Minutes of Meeting
March 10, 2003
A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was called to order at 7:30 P.M. on Monday evening, March 10, 2003, in the Sharon Town Offices with the following members in attendance: Chairman Andrew Stead, Vice-Chairman Susan Peck, Jonathan Goldberg, Elizabeth Barnett, and Anne Bingham.
The Board met with the Finance Committee to review and discuss the two articles the Board of Health is proposing for the May 2003 Annual Town Meeting: 1) the establishment of a revolving fund to help support future health promotion clinics which would include reimbursements for various health-related services, in particular, reimbursement from Medicare and Medicare HMO’s for flu and pneumonia vaccine administration; 2) the establishment of a revolving fund to help ensure compliance with requirements of septic variances granted by the Board. This fund would consist of application fees for new septic systems requiring variances, as well as annual fees to be assessed to owners of new and existing septic systems requiring annual pumping, testing, etc., as required by BOH variances. The Finance Committee asked that the
septic system variance monitoring fund be structured to exempt municipal buildings. Both articles will be forwarded to Ben Puritz to be reviewed by Town Counsel for proper wording.
The Board then reassembled for their regular meeting.
VOTED: (Barnett/ Stead) unanimously to adopt the following fee for the permit to operate a manicure salon providing artificial nail services: $100 per calendar year; $125 if received 1 - 30 days after due date; $150 if received 31+days after date due.
VOTED: (Peck/Goldberg) unanimously to approve the minutes of the meeting of February 24.
Request for waiver from DPH Camp Regulations: The Board reviewed a letter from parents requesting a waiver from the DPH camp regulations to allow their child to be placed with campers according to her school grade level, since the child’s birthday falls in late September and, according to regulations, would result in her being placed with campers younger than she. The Board agreed that this exemption, as well as other similar requests, should be granted automatically, upon the request of both the parent and the camp director. The Board reviewed that there are a limited number of these circumstances each year and felt it would be appropriate to allow these children to remain with their school peers.
VOTED: (Peck/Goldberg) unanimously to delegate authority to the Health Administrator to grant variances such as this – i.e., to allow a camper to remain with his/her classroom peers, upon receipt of a letter of request from a parent, when also signed by the camp director.
70 E. FOXBORO ST.
The Board reviewed numerous letters of concern by abutters and neighbors to this property regarding the proposed auto repair business for this location.
Voted: (Peck/Stead)unanimously to send a letter to the residents who expressed concerns, with a copy to the ZBA, notifying them that, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Sharon Board of Health, Section 7.02.14, the BOH cannot make a decision until the ZBA determines if this is an approved use. At that point, it would be appropriate to discuss the issue with the Board of Health regarding septic and other issues, in accordance with MGL Ch. 111. The Board might, at that time, place restrictions/limits on the business, e.g., number of bays allowed, hours of operation, etc.
37 Pond St.
The Board reviewed the septic pumping history on this property from existing BOH records and found that the system was pumped over 70 times during 2001.....and is, de facto, in failure. It was decided to send a letter to the owner notifying her that the Board is concerned that she is pumping the system on a frequent basis and that constitutes failure of the system and non-compliance with our regulations. The Board would like the owner to come in and discuss this situation, and will ask for any records about pumping and other maintenance. It was agreed that the owner would also save money by replacing the system and not requiring such frequent pumping.
Striar Hebrew Academy of Sharon - Composting Toilets
Linda Rosen notified the Board that Bill Wall of Clevis Composting of Lawrence, Massachusetts, had requested an appointment for his firm and Striar Academy regarding a self-contained composting toilet for a 2 classroom temporary building at SHAS. The Board members noted that they were concerned that the existing system already exceeds design capacity. The Board agreed that, prior to any temporary solution being addressed, a clear expansion plan and timeline for renovation should be presented. This would, of course, require a public hearing with all abutters being notified. Following that, the Board would consider plans for modulars and a composting toilet.
Article 7
The Board reviewed the existing Article 7, including “Minimum Distances”.
The meeting was adjourned at 10 PM.
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