Board of Health Meeting

TOWN OF HARWICH

BOARD OF HEALTH

732 Main Street Harwich, MA 02645

508-430-7509 – Fax 508-430-7531

E-mail: health@town.harwich.ma.us

TOWN OF HARWICH BOARD OF HEALTH

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017-6:30 P.M.

HARWICH TOWN HALL – DONN B. GRIFFIN ROOM

MEETING AGENDA

I              CALL TO ORDER

II             MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING (Regular Meeting Minutes) – August 8, 2017

Minutes shall be reviewed; proposed changes shall be possible; and a vote to approve with any noted changes shall be taken.

III           6:30-7:00 PM - BOARD OF HEALTH WORK SESSION

A. Public Hearing-To solicit public comment and make a determination on proposed fee changes and new fee categories effective for 2018 licenses and permits

Vote to accept/deny/take this under consideration

IV           7:00 -NEW BUSINESS

A. Hearing-Mobassaleh, 19 Shannon Road, to consider a variance request to install a new Title 5 septic system prepared by Meyer & Sons Inc.

1. Per 310 CMR 15.104: To allow a sieve test in lieu of percolation test

2. Per 310 CMR 15.227(5): To allow septic tank to be less than 12” below adjusted high groundwater

B. Hearing-Sampson, 20 Nehoiden Street, to consider a variance request to install a new Title 5 septic system prepared by Eco-Tech Rapid Response

1. Per 310 CMR 15.227(5): To allow the invert elevations of the septic tank and pump chamber to be less than 12” below adjusted high groundwater

C. Public Hearing- To solicit public comment on the regulation of piggeries as a noisome trade and determine if such a trade may result in a nuisance or be harmful to the inhabitants, injurious to their estates, dangerous to the public or may be attended by noisome and injurious odors in accordance with M.G.L.Ch. 111, §143.

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V             OLD/UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. Public Hearing-Resilient Family Farms/Barry Dino Viprino, 35 Chatham Road, to show cause why an outstanding order to cease & desist the following operations issued April 9, 2017 should be upheld, modified or withdrawn; 1. Operation of an unlicensed piggery; 2. Manure management not in compliance with agricultural best management practices (Continued from 8/8/2017)

Vote to accept/deny/take this under consideration

VI           REPORT OF THE HEALTH DIRECTOR (August 2017)

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VII          CORRESPONDENCE

                Vote to accept/deny/take this under consideration

VIII        PERMITS

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IX           OTHER

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X             ADJOURN

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Authorized posting officer:                                                                                Posted by:            

Jennifer Clarke                                                                                                                                    

Signature                                               Date                                                       Town Clerk                                           Date

Per the Attorney General’s Office:  The committee may hold an open session for topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours in advance of the meeting following “New Business.”  If you are deaf or hard of hearing or a person with a disability who requires an accommodation, contact the Selectmen’s Office at 508-430-751