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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21 , 2018 AT 7 : OOPM
TOWN HALL , ROOM B
Board members present : Carmen Scherzo, DVM, Chairman; Joe Ford, Vice Chairman ; Mary Chaffee, RN, PhD, JD and Anne
Bittner, M. S .P . H .
Others present : Nancy Ellis Ice, CHO, RS , MPH, Health Director
1 . Chairman ' s announcements
The VNA in conjunction with the BOH will hold a blood pressure, cholesterol and Glucose screening on February 27 , 2018 from
I0AM-2PM at the Brewster Ladies Library.
2. Coastal Engineering — Maplewood annual report
Dr. Scherzo announced that the engineer was unavailable to come to tonight ' s meeting and asked if anyone had questions . Mrs .
Bittner stated that she did have a few. The Board will relay any questions to Mrs . Ice and she will get in touch with the engineer and
report back to the Board at another meeting .
3. Discuss Draft Cannabis Control Regulation that conflicts with the Smoke Free Workplace Law
Mrs . Ice pointed out that the Board had received copies of the MAHB concerns and testimony from the recent public hearing that was
held . The BOH ' s current regulation does compare to it that the definition of smoking includes non-tobacco products designed to be
combusted or inhaled. Section D states that it is prohibited in Brewster.
Dr. Chaffee spoke about the conflicts with the state law . In particular, page 3 of the draft Cannabis Control regulations, it states "other
local control issues" . One of the questions is, can the local BOH prohibit the smoking and vaping in all public workplaces of
cannabis .
Dr. Scherzo stated that the final draft should be coming out next month . Under Massachusetts law, it is illegal to use cannabis in
public places and under the proposed cannabis commission regulations, cannabis cannot be used in a smoking environment unless it is
approved by a town meeting. If you look at the Brewster town meeting to be held on March 3 , 2018, 179 . 393G in the proposed law
gives the Town of Brewster the ability to authorize cannabis cafes .
Dr. Scherzo also stated that he doesn 't know if the BOH has the right to prohibit a cannabis caf6 if the Cannabis Control Commission
allows it with town meeting approval . Mrs . Ice stated that the BOH has the right to make more stringent regulations .
Mr. Ford thinks that if the town approved a cannabis caf6 then the BOH should not be denying it.
Dr. Scherzo disagrees with that. He believes the BOH has a duty to protect the public health .
4. Update on Beach signs
Dr. Scherzo showed the Board an example of the new beach sign and stated that they are only in charge of the "dogs on the beach"
part of the sign.
Mrs . Ice mentioned the fact that the BOH does prohibit dogs from the parking lot also . The Beach Sign Committee stated that they
would post the signs at the beginning of the parking lot and the sign would say "beyond this point" .
Dr. Chaffee pointed out a few grammatical errors .
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5. Discuss letter from DEP re : Cape Cod Sea Camps
Mrs . Ice pointed out that previous to this meeting, the BOH received part of this document as an information item and then the BOH
received the CCSC Groundwater Discharge permit application as another informational item .
Mrs . Ice pointed out that David Michniewicz had told her that in 2014 DEP sent surveys to large septic system facilities and CCSC
was one that fell into the over 10, 000 gpd. They are in the process of getting approval . CCSC has asked for some changes and that
request is back at DEP . If DEP does give approval, it would go out for public comment. It was also noted that this is a seasonal
facility .
Mrs . Bittner asked if this was for a new system . Mrs . Ice stated that the application is just for what is already there .
The Board would like for Mr. Michniewicz to come to a board meeting to answer questions the Board had . Mrs . Ice will ask him to
come in to the work meeting in April.
6. Discuss Planning Board application for North Pond Drive
Mrs . Bittner asked about the homeowner ' s signatures for approval and why all of them didn 't have to sign it. Dr. Scherzo stated that
he believed that it only had to be a percentage of the homeowners . Mrs . Ice will ask the Planning Department and let the Board know.
There were no other comments .
7. Discuss the March 21 , 2018 meeting
The Board agreed to keep it as of now and will discuss it again at the next meeting.
8. Topics the Chairman did not anticipate
Mr. Ford asked Dr. Chaffee about the Dog Park Committee meeting. Dr . Chaffee stated that the Stanton Foundation grant funds have
been received by the Town and they are in the process of hiring a designer.
Informational item were noted .
Meeting adjourned at 7 : 30PM