[0:00] me.
[0:00] Recording in progress.
[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.