Minutes of Meeting
February 26, 2007
A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was called to order on Monday, February 26, 2007, at 7:30 P.M., in the Sharon Town Office Building, with the following members in attendance: Anne Bingham, Chair; Elizabeth Barnett, Vice-Chair; Suzi Peck; Stanley Rosen, and Jay Schwab, DMD. Jim Andrews, Health Agent for Engineering, was also present.
Hearing: Proposed increases in license fees; adoption of new fee
Anne Bingham opened the hearing following appropriate legal notice: to increase fees for three BOH-issued licenses, and to adopt a new fee for re-inspections required when deficiencies are found by the Health Agent for Sanitary Inspections/Enforcement and/or his assistant.
VOTED: (Bingham/Rosen) Bingham, Rosen, Barnett, and Schwab voted in favor; Peck arrived following this vote.... to accept the increases in fees for Motel licenses ($75 to $100/year); for Tobacco Sales ($100 to $150/year); and for Transport of Offal (septic haulers) ($150 to $200/year). In addition, all fees include a late fee ($25 if 1-30 days late; $50 if 31+days late). The Board voted as well as to adopt the re-inspection fee ($50 per required re-inspection). Attendee’s comments were supportive. These funds go to the general fund and will cover the expense of providing the licensing and inspectional services. Dr. Lapuck will be asked to make it clear on inspection forms when re-inspection is required.
Minutes of Meeting of February 5th, 2007
VOTED: (Bingham/Rosen) Bingham, Rosen, Peck, and Schwab voted in favor; Barnett abstained....to accept the minutes of the meeting of February 5, 2007, as amended.
Wilber School Plans
Joe Timilty and Joe Timilty of Frontier Enterprises; Mark Beaudry, P.E., of Meridian Associates presented. Also present were Marcia Liebman and Marilyn Kahn of the Wilber Committee. Mr. Timilty stated that he has negotiated a letter of intent with the Selectmen..involving a long term lease. He noted the abatement process took longer than expected. He anticipates obtaining federal grant money for retaining the facade...in order to keep the rents affordable. Building is approximately 35,000 sq. feet. Probably will be a LIP. Mr. Timilty stated, however, that he expects to be in conformance with all local health regulations. Approximately 70 units of senior housing; at 50 gpd per unit...10500 gpd. He intends to save space for a future library using an estimated 50 gpd per sq
(retail-type flow). Total estimated gpd = 1700. In addition, he plans to pick up some of residences around the area. For discussion purposes, proposes to size system at 16500 gpd, including an estimated ten 4 bedroom houses. Mounding study had been based on 10000 gpd. Anne Bingham questioned why including businesses was not considered, instead of residences.
Suzi Peck suggested use of very low-flow toilets (new technology), to bring the actual flow down.
Mr. Timilty stated that financing is in question; the more services provided, the less financial assistance available.
Anne Bingham asked they look creatively at the actual flow...and pay particular attention to the mounding issue. Frontier will return with updates.
Camp Wonderland - Informal discussion
John Rhoades, P.E., Captain Bill Garrett and Jen Forester of Salvation Army were present. Also in attendance was Greg Meister, Conservation Agent. Salvation Army is again considering upgrading their cabins and septic system (plans originally developed and approved in 2000, but did not go forward). There were originally 12 cabins; one burnt down; they want to return to 12 cabins. Cabins would be slightly larger because of code issues, but no population increase. Toilets in each cabin; no showers in cabins; They will need groundwater discharge permit because packaged wastewater treatment plant would be over 10,000 gpd. Language of Zoning Bylaws, 4531d, is outdated, according to Mr. Rhoades.
Proposed 4532d of Zoning Bylaws would allow a wastewater treatment plant in a water resource protection district.
Suzi Peck suggested the use of composting toilets for this project to eliminate the seasonal difference in flow. Rhoades: DEP computed seasonal flow for 12 cabins = 8600 gpd (260 campers); including the conference center, flow is upto 17000 gpd overall in season; (large seasonal difference). The DPW has monitored and noted that there is no sign that the existing systems are contaminating the brook/lake.
Board asked that Salvation Army look at an alternative to full treatment, e.g. composting toilets for the camp area. It was noted that variations in flow are not kind to treatment plants; if avoidable, best to do so. Salvation Army will look at economics of both scenarios. Will call to schedule follow-up...and will return after further investigation.
Proposed Lifestyle Center..>South Main St., and S. Walpole St.
Present: Tom Houston, PSC, P.C., Peter O’Cain, Assistant Town Engineer, representatives of Coler and Colantonio, Bob Shelmerdine, Selectman Dick Powell.
Anne Bingham requested clarification of ownership of the various parcels; which are under agreement, etc., vis a vis the land transfer to the town. She stated her concern that, in exchange for a significant increase in density the town is being promised land transfers/protections; therefore her concern about how much of this land is actually owned by the developer?
Plans and proposed bylaw changes were reviewed. MOU, being prepared by Dick Gelerman, is not yet available. Preliminary traffic study is being developed....draft should be available by week of March 5th.
Anne Bingham expressed her concerns re rushing through major changes to zoning regs. She stated she doesn’t want to upset the process, and wants to support town’s overarching desire to go forward.... but that this process should be done slowly and carefully. Suzi Peck noted that the BOH had provided our general concerns, but that the BOH needed to be at the table for development of the regulations. She stated the BOH needs to know the number of residential units planned in order to make appropriate judgments. She questioned the tradeoffs from the environmental impacts vs. the tax benefits.
Tom Houston stated that they had built significant environmental protection into the proposed bylaw changes. The group proceeded to review the comments provided by Suzi Peck and Anne Bingham on behalf of the BOH......and the remarks on these provided by PSC.
It was agreed to specifically reference Article 7 in various sections of the revised bylaw. It was also agreed that a financial assurance mechanism/performance bond would be provided for re stormwater maintenance management. In addition, Suzi Peck expressed concern about leak detection; asked for money to be set aside for a staff person to monitor the system.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 PM.
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