7/17/2014 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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f Town of Mashpee L16 Great Neck Road North +� ; i ti - Mashpee, Massachusetts 02 649 BOARD of HEALTH PUBLIC SESSION Minutes of the Meeting July 17, 2014 Board Members Present: Member r Absent: Also Present: Lucy Burton, Chair Kaliio e Egioff, Clerk Glen Harrington, Health Agent Burton Kaplan, Co-Chairman Chair Lucy Burton called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. APPOINTMENTS 7:15 PM — Santuit Ponce Estates Association — Bathing Beach Violation. Jeff Smith,-President of the Santuit Pond Estates Association, introduced himself to the Board. Glen Harrington stated that the Santuit Pond Estates Association beach was not sampled last year as the Association did not contract with Barnstable County or anyone to perform the testing. The pond-was closed due to algae blooms from June 4, 2013, to July 9, 2013. The algae advisory signs would have been posted at the Santuit Pond Association beach, the boat landing and Bryant's Cove beaches. Bethany Sadlow ki of the Barnstable County Beach Program did notify Mr..Harrington in late July 2013 that Santuit Pond, Estates Association was not responding to inquiries to comply. No further alge or bacterial closures were identified on the pond for the remainder of the season. In 2014, the Santuit Pond Estates Association contracted with the Barnstable County Beach Program and sampling started on June 11, 2014. Mr. Smith corn mentedgthat he has been president of the Santuit Pond Estates Association since October 2013. The Association was failing with the lack of a full board and minimal participation. Mr. Smith is taking the necessary steps that proper testing of the bathing beach be performed. Paul Bober of Santuit Pond Estates Association, introduced himself to the Board. Mr. Bober stated that there are 153 residents in Santuit Pond Estates Association obligated to pay dues and last year only 46 paid. This only corers the bare necessities which is liability insurance and takes for Santuit Pond Estates Association.-In 1962 when the Association was established: the deeds were written poorly. The deeds stated that the dues were Voluntary. Collecting of the dares was difficult, and liens were placed on all of the properties that did not pay dues. Mr. Bober commented that he did communicate with Bethany Sadlow ki of the Barnstable County Beach Program last year. The beach was posted that it would not be monitored at that point in time. Many of the neighbors would not swim in the pond because of the algae blooms and therefore would not pay their dues. Lucy Burton stated that in the past the Board fined 'an Association $100 a week for the number of weeks that the bathing beach testing did not take place. As for the Santuit Fond Estates Association that is struggling to re-organize, issuing a fine would drain the budget. i Burton Caplan made a motion that the Board of Health waive the fines for the 2913 Bathing Beach Program for Santuit Pond Estates Association. Lucy•B rton seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. � . 1