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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-4-22' C N BOARD OF HEALTH TOWN OF NANTUCKET MINUTES — APRIL 22, 2009 NANTUCKET SUPERIOR COURTROOM MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Kopko, Ms. Roggeveen, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Reinhard and Mr. Atherton MEMBERS ABSENT: None Chairman Kopko opens the Board of Health at 6:00 p.m. Chairman Kopko asks for any questions /concerns from the public. None noted. AGENDA The minutes from the March 25, 2009 BOH meeting are approved unanimously. Variance Requests 1. 135 Wauwinet Road — HO Ray states that this is a failed septic system with a property abutting Nantucket Harbor. The separation to groundwater is one foot. A grey water system with a composting toilet is recommended in which a three foot separation to groundwater would be allowed — year round use is also permitted. HO Ray recommends granting variance. BOH approves variance request unanimously. 2. 15 Hallowell Lane — This is an existing dwelling with a cesspool — a cesspool fails by definition on Nantucket. The proposed system will use a drip dispersal system which allows for a five foot separation to groundwater. HO Ray recommends granting variance. BOH approves variance request unanimously. 36 Exeter Street — This is a 10,000 square foot lot in Tom Nevers with an existing three bedroom dwelling and a failed leach pit. Due to property constraints, the leach pit must be removed and replaced within the same location. HO Ray recommends granting variance. BOH approves variance request unanimously. 4. 271 Polpis Rd. — This is a tight tank installation request for an existing three bedroom dwelling with a cesspool. A conventional system is not feasible due to wetland and high groundwater conditions. This property is also up gradient of Polpis Harbor. HO Ray requests granting of variance for the tight tank (local) approval with the stipulations that limits the property's use to six months a year, there is an annual pump out agreement secured in perpetuity with a local pumping contractor; that an alarm system be put in place; and sewer privilege fees, when mandated, will be assessed. DEP application must follow local approval. BOH approves variance request unanimously. BOH- MINUTES -2- APRIL 22, 2009 Tick Update HO Ray updates the BOH on the Tick Borne Disease Committee. There are 11 individuals on the committee — five are year round residents. As such, a consensus from the committee on when to meet has been difficult so HO Ray has chosen May 15th as a date for the first meeting. He hopes to have the committee's recommendations to the BOH in mid to late fall. HO Ray reminds the public to check themselves and their families daily for ticks as we had a somewhat mild winter. BOH is adjourned at 6:27 p.m.