MINUTES
BOARD OF HEALTH WORKSHOP
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011 AT 9AM
PRESENT: Dr. James Taylor, Chairman, Pat Lariviere, R.N., Co-Chairman, Beverly Knox, R.N., Dr. Lois Roth-Johnson, Dr. Martin Haspel, Jane Crowley, M.S., R.S., HealthAgent, Susan Barker, John Knight, Charles Harris (arrived at 9:30AM), Deirdre Arvidson, Jean Roma, Sandy Bayne
I. OPENING STATEMENTS
Jane Crowley thanked Deirdre Arvidson, Barnstable County Dept. of Health & Environment; Jean Roma, Medical Reserve Corporation; and Sandy Bayne, Water Management
II. WINDMILL WEEKEND
Pat Lariviere advised that she has received confirmation that we have a spot but we do not yet know where the placement of that spot will be. The space will have a frontage of 15’.
Pat advised that the time is 10AM to 4PM on both Saturday and Sunday. Most people set up their tents on Friday night and leave them up through Sunday. We will have to watch the weather and if windy, we should not leave the tents up unattended.
After a discussion of the pros and cons of our own tent versus joining the Eastham Forum’s tent and using space of about 6’ by 2.5’, all agreed that we would use our own tent. Jane Crowley advised that we do not have a tent, but could either rent or buy one. John Knight stated that 10’ by 10’ tents can be purchased at Ocean State Job Lot for about $130. Jane will handle the purchase of the tent, Susan Barker, Dr. James Taylor and Dr. Lois Roth-Johnson will handle the set up and take down of the tent.
We also have to supply our own tables and chairs and all agreed that we would need 4 tables, 5’ long each and 8 chairs. Susan will arrange to get those to the green from the Town Hall on Saturday morning.
On Sunday, September 11, 2011, the parade will take place from 1 to about 3. During this time, the booths will have little to no action for about the hour that the parade passes in front of the green.
Agenda:
Saturday, September 10, 2011:
· Deirdre Arvidson – Tick and Lyme Disease
o Deirdre will also bring:
§ Story Board to place information on
§ Repellents
§ Literature
§ Instruction Cards re Tick Removal
§ Property Management information on how to reduce ticks in your yard
§ If not too hot, she will where her tick costume
§ Lois volunteered to check re information on Ticks from the point of pets
· Jean Roma – Sun Safety
o Presentation
o SOLAR Beads
o Information handouts
· Sandy Bayne/Charles Harris – Water Management
o Large Pond Presentation
o Flyers and Information handouts
· Members of the Board of Health
o Nitrate Bottles
o Flyers on Flu, Medication Disposal, Ticks, Rabies, Water Testing, etc
o Blood Pressure readings
o Septic System Presentation
Sunday, September 11, 2011:
· Sandy Bayne/Charles Harris – Water Management
o Large Pond Presentation
o Flyers and Information handouts
· Members of the Board of Health
o Nitrate Bottles
o Flyers on Flu, Medication Disposal, Ticks, Rabies, Water Testing, etc
o Blood Pressure readings
o Septic System Presentation
o Sun Safety
o Tick and Lyme Disease
Raffle items to date:
· 2 bike helmets from Idle Time Bike Shop
· Fire Extinguishers
· Flashlights
Name tags are needed for all. Jane will handle this and meanwhile, everyone took an MRC application which will provide them with a badge for future events.
Jim advised that the most important part of the event is to attract people to our tent and to engage them in conversation.
Action Items:
1. Sandy will check into and confirm to Pat the staffing from Water Management
2. Pat will see if our Tent can be located next to the Eastham Forum Tent
3. Jane will check for 2 to 3 story boards for all of us
4. Jane will buy a 10’ by 10’ tent
5. Jane and Pat will work on the schedule for BoH coverage
6. Susan will create labels to put on raffle items donated to give credit to those who donated
7. Jane will buy the raffle tickets
Deirdre, Jean and Sandy left the meeting at this point. Martin also left at this time.
III. WATER QUALITY PROGRAM AND WASTEWATER UPDATES
· Jane Crowley and Sheila Vanderhoef attended a meeting with Representative Keating regarding the financial situation and needs of the project. Charles was there as well and spoke to Stephanie Cox, Rep. Keating’s environmental staff person.
· The Water Management Consultant, Environmental Partners continues to work with us under their current contract.
· Jane also attended a meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with Neil Andres and Gail McAleer. The EPA advised that there would be no discharge into Town Cove. George Price, VP, National Seashore spoke at the meeting and he had also attended the meeting with Rep. Keating.
IV. OTHER BUSINESS/CORRESPONDENCE
Lois provided feedback on the minutes sent by email to all. Laurie will make the edits needed and put copies in the packets so that they can be reviewed for signoff at the August 25, 2011 meeting.
Dr. Taylor asked all for ideas for public statement at next meeting. All agreed that we should promote Windmill Weekend.
Jane advised that based on her conversation with the Fire Department regarding Blood Pressure readings, if we get a high reading, we should suggest to the person that they have it taken again at the Fire Department which is a controlled center.
Charles advised that he attended the Orleans Freshwater Ponds meeting and they presented a spreadsheet of all testing results taken on the ponds. They are now doing the same for salt water testing. It was good information to see the trending.
Next workshop date – None was set at this time.
Meeting adjourned at 10:15AM
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