. HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT a. Lawncare Update: Agent distributed an article from Landscape Management,, "Local Laws: What to do ", November 1991, in which Mansfield is mentioned for the town that wrote the lawncare bylaw. b. East Mansfield Sewer: Agent read tentative timeline of sewer project: construction begin March or April, 1992 to be completed to East Common by October, 1992. Agent recommended that Board start thinking about a moratorium on septic permits in anticpation of the sewer. It can legally be done until the sewer is ready for hookups. Town Planner and Agent wish to hire a special counsel to work with the Boards involved in this project as it relates to a moratorium. Agent will meet with Town Planner and will present further into at Dec. 19th meeting. c. Fox Street: Agent received three perc applications. Sewew line is about 200 -300 feet from perc area. Contractor said that he cannot get an easement from landowners in order to install sewer. Agent wants him to exhaust every avenue before the witnesses the peres. d. Jordan Jackson Elementary School: Kitchen plans (cafeteria) and special ed area) have not yet been submitted to Agent for approval. This must be done before installation. Agent inspected school and some of the kitchen equipment had been installed. He asked for plans; they have not yet been received. He will cite the Municipal Building Committee for non- compliance. Board of Health Page 3 i December 5, 1991 e. Peres /Plans: Current log of peres and plans was submitted for Board's information. Steady stream of construction, Agent reported. f. Article for Hazardous Waste Collections: After brief dicusslon. MOTION: To submit article for Automotive /Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days in the amount of $7,500. Rosenberg /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. g. Budget Meeting: Town Manager held a budget meeting with Agent and asked three questions: How little can you operate on? Can you operate on less than what was requested? Answer: yes. Can you justify a part -time secretary? Answer: yes. h. Rabbits: An investigation was made by Agent, upon a report, that dead rabbits in cages were behind a home on Carol Road. Agent inspected and then called Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. MSPCA and Agent reinspected and found 16 rabbits dead in cages. Some had been there since summertime. Owner will be cited by the MSPCA. 6. OLD BUSINESS a. Subdivision Review: Will be discussed with full board. b. Fluoridation: Deadline for appeal is December 12, 1991. Letter will be sent, in compliance with law, to State DPH after that date. Member Rosenberg wishes to vigorously pursue the funding, through the Town, and the completion of engineering plans, from the State, so that the implementation of fluoridation can occur as quickly as possible. Agent warned that there is a shortfall in funding for FY93. The money is just not there. Member Rosenberg asked that Town Manager come to the first meeting in January to discuss issues related to fluoridation. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Health Issues: Chairman encouraged the Board to continue their work in issues relating to health, such as, smoking, radon, cholesterol clinics, AIDS, etc. 8. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: To adjourn at 9:15 PM. Rosenberg /Austin. All in favor. VOTED. Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle, Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING:,, December 19, 1991. See you then. Clerk Date