3/1/2018 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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t new leaching yproposed ste m is to be installed at the furthest corner of the property, Three variances are requested for setbacks to potable wells and a variance for the top of components to finished grade. The gara addition will have the garage area and a proposed second floor. The existing house will remain with.ane floor and the basement. The Board and Glen Harrington discussed the plans and suggested the septic tank to be water tight. Mr. Harrington also recommended that the media room be completely open since there is no egress and no additional bedrooms are allowed-. � Mallory Langler made a motion that the Board of Health approve the local upgrade approval for 53 Godfrey Road per the submitted septic Ian provided that the septic tank is made water tight prior to installation. This = Ro p. p p shall remain a four-bedroom house. Laurel Almquist seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. 7:50 PM —variance Request to Cesspool Regulation — 6 Jehu bond Road. Glen Harrington commented that the current owners, Ellis and Phyllis Allen, have submitted a request for a variance to sell the property at 6 Jehu Pond Road without upgrading the existing cesspools in lieu of the requirements of the Cesspool Regulation. The buyers} Martha and Bob .Johnson, requested Ms. ,Ann o attend the public meeting to discuss the conditions of the Enforceable Agreement that will Macdonald t p � mitigate the variance. The two cottages and shed are separate from the main Douse. The septic system of the rain house requires a distribution box replacement. The cesspool that services the.cottages is in groundwater and has failed and must be replaced. According to the septic inspection report, the two cottages have a total of five bedrooms. Ann MacDonald,onald, representing 6 Jehu bond Road, introduced herself to the Board. Ms. MacDonaldbuyers negotiated stated that the bu have a purchase and sale agreement and are looking for a May 1, 2018, closing. The intent of the buyers is to install a septic system for the two habitable cottages. The seller is taking responsibility for the main house. No one will live in the cottages until the septic system is upgraded, and there was never an intent for habitable space for the third building. It will remain as a shed. g I r. Harrington remarked that the main house has 3 bedrooms and the cottages have another 5, which prompts a denitrification system,. In order for the buyers to avoid installing a denitrification septic system, only one bedroom in each cottage will be allowed for a total of 5 bedrooms on the property. e a motion that the Board of Health approve the variance requested for .Jehu Pond Road Mallory Langler mad pp to allow the transfer of ownershipof the property without upgrading the existing failed septic system provided that the Enforceable Agreement has been submitted to the Health Department within seven days of this meetingand that within go days from the closing the septic system is upgraded. Laurel Almquist seconded the � motion. The .notion was unanimously approved. OLD BUSINESS 1. Review/ Approve BOH public session Minutes: February 16, 2018.Mallory Langler made a motion that the Board of Health approve the Public Session minutes of February 15, k 2018, Laurel Almquist seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. NEW-BUSINESS 1. Sign Expense Warrants. The Burd members signed the expense warrants. � for Board Support Letter: Reduce the Use of Herbicides in utility Rights-of-flays by �. Request p� . POCCA. Glen Harrington commented that hespoke with Andy Marks of the Mashpee Water District concerning Mr. Marks's discussion with NSTAR/Eversource three gears ago. In order to avoid using herbicides Mr. Marks offered to a NSTAR/Eversource the difference between spraying and mowing. As yet, NBTAR/Eversource pay . 2