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Board of Health Meeting _
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 7:00PM
Town Hall, Room A
Present: Joanne Hughes, Chairman, Lem Skidmore, Vice Chairman, Keith Johnson, Mary Chaffee,
and Nancy Ellis Ice, Health Director.
1. Reorganization of the Board of Health
MC nominated JH to remain Chairman. KJ seconded. 4 yes.
JH nominated LS to remain Vice Chairman. KJ seconded. 4 yes.
All other appointments stayed the same.
2. Cape Cod Fresh-food service permit application
Gary & Shirley Brother-owners of building and John Dubee, Chef were present. JH read the review
into the record. NI stated that the restaurant was designed for 99 seats. They will be open for
Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. NI told the Board that an inspection was done.
Motion: LS-grant food service permit. KJ seconded. 4 yes.
3. Stony Brook Mill-food service permit application
Doug Erickson, Town Miller and Faith Ellis, were present. They will be grinding corn and selling it to
the public. No corn is stored in the mill, they bring it in and remove it the same day. What isn't sold
is frozen. JH asked how long this had been going on. DE stated that it has been going on since
2003. JH read the review into the record.
Motion: KJ-grant food service permit. MC seconded. 4 yes.
4. Felco-continued variance request for 93 The Channel Way
David Lajoie was present. They are asking for the following variances:
1. To allow the SAS to be 4 feet from the property line (near parcel 101)
2. To allow the SAS to be 42' +/- from the wetland
3. To allow the SAS to be 169' +/- from the pond
This is a tear down and rebuild and an upgrade to the septic system was necessary. The system will
be 5-6 feet above the ground. JH asked about a shore guard. DL stated that it is a made out of pvc
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material. The system would be 5.25 feet above groundwater. There was talk about the number of
bedrooms. There is no information for the previous septic system on file. DL stated that the current
home is 5 bedrooms. The new house will only have 4. It is currently a seasonal home. JH spoke
about the size of the lot, the fact that the 300 foot setback to the pond can't be met and the
wetlands. She stated that she would like to see pressure distribution added to this plan. DL stated
that he thought the proposed septic system gives good protection with regards to the pond.
MC asked if they had any idea where the current septic system is. DL stated that they did find a tank
and it will be removed.
Motion: LS-finding that we are getting improved treatment over what's existing, move to
approve the variance requests with the addition of pressure distribution. MC
seconded. 4 yes.
5. Discussion on potential private hauler recycling regulation
Jillian Douglass handed out revised copies of the regulation. The Recycling Committee had gone back
and taken out the part about the haulers submitting reports with regards to tonnage, etc. JD
explained to the Board that their approval was needed before the Town could accept the grant for
the Pay as you Throw program. It does not need approval this evening but the sooner the better.
JH asked that the private haulers be notified that the Board will be discussing this at the June 19th
meeting and invite them in. She also asked that Bob Bersin be invited to the next meeting to discuss
items in the Landfill Regulation and the metal pile that is picked through constantly.
6. Peter McEntee-variance request for 98 Hazel Lane
Peter McEntee was present. This is an upgrade for a failed system. The variance request is for the
SAS to be less than 300 feet to the pond. It was noted that there were two ponds surrounding the lot
and that there was no groundwater encountered during perc testing. Currently this is a 3 bedroom
home. PM spoke about the bedroom definition. He stated that he designed a 3 bedroom system
even though by the BOH definition, the house would be 4 bedrooms.
Motion: KJ-approve variance requests with the condition that the plan be redesigned for 4
bedrooms. MC seconded. Health Director has BOH permission to approve the plan
without bringing it back to them. 4 yes.
7. Public hearing on changes made to Regulation regarding Variance Requests
David Bennett spoke about this issue and the limitations it would put on properties and homeowners.
Motion: LS-send to Town Counsel for review. KJ seconded. 4 yes.
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8. Clifton Berner-variance request for 200 South Pond Drive
Motion: LS-approve variance request. MC seconded. 4 yes.
9. J.M. O'Reilly-continued request for 0 Lower Road
Matt Farrell, Engineer and Paul Revere, Attorney were present. It was stated that they had been
before Conservation on 4 separate occasions and although they still had no approval they have
accepted the wetland line.
There was a lengthy discussion about all the different issues. This will be continued until the July 17,
2012 meeting.
10. Minutes from 5/15/12 meeting
There were a few changes made.
Motion: LS-approve minutes with changes. KJ seconded. 4 yes.
Chairman signed bills to be paid.
JH asked if NI, MC and Kathy Lambert from IT could meet with regards to the website.
NI told the Board that the Bay beaches water samples all failed. Most likely from the stormvioL-- rknoI.
NI spoke about a site visit at 77 Stony Brook Road. She will send a letter to the owner and invite her
to the next BOH meeting.
Informational items were noted.
Meeting adjourned at 9:30PM
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