5/21/2015 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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Town of Mashpee 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 BOARD OF HEALTH - EXECUTIVE SESSION Mashpee Town Hall — WAQUOIT CONFERENCE ROOM Minutes of the Meeting of Thursday, May 21, 2015 Board Members Present: Member Absent: Also Present: Lucy Burton, Chair Burton Kaplan, Co -Chairman Glen Harrington, Health Agent Kalliope Egloff, Clerk Chair Lucy Burton called the Executive Session Meeting to order at 7:45 PM. Roll Call Vote: Lucy Burton, yes, Kalliope Egloff, yes. 1. Housing/Condemnation Hearing: 394 Cotuit Road. Glen Harrington commented that the condemnation letter was generated because a housing inspection prompted a violation to be documented because of the condition of the property located at 394 Cotuit Road. Some of the violations were addressed, but cooperation to clean the rest of the house has been difficult. Mr. Harrington contacted other Town Departments to help Ms. McFarland -Richter and the other occupants. They were not able to gain access into the house. Erika Woods of the Cape Cod Hoarding Task Force contacted the Health Agent and arranged for Dr. Susan Greeley Murati, Psy.D., M.P.H. to attend the meeting. Ms. Woods is willing to set up a meeting to discuss the situation in the home. Mr. Harrington remarked that he is in favor of this, and his recommendation to the Board is to allow a 30 -day extension to have any and all progress made on a non -enforcement basis to increase the quality of life on the house. Jamie Sacchetti, Vickie McFarland -Richter's daughter, stated that she and her husband moved into the house and corrected most of the violations, cleaned the living room, the stairwell, and the upstairs except for one bedroom. A dumpster was rented, and a great deal of clutter was removed. Yard sales are planned to take place during the summer months to clean out the basement. Dr. Murati, from the Cape Cod Hoarding Task Force and a clinical therapist at Child and Family Services in Hyannis, introduced herself to the Board. Dr. Murati has been seeing Ms. McFarland -Richter since March on a weekly basis. Dr. Murati commented that Ms. McFarland -Richter is not able to attend the meetings for the support groups because she is working during the hours that the meetings are held. Dr. Murati did visit the house and noticed the same issues as the Health Agent had observed. Dr. Murati wants to prevent Ms. McFarland -Richter from being vacated from the house. Kalliope Egloff commented that the Board of Health has been dealing with the housing issue for a number of meetings. The letter was sent because of a lack of communication. This is a situation that needs to be handled in the best way possible. The Board's goal is to improve the situation, and it is encouraging to see that progress is being made.