MINUTES OF MEETING

A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was held on Monday, June 11, 2012, beginning at 7:30 PM at the Sharon Town Office Building. In attendance were Suzi Peck, Chair, Jay Schwab, Vice-Chair, Edward Welch and Andrew Stead.

Also in attendance: Michael Gelbwasser, Bob Shelmerdine, Kelley Killeen, Teresa Miller

Meeting minutes of June 11, 2012 amended as follows:

-Approval of meeting minutes of June 11, 2012

Amend meeting minutes as follows:

On June 4, 2012 a 3 week extension to the implementation of Article 28 was agreed upon by the Board to allow for the opportunity of Town officials and residents to provide feedback and to evaluate the extent of the feces problem on the beach, and to provide the Board the opportunity to rescind the Regulation should it feel it were appropriate. A copy of the proposal from Attorney Gelerman will be attached to these minutes. VOTE: In favor: Peck/Rosen/Schwab. Opposed: Stead/Welch.

Rosen moves minutes accepted as amended. Suzi seconded. All in favor

Suzi wanted to correct error in recent Globe article. Globe mentioned that Town Meeting voted to not to license dogs at beach. The correct statement should have been that Town meeting voted not to have a 365 day ban on dogs.

Dog patrol has been active. Diane Malcomson of Animal Control and various citizens and health board members have been walking the beach.

Board of Health is open to information received from everyone. Board will look at all the evidence. The more people who walk the beach and assess its cleanliness is a good thing.

Minutes of the meeting of May 21, 2012

Defer approving meeting minutes to next meeting when Stan Rosen will be present.

Update on Health Administrator position. Jay and Suzi will be meeting with MP Representative(s) to discuss job description.

Future agenda items: What would the BOH like to see on future agendas? Add as a discussion item to next agenda - Develop an annual plan of items to address.

APPOINTMENTS:

Update on Sharon Commons

Bob Shelmerdine, Kelley Killeen

Sharon Board of Health

June 11, 2012

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Developer is before the Board for informational purposes and to get sense of what BOH would allow moving forward. Target would like to reorient its building, resulting in what implications? When Meeting Minutes

system is designed, they will be back before the board for approval. At that time, Town consultant will be able to review the new plans. Hope to open June 13^th of 2013.

To date:

Phase 1: Orientation site plan of the development. This phase has received approval.

Phase 2: Engineering issue. Dimensional plan - locate all utilities underneath, drainage, etc....

Last July 3 the dimensional plan was approved, which included where stores and utilities located. Approval for Target and BJ’s was also granted on July 3^rd.

Phase 3: How the development looks architecturally, including the layout of each building.

Target would like to reorient its building. In order to do this, the treatment system which had been previously approved, will need to be moved and re-approved. 2 locations have been identified. Location 1 would locate the treatment system near South Walpole side of the development. Moving the treatment system to this location would meet all State and Local requirements of Title V and Article 7. The second location identified, and the preferred site, would be located directly behind the Target building. It would be more aesthetic and fit better into the development, however, one constraint with this site is that it would not be able to comply with the required setback of 100 feet from the property line, but instead be 95 feet from the property line. Would a variance be required then, to proceed with site 2? According to board members, yes, a variance would be required.

General facts: Mounding will not be affected as the effluent is still in the same area. Loading will be the same. Drainage and septic will occur at the same time.

Wastewater Treatment system will be designed to handle different scenarios. If unable to rent out store space, there will be an ability to operate only half of the treatment system. System can phase in as additional stores go in. Flow can be increased and/or decreased as needed.

Sharon commons on West side of Old Post Road is commercial only.

On East side of Old Post Road, at separate town meeting, another developer came in and presented plan for up to 168 units. This development will include apartments, townhouses, condos.

Diabetes Type I Cluster

Mrs. Miller

Ms. Miller met with the board to discuss Diabetes type I. In her research she has found that an abnormal number of young children have been diagnosed with Diabetes Type I. At the Sharon Middle school, out of approximately 800 students, 6 students have been identified as having Type I Diabetes. Ms. Miller would like the assistance of the BOH to help to determine if in fact a diabetes Type I cluster exists in the Town.

Ask Town nurse to work collaboratively with school nurses to begin to collect data which would assist in helping to establish a basis for possible epidemiological research by the State, as well as to monitor local trends.

Meeting adjourned at 9.05pm

Meeting Minutes respectfully submitted by: Linda Callan