[0:00] me.

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[0:02] Seeing as it is. 5:30 p.m. on

[0:05] September 9th, 2006, I'd like

[0:08] to open the meeting of the town

[0:09] of Bourne board of Health. The

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[1:36] the first item on the agenda is

[1:38] the attendance.

[1:39] DJ Ellis here.

[1:41] Dusty Meier here.

[1:42] Margaret Reali I'm here and

[1:45] Miguel Prieto.

[1:46] Here.

[1:46] He's here. Okay. All right.

[1:48] Number two on the agenda is 25

[1:50] Shaker Drive. Peter and Barbara

[1:53] DiFranco. Owner. Applicants.

[1:55] They're requesting a waiver for

[1:57] continued use of the existing

[1:58] three bedroom sewage disposal

[2:00] system to accommodate work

[2:03] being proposed. Are you, Mr.

[2:07] DiFranco?

[2:08] Yes.

[2:08] Want to step up to the podium?

[2:10] Sure. They're going to.

[2:12] Ask you any questions. Do you

[2:14] have you have something you'd

[2:15] like to present to us?

[2:16] Uh.

[2:17] I really don't have anything

[2:18] more to say, uh, than what was

[2:20] put in the letter. Uh.

[2:22] Yeah.

[2:22] We have that letter.

[2:24] Uh, we have this room on top of

[2:26] the garage that I'd like to

[2:28] convert and make a room for our

[2:31] grandchildren to put their toys

[2:32] up there. And eventually maybe

[2:34] put a pool table up there and

[2:35] that that sort of thing. Um,

[2:38] they come maybe five times a

[2:41] year. I have two daughters.

[2:43] Their spouses, three

[2:44] grandchildren. Uh, and so it

[2:47] would really only be used very

[2:49] few days during the year. And

[2:51] that in addition, with there's

[2:53] only two of us living in the

[2:54] house now. Um, this I think

[2:58] we're taxing the, uh, the

[3:00] septic system a lot less than

[3:02] what the average would be. And,

[3:05] uh, it's not going to be used

[3:07] as a bedroom, even though I

[3:09] know the town might call it a

[3:11] bedroom, but, uh, doesn't have

[3:14] any door on it. It's it's got

[3:16] stairs that go up, and there's

[3:18] a railing on the side. Uh, so

[3:20] it's pretty, pretty open. Um,

[3:24] other than that, I don't think

[3:25] we have anything else to add.

[3:28] Okay. Okay.

[3:30] Comments.

[3:32] Um, just like he said. Um, I

[3:34] don't know if you guys had a

[3:35] chance to look at the floor

[3:36] plans at all. Um, you know, the

[3:38] way that they have it proposed,

[3:39] it is open along a railing. Um,

[3:42] which then goes through like a

[3:45] you have to go through a room

[3:47] to get to the next room, but,

[3:49] um, so, I mean, they're

[3:50] providing as much. It's the

[3:53] least amount of privacy as they

[3:54] possibly can for it.

[3:56] It's that's kind of true. Yeah.

[3:58] The stairs come up now through

[4:01] the garage, and the stairs go

[4:03] into the room. Yeah. It's.

[4:05] You're not going through a room

[4:07] together. So as you're going up

[4:09] the stairs, if you get halfway

[4:10] up the stairs, you're actually

[4:12] looking at your level. Mhm. See

[4:15] the whole the whole room up

[4:18] there. So it's it's open. There

[4:20] won't be any door down there.

[4:21] Okay. Um and then. They have a

[4:29] recent title five from 2020.

[4:32] When you guys purchased the

[4:33] house then. Yes. Yes. And it

[4:35] passed. Um, at that time. Um.

[4:41] There are a total increase of

[4:42] the footprint will be 34%. Um,

[4:45] all open space. And yeah. So

[4:50] the waiver, because it is a pre

[4:52] 95 code system and it is in

[4:54] the, uh, finished harbor

[4:55] watershed. So this is a waiver

[4:57] that the board would have to

[4:57] approve. Not something that I

[4:58] could do. Um, in-house.

[5:03] It was approved originally as a

[5:07] four bedroom house. Correct?

[5:09] Yes. So the system, uh, the

[5:13] system. I did some calculations.

[5:17] Yeah. The plan say it's the the

[5:20] plans, the design of the

[5:21] system?

[5:22] Yes. Under the under the code.

[5:24] During 87, they were providing

[5:27] 267ft of bleaching area. Um,

[5:30] and under that code, that would

[5:32] be, uh, doable for a four

[5:34] bedroom dwelling. Yes. Uh,

[5:35] under today's code, not so

[5:37] much. We don't count bottom

[5:39] area of the pits anymore. Uh,

[5:40] but under the, uh, code, when

[5:42] it was designed, that was

[5:43] adequate for a four bedroom

[5:44] system. Yes.

[5:45] Oh, okay. Because the design

[5:46] says three bedroom house.

[5:48] I'm sure.

[5:48] It was good enough. Or it could

[5:50] have been good enough.

[5:51] Yeah. It had the capacity for

[5:52] four years. Uh, okay.

[5:54] All right. That was one concern

[5:56] I had.

[5:56] Where they haven't got that

[5:58] room with the door on it. It's

[6:02] not considered a bedroom and

[6:04] everything, and I.

[6:07] The nitrogen doesn't look too

[6:09] bad. I mean, it doesn't look

[6:10] too.

[6:10] No.

[6:11] The only.

[6:12] Addition. And correct me if I'm

[6:14] wrong, sir, is you want to put

[6:16] a small bathroom up there for

[6:18] the kids? Yes. Correct. Yeah.

[6:21] And that's not going to

[6:23] increase the load. No, it will

[6:26] only be used.

[6:27] It would be.

[6:28] Six times a year that they come

[6:30] up there.

[6:30] Yeah. It would be the same

[6:31] amount of people using the

[6:33] bathroom if that bathroom

[6:34] wasn't there.

[6:35] Right. I see I buy bedrooms.

[6:39] Right. Yes. Right. Yeah. I see

[6:42] nothing wrong with what you're

[6:44] asking. Correct me if I'm

[6:46] wrong. All right. No. I

[6:49] appreciate you going.

[6:50] Through the, uh, definition to

[6:52] say that it was adequate to

[6:53] meet the code for four

[6:54] bedrooms. Is. That was one of

[6:56] the, you know, stipulations,

[6:58] because it does meet a

[7:00] definition of a bedroom space,

[7:01] although it's open. And I'm

[7:03] glad you explained that,

[7:05] because that makes me feel a

[7:06] lot better.

[7:06] It's me too. That was my

[7:08] concern, was that it said it's

[7:10] a three bedroom system. There's

[7:12] four bedrooms in the house

[7:13] already, and now they're adding

[7:15] another room that could become

[7:16] a bedroom. But if you're if you

[7:19] say that that's a four bedroom, system. Uh, you

[7:23] know, or adequate, even though

[7:24] it says three bedroom on the

[7:25] plan.

[7:26] Yeah. I'm sure it was

[7:27] ultimately designed for a three

[7:28] bedroom, but the way, um, they

[7:32] when they were designing with

[7:33] leach pits is, you know, they

[7:35] account for how many bedrooms

[7:36] that are in the house at the

[7:37] time. But they were buying

[7:39] precast leach pits, so they're

[7:40] already a certain size. So

[7:42] sometimes they're over

[7:42] designed. Okay. Yeah. Mhm.

[7:44] Um I don't know if Miguel.

[7:46] any comments. Can you

[7:50] hear us. Do you have any

[7:53] comments? Miguel. I think.

[7:56] No, no I.

[7:59] Okay.

[7:59] All right.

[8:00] Quick question. Yes. Keep

[8:03] saying it's four bedrooms. I'm

[8:06] counting three.

[8:08] Downstairs. There's one

[8:10] downstairs. On the first.

[8:17] I got the master bedroom.

[8:21] That's also could be

[8:24] used for an office and bedroom.

[8:26] The one on the living room.

[8:27] Dining level. And then the.

[8:29] First one. That's why. That's

[8:32] why. Okay, I found the other.

[8:42] I'm happy.

[8:44] I will entertain a motion.

[8:47] Yeah, I'm prepared to make a

[8:48] motion that the, uh. The board

[8:50] approved the waiver for

[8:51] continued use of the existing

[8:52] septic system to accommodate

[8:54] the work proposed at 25 Shaker

[8:57] Drive, as presented this

[8:58] evening.

[9:01] Second.

[9:02] Yes. Miguel. Your vote.

[9:10] Would you mind repeating the

[9:11] motion? I can hardly hear you

[9:13] guys.

[9:14] Okay, yeah. The motion was that

[9:16] I moved, that the board

[9:17] approved the waiver for

[9:19] continued use of the existing

[9:20] septic system to accommodate

[9:22] the work proposed at 25 Shaker

[9:24] Drive. As presented this

[9:26] evening. We were able to hear

[9:28] that.

[9:33] Second.

[9:34] Very good. I think we approved.

[9:36] Okay. The motion passes. Okay.

[9:40] Your awkward. Thank you. Thank

[9:42] you for coming in.

[9:43] Thanks. Thank you. Thank you

[9:45] sir.

[9:48] Okay. Next on the agenda is,

[9:52] uh, you know, uh, public

[9:54] comment on non-agenda items. Is

[9:56] any public person that wants to

[9:58] make a comment? Nobody on.

[10:00] Okay.

[10:01] How about somebody else?

[10:01] I'll give you a chance to get

[10:03] seated. If you can give us the

[10:04] health director's report, if

[10:06] it's this.

[10:08] Do I have a report for you

[10:09] today? I don't think I have any

[10:11] updates. Um, our. Yeah. Our

[10:15] beach. We did our last round of

[10:18] bathing beach sampling last

[10:20] week. Um, and they were all

[10:23] good. So we were done sampling

[10:24] beaches for this season. Now.

[10:26] Um, we will continue to monitor

[10:32] cyanobacteria, kind of mostly

[10:34] visual. If we think that

[10:35] there's issues, we'll reach out

[10:37] and have samples taken. Um, uh,

[10:39] but at this time, all of our

[10:41] bathing beaches are, uh,

[10:42] finished for this season. And

[10:43] we had just that one closure in

[10:46] July. So not a bad year for

[10:49] leaving beaches. Yeah.

[10:50] Just water flush. Mhm. Where's

[10:53] that? Um. Uh. Is patchy. Where

[10:55] the, uh, perpetuated.

[10:57] Uh, the, the hens cove patch.

[10:58] Yeah. That was the one closure.

[11:00] Was it June 19th. Yes. June

[11:02] 19th was the when it closed.

[11:04] Yeah. Mhm.

[11:05] Okay. All right. Thank you for

[11:08] that. Um anyone want to make

[11:10] any comments on future agenda

[11:12] items.

[11:16] Can you. I'm just going to say

[11:18] quickly, uh, we need to look at

[11:19] the, this audio system. I, I, I

[11:22] don't hear much. And I have a

[11:23] brand new laptop here. Full.

[11:25] Okay. It sounds choppy.

[11:28] Okay.

[11:28] But there's a whole new system

[11:30] currently being implemented, so

[11:31] hopefully it'll be all soon.

[11:34] Okay.

[11:36] Um, if nobody has anything,

[11:37] we'll go on. We're gonna

[11:38] approve the minutes for August

[11:41] 12th, 2026. Can you hear that?

[11:44] Miguel. Okay. Can you want to

[11:47] make a motion to approve the

[11:49] minutes of August 12th? If you

[11:51] have read them over.

[11:53] Make a motion to approve the

[11:55] minutes of August 12th, 2026.

[12:01] I second.

[12:02] It.

[12:04] Favor say I. Here we go. Yes.

[12:07] Okay. Read. They are approved.

[12:10] I know we I will entertain a

[12:13] motion to adjourn. Unless there

[12:15] is something else someone wants

[12:16] to bring up.

[12:22] I make a motion to adjourn.

[12:25] I'll second.

[12:26] There you go. I'm in favor?

[12:28] Yes.

[12:29] Okay. Very good. That was

[12:31] a that was a record.

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