7/2/2020 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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but nothing has been provided. Veronica Warden, former Assistant Health Agent, spoke to Mr. Ronald Turner last April and recommended that a company be hired to clean the property. Mr. Harrington stated that he spoke to another family member who agreed to pass on the complaint to the property to the owners. Ms.Warden stated that this has been going on for close to thirty years, and it cannot be allowed to continue. It needs to be addressed. Chair Baumgaertel asked if there is a limit to the number of unregistered vehicles a home owner can have on their property, and Ms.Warden stated that she believed it was stipulated in a Town bylaw. Mr. Harrington requested that the Board come up with a fine structure and a timeframe for clean-up, and Board members agreed. Daily fines can be from $25-$1000 per day, as the order letter was based on Sanitary Code, rather than the Nuisance Regulation. Ms.Warden moved to authorize the Health Agent to send a certified letter to the property owners informing them they must begin clean-up of property within 14 days of receipt of the letter. If no improvement is made within the required timeframe,the property owners shall be fined$50 per day,with each day being considered a separate offense, pursuant to the Nuisance Regulation and the State Sanitary Code. . The Health Agent shall report back to the Board with updates and, if clean-up stops for more than 14 days, prior to being fully completed to the Board's satisfaction, fines shall resume. Motion seconded by Brian Baumgaertel. Roll call vote: Brian Baumgaertel (yes);Veronica Warden (yes). VOTE: Unanimous (2-0). 7. Discussion of proposed remediation at Santuit Pond. Mr. Harrington commented that the last discussion by the Board on this matter took place in March. The bloom is starting. The last count was approximately 13,000 cells per cubic centimeter but,for a closure,the count would have to be 70,000. Septic inspections for all properties within 300 feet of the pond was discussed,as was pumping of the systems to remove accumulated phosphorous in the septic tanks. It was agreed that re-siting of some leach fields may reduce the phosphorous as well. GIS provided a list of approximately 120 properties with 174 owners. If the Board agrees to require the inspections, that leaves the question of cost for both the inspection itself and repairs to any system that fails. Board members discussed possible funding options, including the Town's own septic loan program as well as the County program,and Mr. Harrington reminded them that there is funding available if denitrification is used, and also for educational purposes and/or public outreach. Various phosphorus reducing technologies were discussed. The Article for remediation in the bogs was approved at Town Meeting. Conservation completed one flooding of the bogs,but the results are not known yet. Ms.Warden suggested that the Board wait to learn the results of that flooding before making a decision as to how to proceed. Mr. Harrington stated that,in order to bring the pond quality back totally,we need to see 81%or 83% of the phosphorous removal. Therefore, it was Mr. Harrington's opinion that we still need to move forward with our part of this because, even if all of the phosphorous is removed from the internal recycling in the pond,we still need to get some reduction on the septic side. Chair Baumgaertel stated that there is not a lot of research that's been done on pumping of septic tanks as an option. Soil in the leaching area only has so much ability to hold onto to phosphorous before it begins to breakthrough, In this case,the dissolved phosphorous gets in the groundwater and travels out to the pond. There just isn't enough research to prove that pumping the systems on a continual basis is going to remove an appreciable amount of phosphorous. If pumping removed 100% of the phosphorous in the tank, we are still only talking 20-30% of the total 4