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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. BOH Minutes -2- May 26, 2010 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.