Board of Health - July 20, 2026

20F. This meeting is being recorded. Um, and please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to [clears throat] the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Okay.

Um, we start first with the director's report.

You've got the format.

Oh, okay. So, um, the CDC put out an advisory for domestically acquired cycllospori cases in multiple US states in uh, 2026.

The CDC uh is notifying clinicians, public health practitioners, uh laboratorans of cases of domestically acquired cycllopppori in multiple US states uh since May 1st, 2026. The CDC has received reports of 1645 cases. Bear in mind, this is um going back until last week, this report that I'm reading. I know there's probably more cases now um of domestic cases and aware of more than 5,100 cases that require further

analysis to confirm the illness as domestically acquired. This is substantially higher than the 249 cases reported nationally by the same time last uh last year. Of the 1645 cases patients were available uh with available information, 141, 9% were hospitalized and none have died.

the CDC um and the uh USDA and the FDA and the state and local health departments are working together to investigate multi-state outbreaks, infections uh and to identify the sources of illness. Because psychosis is often underdiagnosed and under reportported, the true number of illnesses is likely higher than what was has been reported uh to the CDC.

The health advisory provides background information um about psychosporide current US health surveillance data and recommendations for clinicians, laboratorians and public health departments to support recognition, diagnosis and reporting. Recommendations for the public is to visit a clinician if you have prolonged and watery diarrhea, especially if you last more than a few days. Reduce your risk by

thoroughly washing fresh produce under clean running water before eating and following the safe food handling practices.

Be aware that chemically disinfecting or sanitizing produce might not fully eliminate it.

It is important to thoroughly wash produce even if it is labeled as pre-washed.

Mhm. And the you know the concerns are um for people who especially for vulnerable people who are on medications, dehydration changes the composition of the concentration of medicines in your blood. Your dehydration, we know with the heat and everything. We are telling people to drink a lot of fluids. You're going to have to have a lot more fluids. Um so metabolic imbalance is a real concern um

with this kind of a an outbreak.

All right. Brings me to my next one. Air quality. Checking air quality is important because polluted air, including smoke from wildfires and other sources of air pollution, can have serious effects on people's health health. Outdoor workers are especially vulnerable because of the um they spend long periods exposed to poor air quality while performing physically demanding tasks.

So employers should regularly monitor air quality and take steps to reduce workers exposure such as adjusting work schedules, providing breaks and cleaner air, or moving work indoors when possible. [clears throat] Protecting outdoor workers from polluted air helps prevent short-term health problems such as coughing, eye irritation, and difficulty breathing, as well as long-term conditions, including

reduced lung function, chronic bronchitis, and heart disease. For additional guidance, please visit the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards web page at mass.gov/dol and review the protect outdoor workers exposed to wildfire, smoke, food, and air resource, which provides recommendations for monitoring air quality and protecting outdoor workers for harmful air pollution. And this is

this report all stems from the Canadian wildfires that's been affecting our region over the last, you know, week or so, week and a half or so. Um but on our we put up on our web page um the EPA air now link. So um you can get up to date air quality data for any specific municipality and you just click on the link on our web page and just type in

your zip code and it you know it'll bring up something like this and tell you like today we brought it up and air quality is good. Yeah, it was moderate on Thursday or Friday and then later in the day it went to, you know, red.

So, yeah, it was particularly bad on Wednesday when you called me to say that my air quality monitor said it was 104 in my house.

Yes. [clears throat] And um and I was already struggling anyway with my lung disease. So, for people who have lung disease, my recommendation is if you feel like you're struggling more with your breathing, please contact your physicians. they may want to do something about the current medications you're on to increase them. I've had um had additional medication given to me to help my breathing. So, um you know,

please don't say, "Oh, you're going to be fine." You want to make sure that your doctor is not recommending um you know, you do something different.

Okay.

And speaking of the air, we do have five um through a grant that board of health got the purple air monitor. So, you can get very localized data. Mhm.

Um, and that's on the Purple Air website. I don't think it's the same as the It's different.

Yeah.

Um, is that where you got my results from the one?

Yes. I know you're specific cuz you you're housing one of those purple air sensors for the town, but there's five of them. You can go to the purple air sensor web page and they're all over the country. In fact, um, you but just zoom into our area, Westport specific. It'll show all the dots with the um centers in Westport and it'll give you the readings and it gives you kind of the chart of

you know what's good and bad basically and we have five in Westport. So gives you a good range north, south, east.

So yeah, we tried to position them all over town so they were you know not on top of each other.

Yeah.

Um transfer station operations continue to run smoothly. Colin will be on vacation from July 23rd through August 1st. The highway department wasn't able to provide coverage during that time, so we contracted a company to haul our containers.

Um, we've got them set up with all the different disposal sites so that hopefully it goes seamlessly and uh with, you know, pretty rapid [clears throat] free. Joe or I will will meet the drivers of the contracted company at the transfer station um on the scheduled days for them to come pick up for us and kind of dispatch them. You know, take three trash today or three cardboard etc to get them going with

where they need to go to to keep operations moving. Um the board of health um the department remains extremely busy. A special thank you to the staff for handling the increased workload professionally and as efficiently as possible. Uh our PHE grant inspector Ardens gave us two week notice today. So his last day will be July 31st.

Um so what that means for all the scheduled perk tests that we have scheduled, we have uh 25 of them scheduled from August 1st to early September. they all um all going to have to be rescheduled or cancelled or both. So um until we get a handle on how we're going to be able to handle all the perk tests. Um so we need to, you know, I'll be meeting with the town administrator to go over

try to find coverage. Um, I I do have one of our engineers that we work with that may or may not be in the audience that's agreed to uh uh uh take on Fridays and and work uh do perk tests for us on Fridays and um that'll at least we'll get, you know, be able to get a couple done on Fridays.

Keep some some things moving until we can figure it out. I know this is going to cause um some disruption to homeowners and contractors, but we, you know, we'll do we'll do the best we can.

Yeah.

And we have to prioritize emergencies and, you know, failures. Um so I would say new construction is kind of on hold.

Um we have been um looking for an agent to replace John since February and we're not even getting any resumes or since January, I guess. Um so the prospects are not promising. Um and um you know we're going to have to the townhouse to decide what its priorities are where can some find some additional funding or increase the salaries or something to make it attractive enough to hire somebody cuz

you're doing two jobs and you can't do three. Um so um stuff is really going to start giving. Mhm.

Um, so I'll be meeting with the town administrator tomorrow and I will, you know, update the board. Um, after that, animal control, the select board has a dangerous dog hearing scheduled for tonight. I think it's at 6:00. So, Nick will be over there um and he's involved with that. there, you know, be testimony from uh both parties, the dog owners and I believe some people in the um neighborhood will be going as well.

And um but I should and also that we have two positions. Hopefully they're going to authorize posting. It's been a sort of slow process, but on the agenda on the select board agenda tonight is them uh they're going to I think authorize the posting of the part-time clerk and the um nurse town nurse position.

Um I don't I mean they approved the job descriptions and I just what for whatever happened they did it in two pieces instead of doing it all together at their last meeting. But it'll get taken care of tonight and we'll we'll trudge forward as you know as best we can um once we get it posted.

And Nick is doing an excellent job keeping up both with routine duties and on all on call responsibilities despite being the department's only animal control officer. Again, that's an open position. Um, I talked with the staffing agency about, you know, different strategies to be able to attract somebody um into the position. Um, so that's all we can do is try to strategize restrategize

and try to get people uh to apply. I mean, I didn't realize it was so good on the on the on the outside deal where really nobody needs a job.

So, or you know, our our ability to compensate them for their skills is not where they would like it to be.

Well, there's different ways I guess we can approach that, right? The compensation where we're at, we're going to be getting people at ground zero and it'll have to be trained. That's where our salary ranges and hourly rates are now. People with no experience. If we can get that to a point where, you know, we could bump it up a few dollars an hour on this one or that one, we may

start attracting people with experience who's been in the field and be willing to come over. But we're so far off base from some of the other communities hiring that it's difficult, makes it difficult, I should say.

Yeah. We're doing the best we can.

Okay.

Okay. Anything else on that?

[clears throat] Nope.

At this point. Okay. Um then we will move on to um director approved plans.

Okay. We have a five bedroomedroom upgrades going uh adding an ADU on a 60,000 ft lot on 181 Blossom Road for a um William and Rosalina Cabalo.

This has been through Concom and it is replacing a cesspool.

We have another five bed. We have a 5-bedroom new construction on 180,500 foot lot on 307 Gford Road for a Joshua Cavalo.

Um, this one's been through Concom.

It's a it's a four bedroomedroom house, but they're putting in a five- bedroomedroom septic. My guess is for a future ADU or something. Um then we have a five- bedroomedroom new construction on 2.95 acres on 1520 Drift Road for Michael Sims.

Um this one has been through Concom.

Okay. These are all um advanced treatment systems.

Uh yes, they're all So the one on um Blossom Road is using a presby and a microfast. The one on Gford Road is using an Elgen and a singularair. And the one on Drift Road is using a stone bed and a Vantex.

Um, and there's no condition. So I would entertain a motion to approve those projects.

Um, so moved.

Well, oh, you usually do them, but isn't to endorse and do the do the thing. So, I move that we endorse the director approved plans for 181 Blossom Road, um 307 Gifford Road and 152 Drift Road.

Second.

Motion made and seconded to endorse the director approved plans for those three addresses. All in favor? I. That's unanimous. Thank you.

Okay, moving on to minutes.

We have the meet um working meeting that was on June 17th focus of which was assess pool closeout strategy.

Um I had no uh changes or anything.

Me neither. I thought so I move that we approve the minutes for June 17th, 2026.

Second.

All in favor? I. That's unanimous. Thank you. [clears throat] Um and then the next and we're June 22nd.

I had no changes or um edits either in that.

I'm fine.

So, I move that we approve the minutes for June 22nd, 2026.

Okay.

Second.

All in favor?

That's unanimous. Thank you.

Okay.

Cruising right along. Um so, moving on to other business. Um, we've already proposed um the we need to reschedule August 3rd, our next meeting, and we have that set for August 4th, I believe.

Um, we do um at 2:30. Is that right?

Yes.

Um, yes.

At what? 4:30 or 3?

2:30. 2:30.

Oh, good. Okay.

Cuz I have the um police night outs at 4.

And I'm doing police night out with a table. So, okay.

We were going to do it earlier so I could do both.

Thank you. Um, so, um, he's looking at his just You want to check your calendar, Phil?

Yeah.

Wait.

In case that's a problem.

[snorts] [cough]

All set, Phil.

Yes.

Okay. All right. Um, so I'll just take a motion to uh move the August 3rd meeting to August 4th at 2:30 p.m.

So moved.

Second.

All in favor?

I. That's unanimous.

Okay. Um, so I don't know if there's anything more to say about the open positions.

I'll just summarize real quick. So we have animal control an open on call position. It's been open for maybe two years.

Yeah, this will be third year. Um, we have the board of health health agent position that's open and we have it's been open since January.

Yeah. And we have two PH positions open.

Yeah.

Uh, grand inspector positions.

And then we have two new well, we hopefully will have nurse and part-time clerk, right? also posted. So we have please come join the board of health. We have lots of opportunities and we'll just keep on trying to keep our head above water. All right. Uh and please be patient with us because we're doing the best we can with the resources that we have.

Yes. Thank you. Okay. Um moving on to board member updates.

Well, I kind of alluded mentioned at police night out in August. Um I'm doing that representing the opioid settlement fund advisory committee. Okay.

But we can also um provide some information from the board of health if there is a topic that we want to focus on at police night out. Um I have a tendency to focus on on all mental health things because that's my thing.

But um if there's something else that uh uh we want to focus on, if it's more information about any diseases that are occurring that we want to alert people to or any more about the drought because we had some information about drought conditions. Um so but just for us to be thinking about about that as well just to let me know and then I will try to um uh Olive said that she's going to help

me. Um, I asked her if she could help me set up because I'll be in the board of health meeting and then going to the police night out um, and for her to stay for as long or as briefly as she would like. Um, she's very much in big advocate for the opioid settlement fund um, and uh, uh, education and prevention and harm reduction. So, she's all on board to help me get that going.

Okay.

Um, and the Target is that a um family?

Yeah, it's very family. It's It's family. They do a lot of stuff. They It was really great last year. Did you go last year, Phil? Did you go last year?

Police night out.

Police night out.

No, it was really good. They had fun stuff for the kids. Mhm.

They had um uh food and um games and they gave there were a lot of giveaways and it was really a very it was it's it's really to enforce community but also that our emergency services are there for the community and to build relationships with people in the community so there's trust. Um they're uh the the police department, the fire department show a lot of um do a lot of

good things in the community and this is nationwide. Um police departments are having police night out to engage the community.

Yeah.

Is this is this different than the fair or the festival that happens in the fall?

Yes.

Okay.

It's it's sponsored by the police department.

Oh, I get you. and all the they are the ones who are organizing all [clears throat] the groups to that come in provide information to table um and then they I think they had a bubble bounce last year and they had um free bags of food. They were giving food away. They had other free a lot of free stuff but they it was really a really nice evening.

So I encourage everybody to come um and be part of it. Um, but the police our police department does a lot of community engagement. They're there for every wreck department during the Easter egg hunt and Christmas and and I think the more we build trusting mutually supportive relationships with different um agencies in town, the better off we all are.

Yeah.

Um, oh, sorry. Um so are are you is your presence there as being on the board of health is that something that is happens or it's just you as an individual? Um it for me it's so part of the opioid settlement fund advisory committee is we have police uh Chief Dunn andor detective um Donovan are part of the committee [clears throat] and they wanted to encourage us to come.

So our focus was on opioids the opioid settlement fund and and to educate people and then to get do some surveys and get feedback from the community on how they like to see the funds spent.

We'll probably do something again like that.

Yeah. But um uh but I'm also there representing the board of health because I'm the board of health person on as the chair of the committee. So I wear two hats.

But the I'm going to be we're going to giving Narcan. We'll have Narcan. Um I'll have other mental health and substance use information geared towards kids and families.

How to talk to your kids. I have some coloring books for kids that the family the parents should work with the kids on about not using drugs. Um, so, so there's, you know, it's a lot. It's a great educational opportunity because mental health is my specialty and I really emphasize all that, but I'm also there for the board of health and we do so many other things that I'd also like

us to consider what else we think is a priority to have that event and I um I will represent both.

Yeah. Um, so related to that, I I had two thoughts. One is the um since the police department hosts the um the drug uh you know the prescription medication any kind of non or non-prescription medication um takeback um um kiosk there um just to remind folks about that. Um and I mean right now obviously we can't take shops because the town nurses um not available. We don't have a town nurse at the moment. Um so

you know just um at least highlighting that the police department what they do have for services in that regard. And then the other one is the cycllosporasis. I mean at this point um it doesn't at least when I checked last week the cases in Massachusetts were not elevated compared to many other states but people are seem very anxious about it. Um and so by August 3rd, I'm sure there will be more updates. So that that

may be an opportunity to share updates there.

Yeah, cuz we really heavily emphasized techs on the watershed alliance.

We were there. We had a lot of we gave top ticket kits, we had repellent and um so um I you know I could set up something separate just focusing on on that a table with just information [clears throat] about that too. But um it I think it's also helpful to focus on some other it might be a slightly different audience that comes to this and then a lot of kids a lot of families.

So okay any other thoughts on that?

Just one the shops kiosk. So Olive did reach out to um Chief Dunn and uh Chief Baldwin to see if they had any interest in moving that into the lobby of the police station or the fire station, but to my knowledge she hasn't heard anything received the response yet. I mean, it's it's a a problem. It's we, you know, it's a nice service, but people were not um being appropriately um

that's why we can't leave it unattended and the apothecary reached out cuz people were asking them and where they can dispose of them, but I I really don't know of anybody in the area that that does it. Yeah, it really needs to be attended because people leave them um not properly secured and then the risk to other community members is too high for us to take that liability.

I also I had mentioned it. I was at the police department for something um and I had mentioned it to um the deputy chief um just about whether or not that would be something that they would want to consider too. So yeah.

So I'm glad Olive reached out.

Okay.

Um, all right. We are any other updates?

Well, um, it's almost 4:30. We have an I have 429 on my phone. So, I'm going to have you, um, um, we have a gap.

We have a gap in appointments. So, we'll come back to board member updates that I know stuff to talk about. Um, so I'm going to call the 4:30 um hearing for 53B Cummings Lane, Steven and Kathy Lord. Um, a three-bedroom repair using a Presby on a 35,12T lot representative um by Greg Nicholas.

Thank you, Mr. Nicholas. And let me just my files I have some go ahead. Thank you.

Good evening to Ricky Greg Nicholas of South Coast Engineering and I'm here on behalf of Steve and Kathy Cummings Land. What we have is an existing system. It's a print system which is filled until the printer is determined to be in the water table that was serviced by an existing thousandgalon tank. What we're proposing to do is to put a new presby system in the show on the plan. And also because

the system is over 40 years old, we're going to put in a 1500gallon tank. And what brings me here today is if you look on the plan, you'll see that the existing tank is about 2 ft away from the north of the property line. And it may have been 10 ft away from the house just about. But there's no way I can fit something in there without either being right up against the foundation and

having a request for a waiver to step back the foundation or being right on the north of the property line, which I thought was probably a bad idea. show despite looking at alternatives maybe to reroute the plumbing inside the rear of the house is actually a crawl space that really wasn't the limiting factors to the location of the bulkhead all the plumbing comes down so where shield is

coming out right now with an air conditioning unit right on top of the sewer pipe if I tried to run it in an eastly direction I'd essentially be blocking off the bulkhead and it's still going to work consider trying to run it you know the other way coming out closer to the street is now the wall set back um that I have to address. Even if I was

able to do that, I have all kinds of 90° bends and whatnot. And then I need a pump sham and I thought this is getting ridiculous to the point where the uh engineering [clears throat] design just isn't good. So that's what brought me in front of the board today to request those two waivers. And as you see in the plan, the two wavers are 3 ft from the abundance property line and 8 ft from

the foundation wall.

Okay.

But you're keeping 100 ft from the wells, which we totally care about.

Okay. Um, turn it over to Matt for your report.

No. And you mean everything looks good.

I mean, like Greg explained, there was really no choice for the tank. So, but other than that, everything was fine.

Okay. Any questions from the board? Is there a butter here? Do we have a butter notification?

It should be um right now. Yep.

And there's no butters here. Are you for this prop project?

We're 54 Holly Lane. Okay. The project.

Okay.

Next one.

Okay. Because that would be it. The only concern is that close to the property line. Yeah. But that letter's been notified. Okay. Any other questions or concerns?

All right. I would entertain a motion to approve the project uh approve the the um uh upgrade request uh local upgrade approvals and Okay. So, I move that we approve the plans for 53B Cummings Lane. known by Steven and Kathy Lord dated 62326 um with the following variances. A set back from the tank to the foundation wall um to 8 ft um from 10 and a set back from the tank to the property line

to 3 ft uh with the following conditions. A whole harmless and a threebedroom deep restriction.

What was the second classroom?

Threebedroom deep restriction. Oh, do we need that on 35,000?

It's kind of half dozen one one or the other, right? They can't do four bedrooms, but if they do D night down the road, they can get four bedrooms.

So, it's up to the board if you want to deed restrict it or not. Um, if they don't ever in I mean, if you're going to four bedrooms, you have to get rid of the septic system, too, because this is it's going to be recorded has been recorded as for remedial use. The two foot separation ground. So it' be a whole new Yeah, it'd have to be a whole I think it

would be good to deed restrict it.

We don't I think would be good to that way if they do want to do any upgrades in the future, they have to come back.

Well, I think Okay.

It's just kind of in the middle.

Yeah.

Sure. Okay.

Okay.

So, well, let me just ask this question. The notification of Sorry.

I'm sorry, Phil.

They've got a 35,000 foot lot size and they've got a threebedroom Yeah.

So they're with they're within the limit right?

They're within the limit. They just can't go above that, right?

What I was going to say, if I may, is that having that notice on there saying it's for remedial use that has been recorded. Would that also would that serve the same purpose as a deed restriction?

I I mean, I guess we understand that it would, but I don't think everybody would understand that kind of idea.

I mean, it's just it's a it's a sort of a double assurance. It's not really I mean Phil Phil's right. They're within the they're within the scope they of not having the deed restricted. So I mean if they wanted to go over they could remove the deed restriction and come in and do something else. You know what I mean?

Yeah. So it's really up to the board.

It's kind of like one of these ones stuck in the middle because I had met with Matt before and I said does this need a deed restriction?

And so we had that discussion. So whatever the rest of the board feels I can go either way.

Um well I don't know if if this means that for every plan that comes in front of us which meets the um uh you know the u the flow restriction um that we will require them to do a deed restriction in the event that you know they want to do something I would I don't I don't really see the need for that.

Okay.

But I'm not okay. And I question that. So it's it's um I don't think that's how we've done it in the past likely to go bigger anyway.

So it's pretty tight neighborhood, right?

I mean, if they had 56,000 square feet, we would we say, "Okay, we need to put a five bedroom deep restriction on it."

This another point is if you're going to do this, they would have to put it in a deertification tank because you're going to increase that and you would not be afforded the setback waves that you have now, right?

So, it would be a major thing to do that.

Um I think probably we don't we can live without that there's already enough protections in there. Um so, all right. So, um addendum or change is to eliminate the condition of a three-bedroom just deed restriction and only have the condition of a whole harmless agreement.

Second.

Um, all in favor?

I.

That's unanimous. Thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thanks.

Couple minutes. Um, do we have a butters for the 54 lane?

Uh, I mean these are the are you Yeah, let's not hear you. Oh. Um, that's a minor detail.

I don't think so. I think this was just he was just asking doing something at the fair.

He was just asking for a reduction to groundwater.

Okay.

So, there wouldn't be anybody that's done on this one.

All right. Well, we have to wait for then anyways. Um, we could surprise him and have it done before he gets here.

Are you prepared to present on his behalf?

No, I don't.

Well, then probably not. So, let's um we'll give him another couple minutes. Otherwise, we can postpone it. And actually we can't. Um the 51 Holly Lane that's out back is here.

Back is Yeah. But can we do that early or This is the separation between um brown water. Same thing on this one.

Okay. Um let's go ahead and do that one early then.

Take it out of the oil.

Yep.

You snooze, you lose. Len.

Oh, he's not he's not late.

No, I know.

But um good afternoon. Um let me call the hearing for um 51 Holly Lane. This is for Quentyn Elias on a three-bedroom repair with a stone bed on a 20,000 foot lot. Um presented by Outback Engineering, Jason Youngquist.

Uh, hello. I'm not Jason.

No, I'm not. I wasn't able to make it tonight. I'm uh Jack Sergeant with Outback Engineering and uh we're requesting a variance to for a separation from groundwater for a proposed septic system from 4T to 3 ft.

Uh it's um we're asking for this variance in order to um not have a pump system and um that would also require a mound which would direct the flow of uh rainwater to the uh house's foundation and to abut properties uh where 100 ft from um our well and the uh two next door neighbor Butters Well, and we are outside the, uh, 50 foot wetland buffer as well.

Okay. All right. Thank you, um, Jack.

Um, I'll turn over to Matt for Yeah, this is pretty straightforward.

There all the wells are 100 ft away. If they weren't, um, it would be an issue for this variance, but um, they are. And I have my question is that a civ analysis is on here but no variance.

Oh yeah.

Request for the civ analysis is on here.

Right. We didn't you guys are ask uh doing did a civ on this one.

I think they did a I think they did both or they did they do both? Cuz the civ analysis is um it says on here that we have a u test of areas of our heart.

Yeah. They just did they did both.

Okay. So we don't um Yeah, they [clears throat] do. You have your own lab?

Yes.

Yeah, they do. I think they do them for most of their plans. They do both.

Okay. Just being very diligent. Okay. Um but we don't need to approve the SI analysis because we have the perks on the plan.

Okay.

Um and also on this one is clearly you can meet the restriction.

Yes.

Yes.

And then I didn't see any buoyancy calculations, but you think we're okay with that, Matt?

The water table they were showing estimated water at 66 in. So, um, it's kind of, you know, it's a little over what, 5' 6 in, right? Yeah.

Mhm.

Okay. Any other questions from the board?

No.

You can go ahead, Phil.

Okay. Um, [clears throat] so I move to approve um the plan for Quentyn Elias at 51 Holly Holly Lane, a three bedroomedroom repair, and a plan dated 61526 subject to the following. A three-bedroom heat restriction, a local upgrade approval allowing the separation between the bottom of the SAS and high groundwater table from 4 to 3 ft. Um, concom approval and hold harmless agreement.

Second. Motion made and seconded to approve the project at 51 Holly Lane.

And with those conditions, all in favor?

I. That's unanimous. Thank you.

Great. Thank you very much. Get to go home early.

Okay.

He said he's on on his way road. He's less than 5 minutes away.

Okay. I hope that takes bridge takes bill might be a little further, but um okay, we'll um then um return to board member updates while we wait for Mr.

Potter. Um so um just following up on the conversation that we had um before we went into the plan approvals which we don't have to talk about now but you know in any kind of depth but um I was having this conversation with the former executive director of Watershed Alliance because we were going by the farm you know the farm festival that just ended.

Oh the fair. affair, right? And I was saying, you know, that um you know that well maybe in the future we should think about having a a table there um like River Day but with for attract you know having a different audience so to speak and then um and uh and so one limitation on that is that um they allow or they'll agree to have tables there but you need

to be like there every every day of the 5 days. But apparently the different fair in the fall, you just need to be there one day.

Yeah.

And so the thought was which we can talk about in the future if we if we would want to do something similar with a different audience, similar what Donna said about um what we did at RiverDay.

And um so there's that. Um so that's a future agenda item maybe as as it comes forward.

Um uh so the uh the climate resilience committee is moving forward with um not a final draft but a much more developed draft for the report. Um and one of the um factual questions that was being asked is to describe all the different categories of septic systems. Mhm.

And so I reached out to Matt about this um you know thinking that um but I it would seem to be would be you know cess poolools unknowns and then everything else um and so it it doesn't have to be exact but we're trying to pull that together and so I I think you have the database of this assessments that we've confirmed.

Um, it's a moving target. I try to update it at every meeting. Um, but I couldn't or share share with you and you can uh I mean if you're just looking for cesspools unknowns and everything else.

Yeah, we could probably get a number.

Yeah. Yeah.

So, um Yeah. So, that's that. And um and this is just a it's just tangentially affects um us. But so after three after um having uh the Department of Environmental Protection had draft regulations out going back three years ago of major changes to um the wetlands regulations um particularly in the area of this um coastal land subject to coastal storm flowage.

Mhm. which is um and the significance of it for example is that they are proposing and it's finally going out to like a final all the public hearings happened and so now they're kind of moving forward with the last pieces of it and for example in land subject to coastal storm flowage which would be all the barrier areas with barrier beaches and depending on what FEMA says I mean we're kind of familiar with them if

you're in the V zone you can't build a structure there anymore.

Mhm.

Um and uh but then the other thing relates to this big revamping of the the air stormwater regulations.

Um and that and it being respon and it being responsive to future um storm intensities and precipitation rates for example and other factors related to climate change. And so because I'm in the concom I'm going to be following up on that. But I know that we've been kind of talking about what to do about this in the context of the our storm water regulations. So uh so I think it would help to get an

understanding of that. I know it's not in our top priority list, but just another thing as we go forward to think about what we want to do because the wetlands reg start at four or more houses and then then and then our regulations in terms of what we require by performance standards is for um three or less houses, single family or duplexes or however you want, you know. So anyway, and

so it's just out there for the future for us to think about.

Okay. Well, we we were going to circle back. We have a draft um simplified storm water regulation proposal.

Yeah, we were going to circle back and so are you saying that the proposed D storm water regulations will um Well, it it depends because we don't know yet. And so I raised some issues with Matt and then just because it's the time of the year he's been really flat out so we haven't been able to talk about that or access or you know things that are on the horizon. Um so uh

and I haven't seen the D regulations really and so I have no real idea how to answer that question now.

Okay. because it could be really significant or I think it's you know been suggested at at a previous meeting is that we would just write off all the um you know the maybe overstating it but just kind of write off all the storm related calculations you know the amount of precipitation in the 10 year the 25 year the 100redy year and how is that being managed and I think one suggestion was because it's

burdensome not to do that anymore. And I think that um there'll be information within the regulations and their explanation about why they've made it more stringent, which we could think about in terms of whether there's pieces of that that just that we would want to do to prevent what are anticipated his future storms having big environmental impacts just because there were three houses instead of four houses.

Okay.

Kind of thing, you know, like where do we draw the line, you know, between an ideal situation and what we can manage, you know.

So, um let me suggest that we circle back like in September and see where where the update is from D. Um, we do need to circle back on the cusp pool regs anyway. So, we'll probably schedule a a working meeting at some point in September and and kind of see where we're at on that front.

They're having these virtual, you know, present D is having these virtual presentations in August. So, Okay, perfect.

That's where I'll, you know, try to get the information I have because it's really, it's very dense this stuff.

I bet it is. And I don't claim to be have expertise in it. Okay. But I I appreciate if you take the lead on on sort of keeping up to date with that and bring that information back to committee. So let's um Mr. Potter is here. So can I um let's just stop there.

We'll call this hearing and we can circle [clears throat] back um to anything else you want to bring up um want to join.

Are you arrested? Did you get any arrest? I'll forward you the information if you give me your email, you know, if you're really that interested.

Lenny was like the an ambassador at the fair this weekend. So, I'm all right. Let me call this um uh this is forif a hearing for 54 Holly Lane um um owned by Berlin Tupa Tup um threebedroom repair with a quick four on a 45,000t lot represented by Len Potter Westport Environmental Design.

Okay.

here for uh Marilyn Tupin and [clears throat] others at 54 Holly Lane and I need a variance when I like a variance to reduce the distance to water table from 4T to 3 ft. Uh they're on 100 ft away from all wells. And what I'm asking for, the reason I'm asking for is the grading. If I can get 3 ft above the water table, that big shed you see there

wouldn't have to be raised and I'd end up with a bump. This keeps everything kind of flat the way it is now. And um no matter what I do, even if I use something else, I still the tank is so deep in the ground that I still need a pump chamber.

Okay.

So, put a pump chamber in 3T above the water table and it's a lot better than we're standing now. I can tell you that.

Mhm.

That's pretty much it. It's a variance from 310 CMR 15.4051H.

Okay. Thank you.

Do we have that cover letter? I just want to see that.

Lenny, there's just one thing on the plan if you could fix.

There's one thing on the plan if you could fix cuz I got confused.

Okay.

I just want to make sure that it does need to be fixed. I think it does, but Okay.

Go ahead. No, it was just in the I got confused with the buoyancy calculation.

Which calculations?

It's when you did the weight in the bottom. You have the dozing calcs.

Yeah, it just it's it's probably just an a small thing to get changed.

Not the dosing calcs. No, the buoyancy calcs.

The buoyancy.

I'll show you.

Okay. The buoyancy.

It's just a It's just maybe one little thing you have to change.

So, should that be a down arrow?

Yes.

Okay.

Yeah.

No, no, no. 8310 is greater than the 5251 displacement.

Yeah, but shouldn't that be downward forced 8310 instead of upward?

8310 would be the downward force.

Yeah, that that was just confusing.

No, I think it's in where you're doing the comparison.

Yeah.

Okay.

52 51 is the upward force.

Yeah. Yeah. At the bottom, but they both those are I was confused. I was like, wait a minute, what's going on?

8310 is the way in the tank down.

So, it's the second arrow. the second part of it. That's part 51. Yeah.

Yeah. So the the arrow goes down cuz I like seeing your buoyancy calculations cuz you get excited. You put an exclamation point when there's no buoyancy problem.

And I always read yours.

No buoyancy problem.

Okay. Okay. And we decided the thousandgalon tank's okay.

For now differently.

Okay.

Okay.

Any other questions from the board?

Hearing none, I would entertain a motion.

I move that we approve the plans for 54 Holly Lane by Green 2 dated 61826 um with a variance of a reduction of distance from the SAS to the water table he pipe from water table from 4T to 3 ft with the following conditions. a whole harmless agreement, a three-bedroom deed restriction, and concom review.

Well, I don't think you need a deed restriction. Wait a minute.

It's 45,000.

You just did that before. Yeah. Okay.

Thank you.

So, a whole harmless agreement and a con review.

Yes. Second.

Motion made and seconded to approve the project with those conditions um at 54 Holly Lane. All in favor?

I. That's unanimous. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks for waiting for me.

Thank you, Mr. Potter.

I had the pigman stuck over there.

You had a what?

The pigman stuck trying to get out.

The pigman.

Racing pigs is um you know, we live right across.

Yes, you do.

So, we used to hear Rosy's racing pigs is new one, right?

It's Yeah, he's dead. He passed.

Okay. Cuz it just doesn't sound the same across the river.

No, no, no. This is But it's quieter actually.

What is it? The whole fair was quiet.

You must have better sound control.

When we first moved in, yeah, the noise from the fair Yeah.

was um almost deafening. Not deafening, but was very noticeable at late at night on Saturday night.

Um and now it's not.

The trees.

The trees trees have got so much better.

Yeah. Well, we've been there 30 years, so that would explain.

Honey, were you there every day?

Every day. And three weeks before, yeah, gosh, I start cutting the grass in May and Oh, that's kind of peaceful. I don't mind doing that. But then that couple weeks before it's chaotic.

I'm the groundskeeper.

Well, you're you were an ambassador.

No, I'm the groundskeeper.

When you're a leader, you got to lead by example.

Exactly. I agree.

All right. Well, thank you for your service, Mr. Potter.

Thank you.

Thank youelcome. Thanks for coming in.

Okay, so let me turn back. Um, I'll send you an email.

Oh, okay.

You don't know what you're self getting yourself.

Take care. Byebye.

Um, so, uh, was there anything more on that?

Um, did you have What was the um um meeting tomorrow kind of a Oh, yeah. Well, okay. Yeah. So, um when this circulated initially, I I signed up for it. Um and this is a description of it. Um it it says uh join us for 1-hour webinar exploring CDC's building resilience building resilience against climate effects called the brace framework or framework a key tool that environmental public health

professionals can use to address the public health impacts of climate change.

And I'd never heard of the brace so framework.

Did I send that to you? Hm.

Did I send that to you in an email? Did I forward that to you?

Maybe you did.

I think I did because I cuz I couldn't go to it cuz I have the kids tomorrow.

So So that's you know.

So I I forwarded it to you and I've also which is a segue is that I'm no longer going to be part of the climate resiliency committee.

I have to give something up.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, it it you know that's fine.

And we really been working on that and you do you and I can track you down wherever you are.

Well, you can. I already I told John Bullard um I have to give something up.

I have I just did a list of all the committees and things I'm on.

Yeah.

And I am on way too many.

Yeah.

So, um and then I was asked to be on the rec commission and I said yes.

So, I had to give I have to give some stuff up and um and so I I said that you and Michael did the bulk of the work anyway, so I'm fine.

Um, and I was just I was really your backup.

I was just supposed to be your your backup. So, yeah.

Well, also I would run things that I've written by you and Michael.

Yeah, you can still do that. I'm just not going to go to any meetings, you know, but it's, you know, it it's, you know, it's now kind of gone to the scribes who are really putting it all together and I'm just commenting on what they've done.

The work that's gone into this has been tremendous. It's I think a time to wrap it up and give it to the select board and figure out where to go from here.

But but certainly, how many years have we been putting pulling this all together?

Three years.

Yeah. and um and it's been quite an effort by a lot of really knowledgeable people. So, and the climate is changing even more.

Definitely. So, it's timely.

Well, it was done in a it was Yeah.

Unfortunately, I also can't u I have a conflict. I have another meeting tomorrow morning. But, um that sounds interesting. I wasn't I didn't know what the meeting was about.

So, you're signed up.

So, I'm signed up. I just I would Can you make sure to We'll make sure to report back on that. Yeah. Yeah. So, I'm just going to try to see what you know.

Sometimes when they do the recordings, when they have the webinars, a lot of them I sign up for and if I can't make it, I can still access Oh, the recording.

I can still access the recording. So, if you're able to access the recording and share it with us, then I can look at it at my leisure whenever that might be.

Yeah. So, we'll just we'll just see um [clears throat] we'll just see how relevant it is to what we're doing and stuff like that.

Okay. Great. Well, thank you.

Alerting Well, Donna alerting you.

Yeah, I I remember forwarding that to you now.

Okay. Um, anything else?

That's it.

All right. So, if there's no further business, then I move that we adjourn this meeting at 5:00 p.m.

Second.

All in favor?

I. That's unanimous. Thank you very much. And then Phil, I will follow up with you um this