HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Health Meeting Minutes - 05 26 2010_201402051544360079BOARD OF HEALTH
TOWN OF NANTUCKET
MINUTES – MAY 26, 2010
NANTUCKET SUPERIOR COURTROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Roggeveen, Mr. Kopko, Mr. Atherton, Mr. Chadwick
and Mr. Willauer.
MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
Chairman Roggeveen calls the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
AGENDA
I. Concerns from the Public.
Mr. LaFrance asks to be put on tonight’s agenda as he has a retail food permit
application variance request for Nantucket Wine and Spirits that would be
inconvenient for him to wait until June’s BOH meeting.
HO Ray states that this variance request is from the state sanitary code – requesting
relief from the floor drain requirement for this new retail food facility. This request is
very short notice, but if the Board wishes, HO Ray is prepared to go forward with his
negative recommendation of this variance request.
Mr. Chadwick states that the general public needs notice as this request was not on
the agenda.
Mr. Kopko has spoken with these folks and has the details of this waiver and
understands their issue with non-compliance of the floor drain requirement.
Chairman Roggeveen asks that the Health Department meet sooner than one month
from now – HO Ray agrees to meet in one week to hear variance request.
II. Variance Request.
1. 8 Pond Rd. – This is an existing dwelling with a failed septic system. The repair
will meet maximum feasible compliance. HO Ray recommends granting variance.
An alternative system is not required – this is a sideline setback variance.
BOH unanimously approves variance request.
2. 334 Madaket Rd. – This is an existing dwelling with a failed septic – a three
bedroom dwelling on an undersized lot outside of the Madaket Harbor Watershed
Protection District. Water is flowing towards the ocean. Maximum feasible
compliance is met.
BOH unanimously approves variance request.
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III. Request for Designation of Dr. Timothy Lepore as Agent for Board of Health.
HO Ray introduces Dr. Malcolm MacNab, Chairman of Tick-Borne Disease
Committee, who explains the need for tick-borne disease surveillance. Dr. Lepore
would be logical choice for committee’s garnering of surveillance numbers –
information from local doctors and from the hospital.
There is discussion relative to HIPAA regulations. Names will not be seen during
research – only numbers.
BOH unanimously approves appointment of Dr. Lepore as Agent of BOH.
IV. Announcement of Seasonal Beach Testing Dates.
The first set of tests for beaches will occur during the week of June 21st – one week
before the official opening of beaches. Relative to Health Department’s involvement
with the state’s unfunded mandate for beach testing and signage – 18 routine beach
samples were taken, 9 of which will be tested weekly. Monthly testing includes
Surfside (1 and 2), Sewer Beds, Miacomet, Madaket, Cliffside (public way), Cisco,
and Warren’s Landing. We have never had any elevated levels in any of these
beaches in recent memories. Weekly testing includes Sconset, 40th Pole, Dionis,
Children’s, Jetties, Washington Street, and Washing Pond. If there is one week of
elevated bacteria levels, then a community goes to weekly testing for three years.
Cliffside Beach Club and Wauwinet (ocean and bayside) are removed from our list as
they are semi-public beaches – they are required to test weekly and pay for their own
testing. Also tested weekly are Sesachacha and Miacomet Ponds. The new state
mandate for signage is fiscally onerous, but the Health Department has ordered the
required signs for this season. Algae Bloom – DEP will test algae bloom activity if
necessary and will be able to gather toxicity levels as well. Currently the water
testing takes 24 hours to process. We retest immediately, if necessary. A beach
could be closed for 3 days during the testing/retesting process. However, neither the
state nor the federal government has approved any sort of rapid test process.
Mr. Atherton asks for more testing in advance of algae bloom and asks HO Ray to
report back to the Board. HO Ray is working with Barnstable County as well as DEP
who have agreed to test for presence of algae bloom.
BOH is adjourned at 6:20 p.m.