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Home My Public Portal AboutBoard of Health -- 2021-09-01 Minutes ��\awllllllllltl Town of Brewster It 6 1 d 1INN/o VkE W 0 , 7% %k 2198 MAIN STREET Health Departffi6 P %-Crac�xy;ix%P�1 40 0 BREWSTER, MASSACHUSETTS 026314898 lit d Amy L. von Hone, R, SPS) S&P I! Sig 4k% Director 1 ; 1 VNA� t 1 o 0 PHONE : 508 . 8 963701 EXT* 1120 MISSISSIPPI 0 FAX : 508 , 896*4538 Sherrie McCullough, R. S . § brhealth (c brewster�ma. gov Assistant Director WWW. BREWSTEkwMA. GOV Tammi Mason R Senior Department Assistant Board of Health Meeting Wednesday September 1 , 2021 , at TOOPM Remote Meeting Board members attending remotely# Penny Holeman, MPH , MA, MS, Chair; Jeannie Kampas, Vice Chair; Annette Graczewski, MT (ASCP) and Kimberley Crocker Pearson , MS, MD, MPH Board members absent* Joe Ford Others attending remotely* Amy von Hone, R. S ., C . H . O ., Health Director and Tammi Mason, Senior Department Assistant Anyone wishing to listen to the meeting can do so via Live Broadcast ( Brewster Government TV Channel 18) or by Livestrearn at www. livestream . brewster- ma . gov or video recording (www .tv. brewster - ma . go 1 Call to order Meeting was called to order at 7 :00PM 2 * Chairman 's announcements Massachusetts Department of Public Health ( MDPH ) tracks the number of mosquitos that test positive for West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis . No mosquitos, humans or animals have tested positive for West Nile Virus or Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Brewster, MDPH announced today that they had their first case of West Nile Virus in a human this year. Brewster is in a low,- risk category for West Nile Virus and for Eastern Equine Encephalitis the risk remains remote , This is an important reminder to protect ourselves from mosquito bites . 3 * Citizen 's forum None . 4e Covid update Mrs . von Hone stated that on a weekly basis, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health tracks the number of positive cases over a 2 �week period . Currently there are 21 positive cases in Brewster. There is usually between 7 ,-9 new cases a week. There have been a few isolated clusters over the past few weeks in some of the businesses in town . Most cases are outside of the work environment. Barn stable County numbers are going down . Most of the cases are in young adults in their 20 s who have not been vaccinated . There are cases in the higher age bracket (up to 70 years of age) that have been fully vaccinated and have had breakthrough cases . BOH 9/ 1 /21 Minutes Page 2 Booster shots will become available on September 20, 2021 . They will be available on a schedule to be released by the State and it should follow along with the same schedule as the 11t round of vaccinations (as far as who can receive it first, etc.) . Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment will be taking the lead on the booster shots . Every Thursday the County has a Covid vaccination clinic at the Barnstable County Complex from 10AM — 2PM . You can register online at the County website, or you can walk in . Only Pizer and Moderna vaccines have been approved as booster. J & J has not been approved yet . The vaccine rates are not moving up at a high rate, but for the most part, Brewster has done well with the vaccinations as well as the Cape in general . Mrs . von Hone stated that she met with the school nurses, and they are in the process of finalizing guidance and protocols for opening . Masks will be mandated for everyone through October 1St at least. The school population would need to reach an 80% vaccination rate before the mandate would be lifted . However, Brewster only has elementary schools so until they approve a vaccine for that age group the mask mandate will have to stay in place . If you need a vaccination card replacement you can email bcinformation@barnstablecounty . org and give them your name, date of birth, what type of vaccine you received and the date you received it and they can look up your information in the database and give you a new card . 5 . Draft Water Quality Protection District Zoning Bylaw Changes Mrs . von Hone stated that this is in the beginning stages . It is all part of the power point presentation that was given to the Board on nitrogen loading about a month ago . This is in anticipation of the Planning Board approving some housekeeping items in their section of the Zoning Bylaw that relates to the Water Quality Protection District (WQPD) which oversees Zone II (our public drinking water wells) and the District of Critical Planning Concern ( DCPC) in Town . These parts of town have stricter requirements with regards to nitrogen loading , to protect our groundwater and to protect Pleasant Bay and the nutrient overload that is taking place there . The Town is mandated to mitigate and address this with the other 3 towns that are contributing nutrient loads to Pleasant Bay. i Information included in the packets was from the Town Planner as well as the proposed changes to the Zoning Bylaw as it relates to the WQPD . The Planning Board met last week and did not make any decision or conclusion and did not vote on the proposed changes . The housekeeping changes in the bylaw are to address some confusion that has been experienced on what would fall under these restrictions and how the nitrogen loading is calculated, because when the bylaw was written, it was based on the creation of the DCPC and a nitrogen loading calculation derived from a technical bulletin put out by the Cape Cod Commission (CCC) . When the Town wrote the bylaw and passed it, they didn ' t take the parameters that were created in the CCC Technical Bulletin word for word . This caused confusion when consultants and engineers had to go through the calculation of the nitrogen on a proposed project. Mrs . von Hone highlighted the changes for the Board . One of the issues discussed was to remove the parameters on how to calculate the nitrogen loading for a particular project. It was suggested to take it out of the Zoning Bylaw and put it into a Board of Health Regulation . The Health Department currently reviews nitrogen loading calculations when reviewing a septic system installation . A couple of items that were added were a more restrictive requirement for commercial properties . The draft states that 5PPM would remain for residential properties and commercial properties would go down to 3PPM . This would reduce the BOH 9/ 1 /21 Minutes Page 3 nitrogen loading by 21 % . The other addition is that if there is a project that can't meet the 5 or 3 PPM requirement, they could potentially make a payment to offset them not being able to meet the PPM . There is no draft BOH regulation yet. Mrs . Graczewski stated that she had watched the Planning Board ' s 8/25/21 meeting and as it was described to the members, the regulation that is being proposed for the BOH would come into play anytime there was a bylaw or regulation in Brewster that spoke to nitrogen loading requirements or thresholds . Then the regulation would describe only how the calculation is to be performed . Dr. Pearson asked about I/A technology and the offset fee . Mrs . von Hone stated that she is unsure if this would be part of this bylaw change . 6. Consent Agenda : * Pastisserie Ever After - Residential Kitchen for Cottage Foods Mrs . von Hone stated that the application was complete, everything had been checked and a final inspection had been done . Motion : Approve the consent agenda for Patiesserie Ever After Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Kimberley Crocker Pearson Vote: Annette Graczewski - yes Action : Motion passed Jeannie Kampas - yes Kimberley Crocker Pearson - yes Penny Holeman - yes 7 . Minutes from 2/ 17/21 ; 3/ 17/21 ; 4/7/21 ; 5/5/21 ; 6/2/21 ; 7/7/21 & 7/21 /21 Motion : Approve minutes from 2/ 17/21 Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Jeannie Kampas Motion : Approve minutes from 3/ 17/21 Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Jeannie Kampas Motion : Approve Minutes from 4/7/21 Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Jeannie Kampas i Motion : Approve minutes from 5/5/21 a Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Jeannie Kampas Motion : Approve minutes from 6/2/21 1 j Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Jeannie Kampas j I Motion : Approve minutes from 7/7/21 i 3 E BOH 9/ 1 /21 Minutes Page 4 Motion : Kimberley Crocker Pearson Second : Jeannie Kampas Motion : Approve minutes from 7/21 /21 Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Kimberley Crocker Pearson Vote: (2/ 17/21 ; 3/ 17/21 ;4/ 17/21 ; 5/5/21 ) Annette Graczewski — yes Action : Motion passed Jeannie Kampas — yes Penny Holeman -yes Kimberley Crocker Pearson — abstain Vote: (6/2/21 ) Annette Graczewski — yes Action : Motion passed Jeannie Kampas — yes Penny Holeman — yes Kimberley Crocker Pearson — yes Vote: (7/7/21 ) Annette Graczewski — abstain Action : Motion passed Jeannie Kampas — yes Penny Holeman — yes Kimberley Crocker Pearson — yes Vote: (7/21 /21 ) Annette Graczewski — yes Action : Motion passed Jeannie Kampas — yes Penny Holeman — yes Kimberley Crocker Pearson — yes 8. Liaison Reports Ms . Holeman stated that the Council on Aging is talking about having a health fair and wanted to know if the BOH wanted i to join them . The Board agreed. to discuss this at the next meeting . Mrs . von Hone stated that she could get in touch with Denise Rego, Director of COA and see if there is anything that they ' would like to see . j I 9 . Matters not reasonably anticipated by the Chair i Mrs . von Hone stated that the Rabies vaccine baiting was very successful . The next round will be this month . All of Brewster will be arial baited . She stated that there was sero typing on the positive racoon and the rabies strain found closely resembles the strain that is in Plymouth County, and they surmised that this racoon was transported to the Cape . j No other positives came up . 10 . Next meeting : September 15, 2021 i Noted t Informational items were noted 1 Meeting adjourned at 8 :OOPM i i