Minutes of Meeting
September 22, 2008
A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was called to order on September 22, 2008 at 7:30 PM, in the Sharon Town Office Building, with the following members in attendance: Stanley Rosen, Chair, Ed Welch, Vice-Chair, Jay Schwab, Suzi Peck, and Anne Bingham. Also present was Jim Andrews, Health Agent for Engineering.
French Memories Bakery and Café
The owners and operators of the proposed establishment were present to provide information on French Memories and Café Vanille.....3 existing establishments (Duxbury/Boston/Chestnut Hill). Barbara Biagianti, one of the partners, made the presentation. The 4 partners are active in the business....along with the managers of all the shops. All the managers are Servsafe certified. They brought sample menus for the Board to review. No baking to be done onsite...all products to be brought fresh daily from the Duxbury location. Suzi Peck asked
about the possibility of kosher products; Debbie Odier noted that they had received inquiries and had been in touch with an area Rabbi...and that this might be a possibility in the future. Jim Andrews: current gpd for Starbucks is 900 gpd. Current location in Chestnut Hill = 250 - 600 gpd, including the restrooms..which are used by the general mall traffic. Jim Andrews looked at proposal as identical to Starbucks....actually anticipating less flow. Currently there are 25 seats inside and 20 seats outside...maximum of 45 seats total. Low-flow toilets. Anne Bingham suggested signs in the ladies’ room re disposal of feminine products. French Memories will be responsible for the greasetrap.....along with Coriander. All sandwiches to be made on premises...but ingredients brought from Duxbury. Salads to be prepared in Duxbury; quiches made in Duxbury...reheated onsite. To use paper products only.....and to recycle. Jay Schwab emphasized the importance of
cleanliness.
VOTED: (Bingham/Schwab) unanimously to approve the new tenancy subject to limit of seat allocation not to exceed 900 gpd...and subject to final inspection by Dr. Lapuck.
Meeting Dates
The Board members agreed on the following dates for future meetings: November 3,
November 24, December 1, and December 15.
Minutes of August 4th
(Peck/Rosen) Peck, Rosen, Bingham, and Schwab voted in favor of accepting the minutes of the meeting of August 4th. Welch abstained
Minutes of September 8th
(Welch/Schwab) Welch, Schwab, and Rosen voted in favor of accepting the minutes of the meeting of September 8th. Bingham and Peck abstained.
Sharon Commons Permit
The Board reviewed comments of the consultant, Marie Cannon, as well as the Board of Health approval and conditions dated March 17, 2008. The Board agreed to sign the permit noting that signatures are with recognition of items listed in consultant’s letter.......Marie Cannon’s letter and BOH conditions to be attached.....noting there are issues identified in Marie’s letter which still need to be addressed. The Board also agreed to extend the contract with Marie Cannon..and to discuss the issue of funding with the developer.
Recusal issue (Brickstone)
Anne Bingham provided a draft disclosure of appearance of conflict of interest which she intends to send to the Ethics Commission, with a copy to the Board of Selectmen. Unless the Ethics Commision has an issue with the disclosure, she does not expect any further notification from them.
The Board reviewed the letters from Goulston and Storrs and from Attorney Gelerman. Anne Bingham does not wish to recuse herself. She noted that Gelerman and Goulston and Storrs argue this as a procedural due process case law, rather than as an ethics issue. Suzi Peck suggested adding arguments why the Goulston and Storrs and Gelerman memos are in error. Stan Rosen disagreed, stating that he is not an attorney...and shouldn’t comment on this.
VOTED: (Peck/Schwab) Peck, Schwab, Rosen, and Welch voted in the affirmative; Bingham abstained (although Stan Rosen noted that she could vote)....that Anne Bingham should be allowed to take part in any BOH vote on Brickstone.
Stan Rosen noted that the BOH members were very glad to have Jim returning to meetings following a hiatus of several months.
Anne Bingham and Suzi Peck will provide comments on the draft revision to the animal regulations for discussion at the next meeting.
Suzi Peck reminded the Board members of an Economic Development Committee meeting to be held on Thursday, September 25th, at 7:30 PM at the Public Library.
VOTED: (Peck/Bingham) unanimously to adjourn at 8:30 PM.
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