12/16/1985 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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Page two `own of Mashpee, Board of Health Meeting, December 16, 1985 At this meeting Gary Prahm was also present and. it was -the feeling of Gabrielle that the ' suspect plume ' could be a swing by. from the known f plume ' (this observation after looking at hydrolic influences in the area, the definition of the } nown plume area, it could be a twist in the water slope that could 'ring .it around, or, it could be from the point source that we ]snow nothing about. It is not clear whether, or f� not the following was discussed cFB is now quoted) cFB: 'one of the things that I would suggest .is, one of thethings that I warted to discuss with her as well , relates to the Briarwood area, as to just what testing should be done up there, or what could he done up there, and -what the possibility of what the results would be. Gary Prahm sat in the meeting with us, he ' s now with CCP, he had been the director (can you hear me alright Roy?) ,he had been the di- rector for the Laboratory at County Health and now he ' s no a grant working with CCP, between the two of then the feeling was that random tests. should he taken up there; that there should be a search rade by some agency to locate the source of the contaminants that were found. They advised' that we send a letter to Armando Cor onel, requesting the assistance .of CCP in locating either a point of pressure we can use to get some government money involved, or if there is govern ent money available for that sore of thing to give us assistance in ap- plying for -that money for this purpose. They also suggested that we contact Virginia Valiela from Falmouth DPL DPW to see just how Famouth were about putting the pressure on the Army or the Air Base to study, and, that they didn' t feel it would do much good to have any of the house wells in that area over-pumped, that .is by keeping their pump running for a lore period of time before we took the test, because they felt that in all probability .it wouldn ' t be productive. CCP&EDC feels that if the testing is done in this area it could only be con- sidered to be inconclusive, if testing comes back negative it could give the residents a false sense of security. " CHL asked why we could not have someone pump out the arsters well. , put a five day pump on the damn thing. CFB questioned the payment for this . Discussion was held on the placing of an article on the warrant for Legal/Engineering in the amount of $50, 000 , for the Ashumet Pond area. CFB expressed his pleasure with the manner in which the sub-committee is going a- bout their work and the anticipation of any problems. CHL stated that our primary concern is to get water to the Horseshoe Bend/Tri-Town but then insinuated he would .like future development to be taken in- to consideration. THE BOARD of HEALTH WILL MEET WITH THE SELECTMEN ON TUESDAY 12/17/85 . Minutes approved meeting 12/4/85 motion CHL second RLW. Referring to Item 4 , Mr. Buckingham stated that in his discus, sions with stetson Hall that starting in January S.H. thought that the county could accomodate perhaps 15 gasometer tests. Letter to Stetson requesting a date to go over grids. Gabrielle feels that some tests should be performed near the ' suspect ' plume, others at a further distance. 7. Report of K-V Associates study of Santuit Pond. NOTED 8. Ltr. from New Seabury re: advising corp of anything coming e-- fore this Board for action or discussion. CONSENSUS of BOARD THAT THEY CAN SEND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES To MONITOR MEETING, GENERALLY, NOTHING IS BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD WITHOUT THEIR PEOPLE BEING IN ATTENDANCE.