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Home My Public Portal AboutBoard of Health -- 2023-09-20 Minutes<..D V!i 0 k, P COR �Ovki0q'b All .'a\0 Town of Brewster 2198 MA-rN STREET BREWSTER, MASSACHUSETTS 02631-1898 PHONE: 508.896.3701 EXT. 1120 FAX: 508.896.4538 brhealft&'brewster-ma.go WWW.BREWSTER-MA.GOV Board of Health Meeting Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 6:30PM Town Hall, Room B . Wk)- . —, - -BREkJ-S1rPF-'T0!JN Health Department Amy L. von Hone, R.S., C.H.O. Director Sherrie McCullough, R. S. Assistant Director Tammi Mason Senior Department Assistant Board members present: David Bennett, Chair; Kimberley Crocker Pearson, MS, MD, MPH, Vice Chair; Penny Holeman, MPH, MA, MS; John Keith and Abigail Archer Others Present: Amy von Hone, R.S., C.H.O., Health Director, Linda Pinto, Engineer for 0 Greenland Pond Road 1 . Call to order The meeting was called to order at 6:30PM. 2. Declaration of a quorum All present. 3. Recording Statement Noted. 4. Chair announcements None. 5. Citizen's forum Beth Emanuleson, 43 Seamans Lane read a statement about her issues with the 2 donkeys at 6 Seamans Lane. She stated that she feels it is not acceptable to allow these animals to remain on this property and wants the Board to rescind the permit that was issued in October of 2022. DB -the Board cannot discuss this under "Citizen's forum". 6. Discuss and vote: 0 Greenland Pond Road M94 L29, new construction with proposed I/A technology MicroFAST 0.5 General Approval for Nitrogen reduction David Bennett recused himself and left the room. Linda Pinto, CSN Engineering presented this to the Board. It is a proposed 4 -bedroom dwelling with a FAST system that will meet the 5PPM. KCP — I/A is mandated because of DCPC and Zone 11. There is an 81X plan that will be done in the next few weeks to merge the 2 lots. KCP — asked which lot would be most disturbed. LP stated that it would be lot 7 that is most disturbed. KCP asked where the blower would be. LP it will be underground. AVH — lawn area needs to be labeled on the plan, as well as what the 2nd lot will be, where the vent and blower will be and add on to the plan that an electrical permit is required. N:\Hea1th\from Shari\MSWORK FOLDERS\MEETINGS\BOH\Sept2O23m.doe AVH — read the conditions on the MicroFAST system: Property is maxed out at 4 bedrooms Maximum of 3000sf of lawn area • O &M agreement (for at least 1 year) If seasonal use, testing for total nitrogen needs to be twice a year • A flow meter is recommended • Access ports must have readily accessible and removable covers Approval letter needs to be recorded at the Registry of Deeds AA — asked if having a flow meter would help with potential issues in the future. AVH — potentially. Motion: Approve the I/A system with the condition that revised plans are submitted showing the 2 lots merged and the other items mentioned are submitted before a permit is released. Motion: John Keith Second: Penny Holeman Vote: 4-0 Action: Motion carried David Bennett returned to the meeting. Consent Agenda: In-house variance approval — 432 Blueberry Pond Drive, 300' setback to pond Motion: Approve consent agenda Motion: Penny Holeman Second: Kimberley Crocker Pearson Vote: 5-0 Action: Motion carried 8. Pressure Dose letter update AVH -did receive a Title 5 inspection report for one of the commercial properties in Town. It did not have information on the laterals. She spoke with the inspector, and he stated that he would go back to look at the specific items on the Pressure Dose inspection page. No other reports were received. 9. I/A Enforcement of Non-compliant systems review and update: AVH- gave an update on letters that were sent out to non-compliant homeowners: 7 Thousand Oaks — no current O & M Contract and is out of compliance. The owner is currently trying to find an engineer • 56 McGuerty Road — operator made a proposal for a new contract for influent & effluent testing and gave it to the owner. They have not heard anything back yet. 1597 Long Pond Road — operator told AVH that the most recent testing was within limits. They will keep an eye on things. The homeowner stated that a pump had been replaced. KCP- asked if there was any information as to what is triggering this non-compliance. AVH- nothing is coming up as a factor. DB -asked if the Board wanted to take any action on any of these properties. AA -thinks waiting a certain number of days before action is taken would be best. 151 letters went out on August 21st. The Board thought that 60 days would be acceptable. AVH- November 151 meeting would be appropriate to re -review (if there is no response before then). BREW-Sar050-FAS DB- last 4 readings were high. Motion: Send letter of non-compliance to homeowner Motion: Kimberely Crocker Pearson Second: John Keith Vote: 5-0 Action: Motion carried N:\Health\from Shari\MSWORK FOLDERS\MEETINGS\BOH\Sept2023m.doc BREW-Tho54-FAS DB- The last 3 readings were ok, some being high. Motion: Send letter of non-compliance to homeowner Motion: John Keith Second: Kimberely Crocker Pearson Vote: 5-0 Action: Motion carried BREW-Gre083-FAS AVH- this is a fairly new system. DB — quarterly data shows more above 30 than less. Motion: Send letter of non-compliance to homeowner Motion: Penny Holeman Second: Kimberley Crocker Pearson Vote: 5-0 Action: Motion carried BREW-Low015-FAS DB- performance hasn't been great. AVH- use of the property is probably affecting the numbers. This one was only required to be tested once every 3 years per BOH approval. Motion: Refrain temporarily from sending a non-compliance letter to owners Motion: Penny Holeman Second: Abigail Archer Vote: 5-0 Action: Motion carried 10. Discuss MWRC Discharge Permit Renewal and EPA removal of Outfall Monitoring Scientific Advisory Panel On hold until next meeting. 11. Review and approve minutes from 812123 meeting Motion: Approve minutes from 8/2/23 meeting Motion: Abigail Archer Second: Kimberly Crocker Pearson Vote: 3-0-2 (DB & PH abstained) 12. Liaison Reports AA -Recycling Commission met yesterday. A few highlights were: • DPW is continuing to look at re -organizing the flow of traffic through the Recycling Center • There are new textile recycling bins available • They are organizing a field trip to a material reuse facility to get some general understanding' PH — The COA meeting is tomorrow. DB — The WWTF has not had a meeting. KCP — The Opioid Committee has not been convened yet. JK- WQRC met on the 25th. The meeting was just a review of the Committee's responsibilities. 13. Matters not reasonably anticipated by the Chair DB- spoke about the survey that the Town is asking residents to complete about "communication." There is a meeting on Pleasant Bay on 10/21 at the Chatham Community Center from 9-2PM 14. Items for next agenda WHealth\from Shari\MSWORK FOLDERS\MEETINGS\BOH\Sept2023m.doc DB- brought up the request under Citizen's forum. The Health Agent will go out and do an inspection to determine if the complaint about the donkeys is valid. AVH- spoke about the drainage basin and that she would check with the DPW Superintendent about it. KCP — MWRC AVH — 2 variance requests 15. Next meeting: October 4, 2023 Noted Meeting adjourned at 8;15PM. *accompanying documents in packet: agenda, information on non-compliant I/A Systems, Greenland Pond Road I/A information, information item M\Heahh\from Shari\MSWORK FOLDERS\MEETINGS\BOH\Sept2023m.doc