9/1/2016 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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t 'LoWly Or t._..,.. ...�, own of Mashpee �qR ry. 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 BOARD OF HEALTH - PUBLIC SESSION Minutes of the Meeting of September 1, 2016 Board Members Present: Also Present: Kalliope Egloff, Chair Glen Harrington, Health Agent Lucy Burton, Co-Chair Brian Baumgaertel, Clerk Chair Kalliope Egloff called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM. APPOINTMENTS 7:15 PM — Powassan Presentation — Larry Dapsis — Entomologist. Larry Dapsis, Entomologist with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, introduced himself to the Board. Mr. Dapsis commented that Powassan is actually a town in Ontario. The Powassan disease was described in 1958 in Powassan, Ontario. It's a rare disease with the number of reported cases steadily increasing. There have been nine reported cases in Massachusetts in the last 2 years. Symptoms are very similar to those of 'encephalitis, meningitis, and the West Nile Virus. In the rare instances that the virus becomes neuro invasive, it's very serious and can be fatal in 10% of the cases. Those that do survive end up with long-term chronic neurological damage. Creatures, such as mice, skunks, raccoons, and possums that don't move large distances in a short period of time are hosts for ticks and Powassan. This pathogen has been in the tick population for thousands of years and not detected. Mr. Dapsis has received funding through the Cape Cod Healthcare Community Benefits Grant Program three years in a row. A proposal was submitted to get an extension of the current grant that subsidizes tick testing for $15 which is normally $50. The three point plan of prevention is protect yourself, protect your yard, and protect your pets. Treat your clothing, spray your yard, and protect your pets. Unfortunately, there is no treatment for Powassan since it is a virus. There are two lineages of the Powassan virus. One is associated with the deer tick and the other with the wood chuck tick. Lyme is a reportable disease and a major issue. Doctors don't always submit the information to the State of Massachusetts. The Cape Cod Hospital performs a full tick-borne panel of blood work instead of guessing the type of Lyme disease. The clinical testing for Powassan is different. It requires a spinal fluid analysis. 7:50 PM —Well Variance — 130 Wheeler Road, Glen Harrington stated that the owners of 130 Wheeler Road have asked Desmond Well Drilling to install an irrigation well on their property. When the Dig Safe notification was requested, the military contacted Mr. Harrington as the property is within the Mashpee moratorium area. Doug Karson from AFCEE provided 16 pages of information regarding the contamination in the area and well sampling results for 156 Wheeler Road. There is one military monitoring well near 130 Wheeler Road. No volatile organic compounds have been 1