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Recording in progress. >> I call to order the June 1st, 2026 meeting the Armor Board of Health. So, quarantine. Let's see if we have one. Well, Eric, you here? >> Present.

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>> Mary, are you here? >> Oh, great. Hill's here. Larry. Okay. Scott's here, too. I would call that a quorum. There we go. All right. Number three already. Public comment. If there's someone here or

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uh at home who's zooming in here, um you certainly have a couple minutes to to speak. Come to the mic, introduce yourself, and just and just uh be aware that the board may not comment on anything during

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public comment that could happen. So, but we're here to listen and it's nice to see people come in. >> Right. Thank you. Uh my name is Bis Story and I live in Yarmouthport. Uh I've lived here for

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uh just over 12 years. Uh my first time physically in town hall uh which uh I do everything online uh and there's incentives. It's cheaper to do that sometimes. Uh but no, it's my privilege to be here and my issue for all of you

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today is in a word noise. Noise in the sense of uh probably the worst offender are gasoline uh leaf blowers. Uh, I had uh the uh unfortunate

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uh experience of having three men lined up with gasoline power leaf blowers at my neighbor's property uh like something out of the OK Corral. Uh you can just imagine the amount of noise from three of these leaf blowers going

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uh simultaneously. So uh noise is is a problem for mental health. Obviously, uh I was in the military for 20 years and unfortunately one of the things we've done to uh the enemy sometimes is to use loud noise uh

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heavy rock uh um music uh and that's one way of taunting people and terrorizing people. And so what are we to do about noise? Well, we all we all know on Cape Cod that that we live close together. Uh and there's only so

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much that that you can do. Um but uh as many of you probably know uh gasoline powered leaf blowers and similar equipment is being phased out by a lot of towns across Massachusetts. Arlington is is one. And there's a couple of

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reasons for that. uh obviously the noise uh the gasoline fumes uh the CO2 that these that these engines put out and the particullet as well. Anyone suffering from asthma, for example, these leaf

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blowers kick up an enormous amount of of particullet. So, what I'd like to suggest to the town uh is that we take a look at developing uh some kind of a phased plan over the next 5 to seven

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years uh gradually to reduce and hopefully eventually to eliminate uh gasoline powered leaf blowers. those that are uh you know that the that backpack uh because of the noise uh and because of the fact that they that they

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degrade our our collective uh quality of of uh of health here on Cape Cod. So I know this won't be easy. Uh I did a quick Google search. There's roughly 200 uh landscapers here on Barnstable. Uh

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there's over 5,000 registered landscapers here on Cape Cod, which astonished me. Uh where obviously the landscapers have invested in equipment. Uh it's not like we can't wave a magic wand and expect that all of

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these leaf blowers and similar very loud devices are going to disappear in a matter of a few weeks. Uh but I do think uh for for all of us here on Cape Cod for better mental health [laughter] uh and also physical health uh I think

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we should follow other communities here in Massachusetts and take a look at phasing them out. You know there's a lot of equipment now as all of you know whether electric or battery powered uh that is a lot quieter. So that's my

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issue for today. Uh I hope uh we can take a look at that as as a town uh at some point in the future. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for coming in. And just one recommendation is you you certainly that was very concise, educational and there

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may be other boards that may benefit from listening to you. Okay. Just to to reach out. >> Yes. Thanks for having me out. >> Okay. Thanks for coming in. Anyone else? Any hands up? Anyone out in the audience want to come forward?

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Here's here's the window of time. >> I don't see any hands up, Mr. Chair. >> Okay, >> call that public comment. Done. Very good. Number four, Family Table Collaborative Human Services Grant

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request for an extension. Barry, you could probably help us out and bring us up to date. >> So, it it was the um human surf grants um applications of were the deadline was May 1st. Um and unfortunately, the

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family table collaborative and the VNA both are kind in the same boat. They they missed that application. They're asking if they can just get an extension and still put in their application with with you folks. So, um I don't know who

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Julie Nash is online right now, but there she muted. And so, you guys just need to make a decision if you I I feel if you want to allow them to present, you don't have to say if you're giving them any money or anything, but at least allow them to be part of the the pool.

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>> I move that we give both the Family Table Collaborative and the BNA of Cape Cod an extension until You >> are the applications in? >> Yes. >> Yes. Till >> until the applications are in.

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>> Yeah. The motion is perfect the way we're great. >> I second it. >> Who's going to get credit for this? >> Larry. >> Okay. There you go. Okay. Any further discussion? Seeing there's none. All in

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favor say I. Okay. Done. Great. Okay, number six. We skipped that. So, we're five. Six is plastic waivers. >> Um, Subway, are they here? Um, they were going to bring in representative. Hello.

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>> I didn't see you back there. You're tiny. [laughter] Come on up. >> Nice. Yeah, just go ahead and have a seat. And >> if you could just speak into the mic. Um but just for people who are perhaps watching for the first time or finding

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out about this regulation maybe you briefly said why someone would be coming in. Can you do that >> just so that the Yeah. Quickly the town uh people voted for a complete plastic ban a few years ago. Um after further

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review it was [clears throat] not doable by the town. So the town administrator formed a committee to rewrite the ban. We came up with a plastic reduction committee. Um rewrote it as a regulation that falls underneath the health department. Um underneath that

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regulation, they are allowed to ask for a waiver or variance. Um there's a couple different steps um why they can do it. And we've had a few come in um and ask for some. Um the board has made some decisions. So tonight we have Subway back in today.

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Last time they were here, they had had a few questions and the board had for the subway. So, she she's back here tonight to uh make a proposal to ask for a waiver of grant or a waiver of variance. >> So, I'm Lori Tur with Subway on Whites

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Path. I did source out through Amazon actually and I think I have everything that was plastic as the compostable plastic. >> Okay. I don't need the label. >> You don't need it at all.

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>> I don't think so. I went ran through there again today to look >> and thank you very much for doing that. I appreciate I if all the other establishments could do that, that'd be wonderful. Um, will you be in compliance with with Subway? I mean,

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>> I doubt it. >> I I >> um that's life. >> I'm I'm not clear. You you talked about the 40 oz cups and then you said that you removed them.

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They're gone. The only cup we're serving one size. It came with a lid and a straw. All the special I have the paperwork on it for the special words. >> And we'll just do one size. So that's that. I got the little cups

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and the sil the plastic wear and salads. >> Perfect. Maybe people will buy two drinks if they're really thirsty. [laughter] >> Yeah, the 40 oz. It's over a quart. I mean, >> I know. >> You should see people's faces when you lift the cup up when they ask for the

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large one. >> Throw you back out. Um, >> do they even fit cup holders in your car? >> No. >> Okay. >> I don't think so. >> So, you're you're you're fully compliance. I'll have Phil come by and come do a check to make sure.

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>> I haven't till my car's empty. I haven't moved the stuff out of the way back. >> Okay, that's fine. Um, we we understand that there's turnover time. So, can you use up your product now or can you send it to Falmouth or to your other your other >> Fouth closed now?

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>> I'm sorry. >> Other stores. >> Okay. So, you can >> other stores. >> All right. >> Excellent. Well, I appreciate that. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you for the effort. >> Yeah. >> Um, >> I didn't mean to give you a hard about

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it. I just >> They weren't very helpful at Subway. So, I just said, "Forget it. Undo it myself." >> Well, come back and let us know how it's going if you'd like. We'd like to hear from somebody that's done that and and whether Yeah. what's happening.

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>> Oh, we appreciate that. I'm sure if people heard what you're doing, they'd be impressed. So, thank you. >> You're going against the man. though. >> I don't understand how one person here has done so well where

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>> she's a woman. >> Oh, >> anything else? I I agree with that actually. I'll second that. But um >> Amazon, right? >> Yeah. So, why aren't other towns doing the same other stores? What's what's different?

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>> They have different menus, different, you know, kinds of food. um you know >> a lot of them already had stock that they had purchased and they didn't have didn't have a source another store >> they didn't have another store to be able to ship it out to so I that's from

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what I recall >> yeah I think that was one of the big reasons and another big reason was the >> right >> trying to find a an alternative that was feasible safe for foods >> um sure in terms of feasibility the

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expense Because these products are more expensive, the ones that we are asking them to use instead of the plastics that are so bad for us. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um,

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Se Dog Brew Pub is next on the list here this evening. also looking for a waiver I assume. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, just to introduce yourself. >> My name is Peter Lucido. Sea Dog Group

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Pub, Sea Dog Cafe. >> Welcome. >> Uh, first I want to apologize uh for missing the last couple meetings. I did have a couple wakes they had to go to and I totally the last after the last week with wake on the following Monday. I apologize.

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>> Okay. you there now? >> I was ready. So, um I know the variances I asked for mostly was for the plastic cups. >> Um which I've done I my homework actually goes back to uh March when I

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met with the vendors. So, my biggest issue right now with the cups is with the cafe. Um, we have with inventory 1,6 cups, uh, 2,20 oz cups, 2400 24 ouncez

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cups. Uh, and equally with those with the lids. Um, we figured about for the 16 cups, it's going to be about 3 to 4 months lead time to get rid of those cups. Uh, 20 oz, four to five months, and 24 ounce, uh, about four months. Um,

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in regards to anything else, we've sourced it all. Um, I mean, we're running through we're running through the ramicans right now at Sea Dog, uh, which we're just going to phase out ramicans and go to metal, uh, which is fine for inside in uh, inside for

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ketchup and everything else. Um, straws, not a problem. We already sourced out um the cafe actually switched over to the is it the oh the agave the straws agave straws >> which are f which are perfect actually a

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surprise. Um there's no taste difference and they're not paper which except price obviously we all know the prices with everything. So that's where we're at right now. Are these cups all branded? >> We put stickers on all of them.

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>> Okay. >> So, we have about 10,000 stickers that we bought for these. So, >> do you already sticker them? >> Half. >> Half. >> Yeah. So, when they come in, uh the girls and guys actually sticker them right away.

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>> You you said that the ramicans um you do take out food. >> Uh take out food for uh the brew pub, the cafe. Okay. We don't have any ramkins at all. Uh the brew pub, we have one case left which will be gone in I'm going to say a week. That's not going to

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be an issue. >> But you're not going to use metal ones for the take home. >> No, we're just going to use uh to go the ketchup packets. Just packets. >> Single use packets. >> Yeah, single use packets. And then it's going to be more >> actually economical for us. And we can

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actually just not give everybody ketchup. >> Everybody has ketchup at home. So most most people and same with the cutlery kits. Uh we sourced out the cutlery kits. I can't remember what the brand is. Um but the same thing we're not we don't give it out, you know, to

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everybody. It's only if they request on Door Dash or online. >> Good. >> So we don't go through a lot of those. >> That's smart. >> Thanks for the effort. >> Yeah. >> Oh, our reps have been great. I mean, the two reps we

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They're both local people that I think everybody knows. So, you know, they've been great and they just presented everything to us right away and we could adopt them instantaneously. Good. >> I move that we um go ahead and give Sea

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Dog Group Pub Cafe um a variance on using the stock that they have in hand on the plastic cups. And it looks like five months would be the furthest it would take for at least one of these to or all

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of them to be gone, which would put us to when >> 6 + 5 >> November 1st. >> October. The end of October. And um and if you just let us know, come

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back and let us know that they are all gone and you're utilizing the >> Oh, we have a motion on the table. >> Second. Scott did it. Scott got it. >> There a second here. >> Yeah. >> Quick before Eric. Yeah. Before I I jumped out of line. Okay. Good. Done.

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Any further discussion? See there's none. All in favor raise your hand. Say I. I. >> Great. >> Thanks. >> If you do come compliant beforehand, just reach out to Phil just or myself. Reach out to one of us. We'll come out and just check everything. And we appreciate the effort. Thank you. >> Hopefully sooner than later. >> Yeah. That means business is good.

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>> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Cheers. I'm going to skip one thing in and that's from uh new business because it it's re relevant to what we just looked at and that's the last application. Um you can take a look at the second page plastic product waiver request form

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from C Dog Brew. Just looking down by the signature. I was wondering maybe it's a place where people can write their name as well if people >> Brennan sign. >> Yeah. Otherwise we wouldn't really know who that is. >> Okay. [snorts] Yeah. That's something that uh looking at it

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>> just from a doctor. >> Okay. So, you take the polyethylene twice a day. Um you inject it or you swallow it. What do you do with it? Okay. Done. I like that. Next. Okay. So, review and

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approval of minutes from May 18th. Any edits? Seeing there none. So, let's let's say that's approved. Okay, announcement time. Barry, get us started here. Anything? >> Yeah, you should know.

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>> Um, we had our Dennis Chararmath County Health Fair over the weekend at the new intermediate school. We had 37 vendors show up. Two didn't show up due to a little car mishap on the way. So, all

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right. The weather wasn't um wasn't there. Duffy and um Weissac, they were coming together and they had a flat tire. So, >> and the weather wasn't very cooperative, so they kind of >> was terrible. >> Um the weather was bad, but we ended up having like almost 130 visitors

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throughout the day. It wasn't a crazy rush, but everybody that was there seemed to go to each and every table and and see stuff. It was a a really nice, well attended, well put out. I'd like to thank Mary for helping me get there and set everything up early and tearing down

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stuff. So, thank you, Mary. Um, and I do look forward to doing it in the years to come. So, >> it was fabulous. I was really impressed and I I went around to everyone but ran out of time. I should have come earlier because there are two or three tables

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that I didn't get to. I >> mean, we had we had a little variety of everything. We had comfort dogs. We had mold remediation table. We had skin care screening. A lot of VNA pride. Um just I'm missing a ton of them. Nutrition

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>> family table collaborative. >> We we had a gal that brought a modified bicycle in that had a blender on the back of it. So you pedal your own blender and make your own smoothies. I mean it was just kind of fun. It was just it was a good afternoon. So, we

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look forward to doing it in the years to come. Um, this month's um health um awareness is bike safety. We are doing um a seminar. I forgot to bring that in

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here. Uh we're doing a seminar for kids to come. It's been being put on by the resource officers from the middle school. It's going to be right here. little course around to help them learn how to ride their bikes properly, proper safety, and we do have helmets um available. We got 50 that we have been

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donated to us. We're giving those out. So, we do have a sample out on the table. It's uh they're nice little helmets, too. So, um ebikes are welcome. That first they weren't going to, but since the popularity of the ebikes has arose, they would like the kids that

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have ebikes to come and learn more safety on those. So, which is good. And then that's April, May, June. July is tick safety awareness. We're having someone from the county come in, talk to us about ticks. Again, uh tick um ER

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visits is up 30% right now. It's they're bad for some reason this this year. Um they're they're coming out, so they'll come give us some good stuff. That's what was there. We had at the I'm going to go back to the health fair. There was a Cape Cod mosquito was there. They had

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all different phases of larvai and mosquitoes. You could see it through a microscope. Um there was the county had the person that's coming in had a the tech booth set up. They're giving out brethren socks and stuff like that. So it all ties together.

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And that's about all I have for new news. Um one of our favorite um town people sent us a very nice thank you letter about her experience. she had again with using services from our public human service grants. Um like to

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thank Connie for the very nice words. So we appreciate that every time you do that, Connie. So that's what I have. A news and info and on Wednesdays sign up at association to preserve Cape Cod. Um, APCC

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headquarters is at 482 Main Street in Dennis next to Capabilities Farm. So, that's what I got right there. And then we have in your packets the the updated um list

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for all the people who have come in for variances and waiverss for um that is being sent out u sent upstairs to the town administrator and to the select port also just to keep them in the loop. Hillard like this to do that. So, I think it's good. Um, as we saw tonight

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and people are not overly excited about spending extra money, but the I feel the restaurants in town are doing a good job. Um, so I I'm I'm pretty I'm very happy with our efforts and stuff from the board. Thank you guys for I for for being

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uh understanding for our business community how how this affects them. So, thank you guys. I appreciate that. It makes my job easier, makes jobs, Phil's job easier. Mary answering questions, Sarah at the front answering questions. It's it we're a good team. I appreciate

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it. So, thank you. >> Where are we with the human uh services grants? Where are we in this? >> We are at 20 um applications and they all are coming on the 15th in front of the board. So, um, do you want all 20 to

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come that night or do you want to split them up in two different nights? >> Oh, two different nights, don't you think? Unless you're going to give them like three minutes each. >> Yeah, I that's what we did last year. We gave them like a couple minutes. >> Yeah. >> So, couple minutes each. So,

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>> what do you want to do? >> You're talking about June 15th. >> Is it? Yeah. June 15th. One meeting, two meetings. >> I think if they can keep it under three minutes and >> there any games on that night?

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>> Is there? >> No. It starts >> basketball will be over by then. I was >> going to say it starts uh Wednesday. >> Yes, it does. >> So, >> some of us don't know all the results, so please don't say any results of the >> semiinals. I haven't seen it last game.

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Um the meeting's all right. >> Doesn't make a difference. >> Okay. >> We've had long ones. So, >> people have to just speak quickly. That's all. Okay. The paperwork will come to us in the packet. >> We can look at it ahead of time. >> Well, mainly just have questions. They

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don't have to repeat everything that's in the applic. >> Right. Y So, we'll try we'll get those out and get them out early again like we have been. So, >> yes, you've been doing great. Yep. >> That's across from me. That would be Miss Wall that gets them out for me. >> Okay. So that'll be at our next meeting

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on the 15th. Anything else? >> Yeah. So is on that meeting, could we um prioritize just those uh discussions and limit other issues that come up or how does that work? >> I'm not sure what you mean.

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>> Well, we if we if we entertain all those um interviews, what if um quite a few other issues come up that we need to address? Can we postpone those other issues and not have everything

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>> like are you talking about like the plastic variances and stuff like that? So those will be done be finishing up in house. Now Mark and I are going to be going through those just to so we don't have to sit here through those. So unless there unless it's >> something huge >> meteor hitting Cape Cod Bay or

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something. I mean >> we we'll we'll we'll minimize and make the agenda very efficient for everybody. >> Good. And I'll think of some way we should decide on which of these organizations >> alphabetical >> get money.

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>> Oh, not that not money. But I present to get anything as a group figure out a fair way. We can take everyone's opinion here and somehow have a some kind of logorithm something um >> after the 15th.

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>> Well, it'll the form I'll have in the packet. Not that we're doing it that night. So people then after they hear go home and put some numbers together and if you can email me just and not everyone else.

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So send an email just to me otherwise we have problems with how we're conducting business. So just um so we'll see this will happen. I'll come up think of some way to to make decisions for everyone how to do it. All right. >> And you'll have a summary for us on top

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of the applications with the the name of the >> Oh, yeah. >> Okay. What they're asking for, what they got before, if anything, from us, et is it worth reviewing or revisiting um this uh plastic waiver issue as far as

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um allowing that to come under barriers per view or do you want to keep it the way we have it coming to to the board for for all these issues? Well, the idea was that most variances, you know, the health department would be taking care of most of them. If there's something

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that's an issue or difficult or whatever, then they come to the board of health. Um, >> no, I understand that. >> My feeling at this point that with the waiverss, we probably could do that, but it's really up to the board. I mean, if you >> I'd like to see the first round continue

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because I know that Shaw's we haven't heard anything as a board from them >> and that's certainly one that I want to hear about um because they're >> What about the possibility of if there were except exceptional

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um concerns about any particular waiver letting that come toward the board rather than all these um cases come toward the for it when seems like Barry would be perfectly capable of making these decisions.

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>> I I know he is. However, >> he knows more about it than I do for sure. >> I think that um it's helping me understand what the businesses are are facing. Um I think it's important for them to appear before us because it

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gives a little bit more um credence to the whole thing and maybe helps them understand a little bit better and and understand that their other everybody else is facing the same kind of thing and that we're not being unreasonable about it. So I think to as a kickoff if

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you will but absolutely in the future most of the variances I don't see coming before us. It will be like you said the ones that are exceptional or just really tough one for for Barry to make a decision on and wants a little bit of

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backup for >> Yeah. It just seems like we have did present all these businesses with some hardship and and we compound it by making them take a time in their Monday evening to come before us and with their hat in their hand and have to speak with

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us when it might just be a a visit to Barry that could resolve a lot of this. It just might create more goodwill for the board. That's just my

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>> Are are you getting any feedback from organizations for having to come before the board? >> None of them are giving me high five and cheering and excited to come in, but >> um like one of the ones like the smaller

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ones, the mom and pop ones that have limited staff and stuff. Um I think the ones that needed it came in before the season happened. I it's going to be hard for them to come in during the season >> when on a Monday night they're going to be busy. So,

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>> but why didn't they come in before the season? >> I I don't see many of them coming in right now. Um I was kind of waiting for all this to go through. Then Phil and I were going to We do have an intern that's working with us right now is going to send her out just to kind of do

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checks right now just to see what's out there, what the what the places are using. give her the the list of already who has stuff. I'll give her a list of establishments who haven't um applied to see they might not have applied because they've already are compliant. So,

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>> but what about show us? >> I will reach out to them. >> So, what does the board want to do? >> Two different opinions so far. I mean, I I would agree that, you know, I guess it's

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not a question of the department's um ability to make the decision. What I do think it's educational for the board. Um, but I would agree with Larry that it's, you know, we're

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we seem to be understanding of the fact that most of these businesses are appearing before us because they really don't have a suitable alternative. Therefore, we seem to be approving

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all of the waiverss that we've seen thus far. Um, so I I do hate to inconvenience those folks, making them kind of take time out of their schedule to appear before us. Um, I I'm still

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struggling because I feel like I'm confused by this process myself. Um, and you know, I'm a volunteer as all of you are. I certainly feel like Barry and the department are capable of processing

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these applications unless unless, you know, unless they come across something that's, you know, concerning and he feels that they need the support of the board. >> What are your thoughts, Barry? Um,

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I I think we've been fair and transparent um with everybody so far that if we haven't really turned anybody down and forced anybody to do anything they haven't want to do. Um, I'd be I thought I was going to do this from the

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beginning and I appreciate you guys working with it working with me as a team all the way from the beginning. thought I was gonna have to do this on my own and now I have I have a better understanding also what we're looking for and how to approach it which I'm comfortable with it but like the bigger ones like the the Shaws and the

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Petersons that have a little bit different sit uh circumstances I would probably if they brought me one I would deny it and have them come in front of the board. So, >> Scott, you have an opinion on it? >> Yeah, I mean I' I'd be comfortable going

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into situations like that where maybe it's a little bit different circumstances um or a bit more of a challenging decision. Um I'd be for you know Barry um you know kind of leading the charge with some of the smaller ones that >> I don't foresee anything

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coming before me or my department that we haven't seen yet. There isn't it's all been the same. Like I knew it was going to be the same 10 items to to begin with. So, >> and >> if there was an issue, we could address

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those >> 100%. I and I'd be like, I'm not for sure about this. I would like you to come front of the board on it and I'll let you guys, >> you know, similar with variances for septic systems. We don't see the majority of those applications

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>> when it's complicated. Yeah. Then we have it in the packet to you know, start discussing it. So that's that's usually the case >> and certainly we don't need to hear from the people when they come back

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at the end of their variance period >> unless there's an issue >> like like I was just mention to um se dogs and once they become compliant then Phil and myself will go out and confirm that they're being compliant and if it

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it will happen if they're compliant then all a sudden they slip back. It's like anything else. The somebody will come and bring it to my attention or bring it to Phil's attention, be like, "This is what I got here." I'm like, "Okay, well, let me go follow up with it." So,

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>> um, well, I'm I'm okay with that. >> Um, >> and I also have, uh, the directional from Mark also to to help me look at them also if we if it's just one extra set of eyes need to. I think it'll get

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busy here in December when people are coming back or somehow aren't contacting us or not coming back that probably >> those cases we probably need to >> maybe yeah >> hear what they have to say or at least

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um certainly they'll go to the health department first but people ask to get through the season and you know December's here to see what's going on why they haven't done >> the end of the season >> prior end of the year, we'll probably see a couple coming in asking for maybe

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something else. So, I I foresee that. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Anybody? Anything else? >> Yes, I do. Um at the uh health fair, um I spoke with

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um a woman from Barnstable County and she directed me to another young woman and I forgot to bring her card but I I think you'll know >> Marina >> talking about yes >> she has a is working on a working on a grant with the first woman with whom I

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spoke on bringing uh smoking and vaping education into the schools and I think that we have been somewhat a miss in not keeping up with what kind of

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education is going on because [clears throat] excuse me from a couple of different tables um I heard that um vaping in the in the schools is a real problem. Um and we heard that from the principal. Sarah had sent out an email

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asking about something and the principal I think it was at DY High School said it's definitely a problem. >> I'd have to reread that. Yeah. So, >> and and but that's all he said and it wasn't really as I remember it wasn't

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responding directly to what she had asked, but um I' I'd like to see what we we can do to support that um assist in any way. So, um and she they're they're now at the um

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they're still in the beginning stages of the grant. They're doing a lot of assessing. they're meeting with school district people um to find out what they're doing, what their needs are. Um but I'd like to at some time have her come in and speak with us and see if

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there's something that we can do to to support that, whether it's lending them some space on our website or having a, you know, more public meeting. Um, but something to to help with education

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because, you know, people have in terms of our our thinking about smoking and what we can do to help the public not have that be the big huge problem. It is um have talked about education and we

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all know education is not the only answer, but I don't think it's something that we've done anything with lately. We certainly did do something some years ago um with the schools and the contest and um

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and I think that was good and I think we need to put forth that effort now again points just my opinion on the nicotine front um haven't received the regulation back from town

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council yet um but I I've reached out to U that we'll get it so the board can move forward and make a decision what what to do that. Um so uh what did um

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my information what did we decide? Do we need to make a motion on my suggestion about the plastics waiver or is it just something >> because that's already in the it's already in the regulation. So >> yeah, that that just >> No, we don't. Okay. So good.

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>> So Mary, how do you feel like we can get involved in that um smoking and vaping education program? >> I don't know. I just think that um I was really happy to hear about it. >> Sure. >> And I I I want us to know about it.

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>> Yeah. >> And then >> ask her how can we help? How can we support it? Sure. >> As well as talk about it ourselves if there's some way that we we see that we might be able to help with it. >> Sure. >> We can certainly have the nurse come in

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DY and see or someone who's in health teaches health there. Um >> yeah, I mean we could do that ahead of time. I'm I'm sure that they're talking with I mean they're talking with all the schools. >> Marina's very good at public speaking and doing these seminars. So I I'll

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reach out to her and see what her schedule's like and stuff. ask her if it's too early for her. Does she think it's too early or would she be willing to come in and at least talk about the grant and what what the you know proposed and and where they're at with

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the grant and and where she sees there might be some place for boards of health to help with it. >> I will shoot her an email first thing in the morning. >> Thank you. >> Great. Anything else? Anyone else

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breaking a record here? I think so. Number nine. Then >> make a motion that we adjourn. >> Second.