08/09/1990 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINU'S'ES, August 9, 1990 3 BOARD OF HEALTH If contacted tomorrow and be required to day the $374 .00 immedi- ately. Mrs, Polka informed Ms. Garden as to the proper- proce- dure in releasing the bond. B) Meeting r•e west from, Executive Secretary re: - capital and operating costs for next three fiscal years. Mr. Greelish agreed to contact Mr.. Harrington tofind out exactly what figures he is expecting. C Benchmark oli ._ Mr. McQuaid indicated that Title V goes not specifically address the issue of requiring a benchmark elevation for installers to go by when installing a septic system. He further stated that we have had several instances recently where an installer placed a system at elevations other than what was designed by the engineer. Mr. Costa ques- tioned the additional cast to the homeowner, Mr,. Greelish mo- tioned to adopt the policy, lir. Doherty seconded, Mr, Costa was in agreement* O Commercial/multi-unit se p tic re air ipol.icy. fir. Evans in- dicated that a situation occurred recently at Southcape Fe- sort where one or more systems are, or are close to being in failure and Nor. Macomber er expects to do the repair wort without engineered plans. Ir. Costa and lir. Greelish indi- cated that our "emergency failure" policy was strictly for individual septic systems and not for commercial or multi-unit systems. lir.-, Evans asked that the Board agree to modify our "emergency failure" policy to state thatf unless a reserve system is laid out on the approved plans, revised en- gineered plans must he submitted and approved by the Board for repair work on commercial/multi-unit septic systems. Mr. . Greelish stated that even for a homeowner it is up to the discretion of the agents whether engineered repair flans are required depending on the individual circumstances. All Board members agreed to adopt the policy. Mr. Costa motioned to deny emergency repair permits for southcape Resort without engineered plans, Mr. Greelish seconded, Pyr. Doherty agreed. olella septic repair reli .inar ro McQuaid informed the Board the Mr. Evans percked the lot last weep. The ques- tion is whether a hearing is required since variances from Title v will be requested. The engineer will he proposing to relocate Mr, Colell,a's well which will then be less than 1001 from an abutter's septic system. The proposed system will be 0' from the wetlands which will require a local variance. Mr. Costa questioned whether the issue of the validity of the original building permit was resolved. Ir. Greelish indicated that it was and that Mr. Colella had presented sufficient facts indicating that the second story was permitted by the Building Dept. Mr . Greelish indicated that the Board might