Provincetown Board of Health

Caucus Hall

October 11, 2007

5:00 p.m.

 

 

 Members Present:           Duane Gregory, Ken Janson, and John Livingstone.

 

Members Absent:            Jerry Anathan and Tom Gaudreau (both excused)  

                                     

Health Agent:                  Jane Evans

 

Health Inspector:             Brian Carlson

 

 

The meeting was called to order at 5:04 p.m.

 

AGENDA

 

Public Comments

There were no comments.

 

Old Business

13 Hobson Avenue

Variance Hearing – BoH Regulation Part VII, Article 13 Upgrade Requirement-Entire Lot.

 

Henry Bloch, Jr. was represented by Attorney Edward Patten.

The Board was in receipt of opinion from Provincetown’s legal counsel, Kopelman and Paige’s Attorney Paul Fitzgerald.

Motion:  The cesspool serving this property, which is currently located on the property at 15 Hobson Avenue, will be allowed to remain located on the property at 15 Hobson Avenue (as referenced in Land Court Cert. #141907 and shown on Land Court Plan 42098A) until such time as there is a change in title to the 13 Hobson Avenue property, whether that be heirs or persons unrelated, or until such time as the cesspool ceases to properly function pursuant to 310CMR Title 5 and any and all applicable local Board of Health Regulations.  This will be recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds as a deed restriction and proof of filing must be provided to the Health Agent.  Also, a warning flag will be placed in the Assessor’s files to notify the Board of Health of any changes in property ownership.

Motion:  John Livingstone        Seconded:  Ken Janson       Vote:  3-0-0.

 

Approval of Minutes for September 10 and September 20, 2007

Motion:  Approve the minutes of the September 10th meeting.

Motion:  Ken Janson       Seconded:  John Livingstone       Vote:  3-0-0.

 

Motion:  Approve the minutes of the September 20th meeting.

Motion:  John Livingstone       Seconded:  Ken Janson       Vote:  3-0-0.

 

Discussion

There was discussion based on the issues discussed between the Board of Health and the Board of Selectmen at their joint meeting.  No action was taken at this time and it was decided that Duane G. would attend a meeting of the Licensing Board to discuss fees charged and what they covered and report back to the board.  Also it was thought that Sandy Turner should be invited to a future meeting of the BoH to discuss trash pick-ups and condo restrictions.

 

Any other business that shall properly come before the Board

John Livingstone has done a good deal of research on motorcycle noise and the damage it causes to hearing – both to riders and to bystanders.  He has discussed his findings with Sharon Lynn and found that the police are not enforcing the noise by-law because they have no proper noise level monitors.  John feels that the BoH has a responsibility to try to abate the noise.  Sharon Lynn has offered to come to a meeting on this issue with the BoH.  John L. will be getting busy to compile a summary on noise levels and the potential damage they have. 

 

It was further reported by John that the motorcycle association is against the cycles making more noise by use of “after market” pipes.  The decibel level is 80 for hearing loss and some of the current cycles go well over 100. 

 

Both the BoH and the Health Agent congratulated John for a job well done.

 

 

 

 

Health Agent’s Report 

Jane reported that the clean up at 6R Brown Street went very well and all is under control now. Everyone was very cooperative.  She will be traveling to Springfield on the 24, 25, and 26 for a conference and thus will not be attending the next BoH meeting on the 25th.

Health Inspector’s Report

There will be a presentation on December 10th by the state’s beach monitoring program.      

Town Manager has asked Brian to do a program on training in the event of an emergency.  This coming Monday the training will begin and will continue on the following Monday and Tuesday.      

Brian also sent in a pre-application for a grant under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.  The application is for retrofitting the High School and Elementary Schools with Hurricane shutters. Both are emergency shelters. 

Board Members’ Statements

Ken said that – probably after the next meeting – he will have to start missing meetings at different times but will inform the chair of his plans well in advance. 

 

The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

E. Rogers Gaudiano

 

Approved by _____________________________ on ____________, 2007.

                             Duane Gregory, Chair