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Public Health concerns of 2017 included Report of the hoarding, groundwater contamination, rodents and Board of Health housing. A more detailed summary is provided below: In 2016, the Mashpee Board of Health was To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens involved with the first mandatory cleanout of a of the Town of Mashpee: residential condominium that had sanitary code violations due to hoarding. The cleanout was The Board of Health respectfully submits its completed at a cost of$40,000.00 which was secured annual report for the Calendar Year 2017. by a lien against the property. In 2017, the condominium unit was sold and the lien was paid off The following is a partial list of the services (see above housing reimbursement line item). Another provided by the Board of Health and its staff during hoarding case that was started during the fall of 2016 at 2017 as compared to 2016: another condominium was completed voluntarily in 2017 2016 June 2017. Due to the amount of time necessary to Perk tests 93 76 treat those afflicted with hoarding, funding for Pool inspections 67 64 professional therapy must be allocated to treat this Complaint investigations 68 69 mental health disease. Septic inspections 277 250 Groundwater contamination in the form of Food inspections 202 211 perfluorinated compounds, more specifically, Housing inspections 117 126 Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and HazMat/Emergency calls 2 6 Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), were found to be Building Permit Review/Approval 414 476 above the EPA health advisory level of 0.2 ug/L for Bodywork Facility Inspections 1 3 PFOS and 0.4 ug/L for PFOA in several private wells Tanning Facility Inspections 1 5 and in the water supply wells at Lakeside Estates. The Beach Closures 0 1 perfluorinated compounds were in firefighting foam Camps 10 10 used by the military on Joint Base Cape Cod but were Animal Quarantines/Kennel Inspections 15 22 also used in many household items. The private properties were either connected to Town water or Revenues generated by the Board of Health provided bottled water until treatment units could be during 2017 as compared to 2016 are as follows: retro-fitted on the water supply lines. Lakeside Estates 2017 2016 has had an entire new water supply system installed in Perk tests 9,300.00 7,600.00 the trailer park. The residential water connections and Septic permits 22,000.00 19,300.00 Lakeside Estates project were completed by the end of Septic Inspection Reports 15,575.00 9,425.00 2017. Well permit 2,050.00 1,800.00 The housing concerns of the past year include Installer's permits 7,250.00 8,400.00 rental of residential properties and a rise in rodent Septic pumpers 4,200.00 3,900.00 populations throughout the Town. On-line advertising Trailer parks 19,208.00 18,092.00 of rental properties like AirBnB, Homeaway, etc. are Pool permits 3,700.00 3,300.00 increasing the availability of short-term rentals. Motel permits 600.00 800.00 Problems with the short-term rentals have been an Food permits 22,680.00 26,843.00 increase in instances of over-crowding,traffic,parking Stable permits 450.00 780.00 issues and noise. The board is proposing a new Misc.permits 2,376.00 2,669.00 regulation for permitting of the rental properties in Trash haulers 6,500.00 6,000.00 Town. A request for an additional agent will be made Tobacco sales permits 950.00 1,150.00 at Town Meeting in 2018. To help with ongoing issues Fines 13,351.00 4,333.00 with rodents, the board promulgated a rodent Housing Reimbursement 40,499.00 0.00 inspection requirement for dwellings that will be razed TOTAL REVENUES $170,689.00 $114,393.00 and rebuilt. The presence of bird feeders, raising backyard chickens, and composting appear to be contributing to the increase in rodents. 110