8/24/2011 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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Glen Harrington stated that the drainage design is acceptable with one exception: there is a small forebay designed as a first retention area that flows into a larger retention area with subsurface drainage, which will be acceptable as long as the retention areas are maintained. Glen recommended approval of the plans for the septic plans presented with the following two conditions: 1) Operations & Maintenance contract to be included to maintain the drainage retention areas annually 2) MSDS should be provided to the BOH with the proposed chemical use amounts Kalliope Egloff made a motion that the Board approve the Title V commercial site and sewage plan for 52 Mercantile Way, subject to the above-two outlined conditions, and subject to compliance with the BOH requirements for commercial buildings. Burton Kaplan seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved., NEW BUSINESS 1. Warrants. Board members signed the warrants. 2. Review and Approve Public Session Minutes of 7127111 Additions and corrections were made by the Board to the July 27, 2011 BOH Public Session minutes. Burton Kaplan made a motion that the minutes for the BOH Public Session held on July 27, 2011 be approved as amended. Kalliope Egloff seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Approval of the previously amended 7113111 BOH Public Session minutes was continued to the next Board meeting on Sept. 14, 2011. Burton Kaplan made a motion to add the topic "50 Hemlock Drive" to the meeting agenda. Kalliope Egloff seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. 3. 50 Hemlock Drive. Glen Harrington stated that someone came into the Board of Health office and made a complaint regarding trash on the property at 50 Hemlock Drive. Glen stated that he wrote an order letter to the owner considering it an emergency since the house on the property has been abandoned and the trash consists of garbage. The house is in foreclosure now and has been posted. Glen stated that he also sent via certified mail a letter to the lien holder, which is Bank of America. Burton Kaplan made a motion that the Board endorse the August 23, 2011 Cease and Desist order to the owner of the property at 50 Hemlock Drive, taken by the Health Agent. Kalliope Egloff seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Kalliope Egloff made a motion to add a brief discussion of the 8120111 Hazardous Waste Collection conducted at the Mashpee High School. Burton Kaplan seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Kalliope Egloff reported that there were approximately 250 people who came to the collection; around 80 were from Mashpee and collected 17 drums of assorted gas, paint sludge, pesticides, sodium metals, asbestos. The wait time for those who came was approximately 5 minutes. 4