Board of Health
Public Meeting
July 20, 2006
Caucus Hall
5:00 p.m.
Members Present: Tom
Gaudreau, Duane Gregory, and
Ken Janson.
Members Absent: Jerry
Anathan and John Livingstone
Health Agent: Jane
Evans
Health Inspector: Brian Carlson
AGENDA
The
meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.
Public Comments
There
were none.
New Business
283 Bradford Street
Administrative Consent Order
Jim
Turner presented the case to the Board of Health. At the present time, there is no quick fix required. (Across the street from the DNA
gallery.) Dana Faris approved the
request. The term, "future
fill" was explained to the new member of the Board. After a couple of years there will be some
freeing up of future gallons as the switch to gravity versus vacuum pump
happens. The money that people are
putting in escrow has to be used before 2010 or refunded.
Motion: Approve the request for the ACO for 283
Bradford Street that will be submitted to the Board of Selectmen (BoS) for
their consideration.
Motion: Ken Janson Seconded: Tom
Gaudreau Vote: 3-0-0.
8 Conwell Street
Administrative Consent Order
This
property is being sold and the new owner, James Carroll, was in
attendance. No quick fix is required.
Motion: Approve the request for the ACO for 8
Conwell Street that will be submitted to the Board of Selectmen (BoS) for their
consideration.
Motion: Ken Janson Seconded: Tom
Gaudreau Vote: 3-0-0.
3 Holway Avenue
Administrative Consent Order
No
one was there to represent the owner.
The owner has not yet had the cesspool inspected so the Health Agent
(HA) doesn't know if a quick fix might be required.
Motion: Approve the request
for the ACO for 3 Holway Avenue that will be submitted to the Board of
Selectmen (BoS) for their consid-eration with one condition that the existing
cesspools be inspected and any "quick fix" deemed necessary by the
Health Agent be performed.
Motion: Ken Janson Seconded: Tom
Gaudreau Vote: 3-0-0.
20 Shank Painter Road
Administrative Consent Order
Reverend
James W. Cox of the Provincetown United Methodist Church was in attendance.
Currently he has cesspools which are being pumped frequently. The HA said that the church is in an area
that is going to be highly served by future sewer expansions.
Motion: Approve the request
for the ACO for 20 Shank Painter Road that will be submitted to the Board of
Selectmen (BoS) for their consid-eration with the condition that the existing
cesspools be pumped as needed so as to prevent a back-up of septage into the
facility or discharge to the ground.
Motion: Ken Janson Seconded: Tom
Gaudreau Vote: 3-0-0.
39 Bradford Street
Administrative Consent Order
Hugh
Gallagher, one of the condo owners, represented
the condo group and had all their approval signatures.
Motion: Approve the request for the ACO for 39
Bradford Street that will be submitted to the Board of Selectmen (BoS) for
their consider-ation.
Motion: Tom Gaudreau Seconded: Ken
Janson Vote: 3-0-0.
6 Dyer Street
Administrative Consent Order
Ken
Janson disclosed that he is a guesthouse owner but since there was no
objection, he sat on the case. The
property at 6 Dyer Street has a relatively new septic system but the pump was
improperly installed and a whole lot of money that has been invested in this
problem.
Motion: Approve the request for the ACO for 6 Dyer
Street that will be submitted to the Board of Selectmen (BoS) for their
consideration.
Motion: Tom Gaudreau Seconded: Duane
Gregory Vote: 3-0-0.
Approval of Minutes for July
6, 2006
Motion: Approve the minutes for the July 6th
meeting as written.
Motion: Ken Janson Seconded: Tom
Gaudreau Vote: 3-0-0.
Any other business that
shall properly come before the Board
There
was none.
Health Agent’s Report (Jane
Evans)
President's mandated rules:
In
the July 9th edition of the Cape Cod Times the mandates from the
President were discussed. There are
many requirements BUT none of them have been funded. Provincetown has 1.5 agents, a myriad of restaurants and a
greatly inflated seasonal population.
Truro, our next door neighbor has a much smaller population and has two
full time health agents and a conservation agent. Go figure!
David
Nicolau, one of the newly elected members of the BoS, read the article and
commented on it. The BoH said that our
staffing doesn’t hurt the HA, it hurts the Town. According to the article, there’s no department with only one
person; most have at least two.
Lobbying for fuller coverage has to be done.
Beaches:
Most
beaches were opened today. Ken Janson
wondered if we are going to have more testing done? Reply: DNA testing is out
since it costs $1K each. Kendall & Atkins Lane have always been
problems - we just had 10 closures.
West side of Coast Guard station is also a recurring problem. Duane says the areas of where the seaweed
accumulates are problem areas. Once
again the pollution could be from any number of problems.
Health Inspector’s Report
(Brian Carlson)
Massage Therapist Complaint:
Brian
received a complaint from a licensed massage therapist stating that on the
gay.com web-site there was an advertisement regarding erotic massages and even
stating the size of the masseur's penis.
This borders - or is - pornography and/or prostitution. The answer from the BoH was that it's
basically
prostitution and should be worked on by the police.
The
Health Agent suggested that Brian notify each and every person who is
advertising on the website that this is happening and what is approved and
acceptable advertising. Ken advertises
his guesthouse on a large website. So
if someone is advertising on a large site, they don’t have to say where their
address is and where their practicing.
Jane further advised talking to Ted Meyer, the police chief, and asking
for a game plan. Talk to him about a
sting operation.
Final
opinion – bring this to the attention of the police. Tell them we’re responsible for issuing licenses and we would
revoke any license if it borders on prostitution.
Duane
– has seen a person handing out flyers and hawking his massage expertise on the
street. Next time she sees him she’ll
get his name. He hangs out around the
Boatslip. Duane advised Brian to put in
a little effort and see what the police can do.
Cost of Massage Therapist
and Tattoo Licenses:
Brian
said a few of the people who have had to get licenses want to know if they can
get a reduced rate since they are here for a limited time. They thought that perhaps a “visiting tattoo
artist and visiting massage therapist”
license might be less expensive.
Ken opined keeping the same fee.
The year-round people would be upset by any proposed reductions.
Duane
suggested telling them that they should come before us. Get them on the agenda and inform them that
nothing will happen this year. Fees are
set for the following year.
Complaints:
358 Commercial Street
Very
simple complaint….. no soap dispensers
in the bathroom which was readily rectified.
Standing water on Masonic
Place. The HA said that no sump pumps have been
allowed to drain onto Town facilities.
They must be into a dry well.
The issue is public health. Jane
cited some people on Brown Street who experienced so much rain that it blew out
their dry wells.
Temporary tattooing in henna. There is one person in Lopes Square and she does air brushed
alcohol tattoo. A mother complained
when her child got a rash. A sting
operation was tried and the tattoo artist said she didn't do henna tattoos and
referred the person to West End Salon.
Brian sent the mother a product list of what had been used.
Botox Injections:
Word
has filtered down that there is a salon planned for a boat dock that will be
giving botox injections. The BoH
thought that there should be regulations regarding this.
Rabies Brochures:
Brian
showed a proposed rabies informational hand-out for people. It was suggested that a blurb in the paper
might also be valuable. He has talked
to Sally Rose and she agreed to put it in the paper. Another thought for regular BoH coverage might be a small section
entitled "Public Health Issue of the Month."
Proposed agenda items for
BoS/BoH meeting:
1.
Emergency
Preparedness
2.
Public
Restrooms
Duane
wants to have the first slot in their regular meeting or be heard at a special
meeting with the BoS - maybe at 5:00
p.m.
Duane
will talk to Cheryl.
Board Members’ Statements
There
were none.
Adjournment
occurred at 6:20 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Evelyn Gaudiano
Approved by _____________________________ on ____________, 2006.
Duane Gregory, Chair