recording in progress okay welcome hi it's March 3rd 20125 and this is the meeting of the armouth Board of Health uh just one comment and how this is all being handled as usual people
could be at home zooming in they can call in or obviously be present here if anyone needs any instructions the website's great giving the information of how to connect with us here tonight as for attendance Charlie are
you here uhuh okay Larry I'm Hillard Mary here and I know Eric is not so we can we're okay to get started then the first item as usual is the public comment so anyone here or from wherever they're watching or calling in from this
just your opportunity to ask questions make comments we welcome everything anybody see any hands up up there I don't I don't yet okay that's a LOL in comments okay okay second item here on the agenda
is the Yarmouth lowincome housing Lottery apparently it's Mary wagan yes thank you okay and you're the affordable housing SL cdbg program administrator yep I'm I'm
aiming to add more words in there you know uh during the next review of my job but anyways business card gets gets bigger too be careful welcome thank you very much thank you for having me again my name is Mary wagan and I help the town create affordable housing for our
local residents um it it we've got some news and it's just perfect timing uh that I was invited here I'm going to give you a little bit of summary of the affordable housing program and then get into our
lotteries um the town's affordable housing program aims to provide residents with an adequate supply of housing which is safe decent and affordable um we prioritize our resources and that's our funding and and our staff
time excuse me for units uh that meet the state's definition of affordable housing so that they'll go on the 10% mandated goal for affordable housing for our town and that affordable housing is defined as safe and decent serves
households earning no more than 80% of the area immediate income so those are the words low moderate income that's where that comes from the units are deed restricted by a legal instrument such as a deed restriction or a regulatory agreement and where the tenant or buyer
is selected by an affirmatively fairly marketed lottery so just to give you an idea of the household earnings uh that qualify for this program it ranges from $68,000 for a household of one $76,000 a
year for a household of two $ 88,000 for a household of three 97,000 for a household of four so you can see if you have a household with two working adults boom you you know you could go over that limit so these are
people that we know these are people that we know um this community affordable home prices uh for a two-bedroom it's about $235,000 that's the affordable price right now our median uh sale price is
well over that almost by $300,000 um ranging in the uh area of $500,000 to $600,000 for a simple two-bedroom Ranch in town um so you see we have a serious affordability gap for home ownership rental is a little bit
harder to Peg just because we have a vast variety of different units in town um theoretically an affordable rent with all utilities for a studio is the federal government tells us at $1,700 a
month but you know just hearing that that's too high really something that's not too expensive for for our local work Workforce is a studio at about $900 a one-bedroom at about $1,200 um a two bedroom at about uh
$1,400 Etc um so you can see that we need to have resources to make these affordable units happen um you know there's a huge Community benefit um to have safe and decent affordable units for our local
residents it provides a stable Workforce uh we have healthier households because more of their household budget can be spent on things like health care and nutritious food um we have a stable student population that does better because they don't have to move as much
and they have better outcomes at school and also we can use affordable housing Redevelopment money to get rid of those blighted properties um in town um and how do we how do we meet this need well we have two committees that help out the
affordable housing Trust and the community housing committee and they work to create new affordable units we're for example partnering with Habitat for Humanity on a neighborhood that will have six affordable homes at 1121 Route 28 right
across the street from town hall basically um we are also looking at the mades uh Middle School the fora site on Higgin croll for the potential of affordable housing there um and the trust has issued an RF P to help a
developer purchase a blighted property or an underutilized property to redevelop it into hopefully mixed use right not just residential but mixed use residential and commercial with an affordable housing component we also provide um rental assistance through um
housing um organizations like hch which is the howich E medical Council for housing and Hands of Hope hch also helps us with our home repair program we do housing counseling right out of here at Town Hall and we also do um affordable
housing planning you must have heard about our housing production plan that was um uh approved last year and we do lotteries and the reason why we do lotteries is that our town like other towns have what we call inclusionary
zoning where properties are redeveloped with x amount of residential units and a small portion of those need to become affordable and they have to count on the state's inventory so they have to meet that definition uh for affordable
housing that's set by the state of course they need a lottery now these lotteries can cost up to $25,000 a year for just one affordable rental unit so what the affordable housing trust decided to do was jump into the game
provide Lottery services to help those scattered site units the one here the two two here the three there get on the inventory and that's what's in your flyer I mean excuse me your packet tonight is this flyer for two ready
renter uh lotteries that we're holding right now one is for 5:30 Main Street and West Dennis and this is just wonderful that I can announce this during this public session it's a it is in West Dennis we do uh partner with surrounding towns
with these Lottery services um the developer does pay the lottery fee uh which I I propose is about 50% of what they would be charged if they went to um a different Lottery agent but um anyways uh it's at 5:30 Main Street in
West Dennis it's a one-bedroom the affordable rent is $1,606 a month utilities not included um so this application you can get at the Dennis Public Libraries you
can get it at Town um Hall in Dennis or the town hall here in Yarmouth or through my office um 508 uh 398 2231 extension1 1275 give me a call and I can send you out the
application and that's due April 9th uh 2025 we also have um previous addresses that had previous lotteries that then draw on our wait list to fill fill the any vacancy that
comes up later on and that's our Cape Cod Ready renter General weight list so that you have the flyer in your packet too it kind of it looks very different it's green has a lot of words on it basically the program has has been in existence for
over 10 years and IT services 70 units on the cape um there are 21 in fouth five in Barnstable 30 in Yarmouth and 24 in Dennis um so combined there's there 70
like 69 70 and it needs this weight list for those units to stay on that state inventory um so again that's the very similar application to the 530 Main Street in West Dennis they're both due on April 9th
2025 um and if anybody needs a copy of the application you can get them at Dennis Town Hall Yarmouth Town Hall our local libraries or give me a call at 508 398 2231 extension 1275 and I would gladly send you out an
application if people have trouble with the application filling them out they can contact me I can help them with the application and offer translational Services into Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese I don't understand how the
lottery works so um so H affordable housing has to be fairly and affirmatively marketed so basically right the owner of the affordable unit can't rent it to somebody they know right so you have to
advertise it so you have to advertise it in the Cape Cod Times I advertise it in a Chinese newspaper s pan I advertise it TR the the the advertisement I we get it translated into Brazilian Portuguese and we run it in the Harald news which is in
the Fall River New Bedford area and then we we collect those applications for a standard number of days at least 60 everybody applies right um if you read the application carefully you'll see that the application doesn't come
back to me it goes to Plymouth Redevelopment Authority they're our Lottery agent right so it's kind of like an arms length approach all the applications I don't see them they all go to Plymouth Redevelopment Authority they check them to see if that household
completed the application seems to be income eligible if they are they get a letter saying you're in the lottery and here's your lottery code right so every household that's going to be put into the lottery gets a letter with a lottery code that lottery
code it's usually a combination of letters and numbers that's printed out on on cards literally mixed up thrown into a box and then they're drawn like a lottery one at a time and so that now we
have qualified or provisionally qualified households right lotteri on a list right they're ranked on a list so when one of these units comes open right we'll go down the list and we'll pick a household that will fit
that unit right so we we look at the very first one that was drawn we see if they for example have the right household size right so we' never put a household of six in a one-bedroom right so we we match household
size and if it you know the first person the first group is like household of one and it happens to be a studio I call them up I asked them if they are they still interested right they get to go see the unit um the owner of the unit
gets to screen them just like they screen any tenant and then we do a final third party verification of their income and then they can sign the lease so that that's how it works you you create a weight list and an open transparent
affirmatively marketed way um but you said there's already other weight lists that were when generated from previous properties right so when you when you have a an a new um unit you
have to hold a separate Lottery and then that weight list is good for two years and then it expires ties so then then they then those that unit then in out years gets serviced by the general weight list and and tell me again how does a
property become an affordable property I know how it does if they're building something new and the Builder has to designate Etc right but an existing property how does that become affordable so usually um affordable units are
required if you create new units right or maybe maybe there was a hotel that was you being used year round for housing you know and really wasn't complying into zoning so we would bring it into zoning compliance and part of
that because they would get a little bonus on density right sometimes on site design um we require a a public benefit and in this case it's affordable housing is there a goal for how many affordable housing units so 10% of your
yearround housing that's mandated by chapter 40b and the state's regulations that came out but we're not near that we're we're about half about half yeah
4.96% so we're at let see I wrote it down we're at we have 615 units we have a gap of 620 so and I don't know if you if you saw but Governor Haley put out a housing
plan for the state right so for Cape Cod communities she wants to increase the state wants to increase the number of housing units by 2.5% right which is about 420 units you can in the next 10 years our goal is to
produce 62 620 units in the next 10 years so we we could do it we could we could bring on 2.5% more if we enact our entire affordable housing program we'll see I think you're going
to see um you know a lot of interest in Redevelopment on Route 28 with the sewering um just over the last like 18 months we've talked to you know four
developers that are very serious about going forward uh you know we we can use a chapter 40b if we want we can do a friendly 40b if we want we really are promoting our local bylaws such as a
Village Center overlay districts bylaw which allows up to 16 units per acre or if it's an older underutilized Motel you we can use the motel B law that ranges from 18 to 22 units per
acre depending on the the development um so we're we're we're encouraging developers we're giving them the tools right that are viable alternatives to aggressive chapter 40 BS I mean you hear about them in the in the press all the
time right um units that that I I'm starting to call them mega mega housing developments with like 300 units oh you know we we want something a little bit more reasonable the two um motels that we helped redevelop right was Cavalier
into the Yarmouth Commons which has 69 units and the other Hotel was the Yarmouth Gardens that's in West Dennis and that converted into 40 um units so that seems to be kind of
like our comfort zone um on Route 28 um but right now we're looking for mixed juuse development so you have a residential component and a commercial component we want the commercial
component to be towards the front on the first floor so it still feels like a commercial building and with residential on know top of the shop or kind of towards the back is there an example of that
that um not yet okay we're working on it so the affordable housing trust uh and when you go to town meeting you know you'll you'll hear uh every year we put in an application for funding um it's through the community
preservation committee so it's in those that set of Articles you'll see a request for funding from the affordable housing trust and the affordable housing trust really wants to promote the Village Center Vision that has been set
by the town the mixed juice developments with superia architecture and site design you know trying to close off those um curb cuts on Route 28 trying to keep you know to the the
Cape Cod uh architecture um Nice Landscaping right parking in the back that kind of stuff um if you uh want to get a real sense of that you know um Yarmouth Gardens is a
little it's a tight spot right um but it was really designed two buildings one they're set off from each other to kind of soften it that's why there's a little bit of parking in front of one of them but if you really take a good look at it
kind of zoom out you can see that the architect was really trying to make those two buildings look like single family homes you know what I mean they were trying not to have it overwhelm Route 28 if you if you and that's 497 Route 28
in West Yarmouth if you look at Yarmouth Commons right you can see the the building that's the tallest there is there are two twostory buildings and then one three-story building you can see the three-story building is the
furthest away it's kind of back you know what I mean um we really tried to keep the green um in between the three buildings as big as possible there's those um pavers for the
firetruck to be able to drive up to one of the buildings instead of having all that asphalt there they they were great they helped us figure out how to keep some grass in front of that two-story building but still give the fire to
Department proper access to that building so um in that area you know if you have a chance to kind of like drive by slowly or walk down the the architecture is nice so that's what we're we're looking for um is is
superior architecture on Route 28 um and we all remember what was there before um and we're you know um you get points when you come to the affordable housing trust um and you're looking for funds for something that's really a
blighted or underutilized property so fingers crossed we can help with that some more thank you in terms of design how is the issue of uh disability accommodations handled for so um the affordable housing trust
and the community housing committee don't have any regulatory power on that um it gets triggered based on the number of units you have the subsidies source so for example in Yarmouth Commons which is three buildings one is
a three-story the three-story building has an elevator so they got money from the state and the state said you have to have an elevator right um and the first floor units are all universally accessible um I mean I would have to
check if there's Ada you know strictly ADA Compliant units in there I don't know if there's any units in there with they roll in shower or anything like that um so that's one thing top of the shop gets to be difficult right
commercial on the first floor residential on the top floor so um the affordable housing committee has just updated its affordable housing standards it's a their policy and we have to send them to the board of slackman for
approval but they did address that um and so what they've put in there is if if it's possible to have a first floor unit they're going to be looking for it or if there's any way that you can have the affordable unit be universally
universally accessible they want that um because they got it they have an application in front of them where there's eight units and on every single eight of every single one of those eight units the
bedroom is on the top floor right and we didn't we didn't comment on it quick enough the the owner and the architect would have made one of the units a single a single one floor unit you know even a studio you know what I mean but
we just didn't get there before the architecture was done um the owner was very very nice and said that as they go forward if the affordable unit uh was rented to um a household with mobility issues they would do the
ramp to get into the unit and um install a a stair like a chair lift on the stair so they were they want to work with us to make that accessible as possible um there's another there's another um you
know Redevelopment that is a going to be a store on the first floor with 13 units on the top floor so there's no room for that you know um but if we put it in the standards and people read it up front
right hopefully they do then hopefully we'll um get some accessible units offered what I what I find is developers really they want to hear what the town wants they they want to have offer a product that the town's going to be
proud of um so fingers crossed uh yeah but I I I'll let them know that you asked about that that will make them happy um we're having somebody from um the state come and talk to us about
accessibility um I want to say it's DSS but I'll have to I'll have to check um they're going to come and speak at our next meeting on May I'm sorry March 10th um at 3 o'clock I'll make sure that you you all get the agenda you might want to
tune in um the state has a program um to um find housing for people that have mobility issues and they actually have money to make those reasonable accommodations in the
unit um so we were talking about um you know the 530 Main Street in West Dennis and they said oh well if one of my clients gets that unit with the property owner be willing to convert the bathroom to a roll in
shower I'm like well let's talk about it if that person gets picked first you know why not so so Mary this application fee 25,000 who pays that who who pays that fee so in Yarmouth the affordable housing trust
offers a a steep subsidy to our local uh creators of affordable housing so what we what we say is you have an affordable unit you create affordable unit in y you need to do a lottery we're going to charge you $500 per unit done and that's for the initial
lottery or the out-year placement other T what they do is they they um have the developer pay that fee that developer can go to their affordable housing trust in their town and ask for a subsidy for example Dennis
provides grants um to the developers of affordable housing to pay the lottery fee and how does the maintenance and repairs work is that the responsibility of the owner yes and I'd like to give a shout
out to our health department uh when they go and they inspect rental units they pick up on things like that and let me know if it's if they can see that it's an affordable unit they pull me in and we try to fix those problems right
away I just probably don't have an exact answer for sure I'm just curious about the turnover for people living in these units so um it really depends on the quality of the unit okay so some of these units are actually like half of a
duplex um we have a small number of single family detached homes um those tend to never turn over right right um some of the smaller units that were created cuz they were motel rooms before there's a little bit more
turnover there they can be inexpensive um but it's very hard to live in 350 square feet right thank you and families change too families change what what's nice about our
program is um like if your family size changes you're not asked to relocate you know what I mean as long as you can make do with the space right you know if your income changes you're there you were at low
income when you got there you get to stay um some of the other programs like the big buildings at Yarmouth Gardens and Yarmouth Commons those are lowincome housing tax credits and that program is through the
IRS so there's not a lot of wiggle room so if your household changes or you be come over income your rent changes dramatically um so that's why I love promoting the local programs where more
we can be a little bit more flexible so local versus what local what's what are you talking these are these are um created by local actions our local zoning a local subsidy right um we can get our
local residents in them and keep them in there where a little bit more flexible um but the bigger ones like the yth gardens what what is so they're very strict the their their tax credit comes from the IRS I mean who's who's the one
who devel who puts them together who's affordable larger affordable housing developers lar deal with low income housing tax credits they sell the tax credit um to people who manage their
wealth that way um they get a tax break for x amount of years after that they can use their money right they can use that money taxfree for that time period and at the end of that time period they have to pay back all the taxes but because they've
had a tax-free period I think it's 10 10 years to invest and all of that they're supposed to work hard so that they make more money than what they're going to owe in taxes yeah they're like um they're like Banks it's very it's very interesting we're
lucky to have them interested in the cape because a lot of places have very large apartment complexes they'll only do large uh complexes whereas we want something you know 40 to 60
units so Mary um you mentioned the IRS would is there any threat now now from then from new federal government or the new Administration on would that be in Jeopardy would this program be in Jeopardy I think the program people are
very concerned about is Section 8 so rental vouchers um have been around um for about 50 years through um us HUD um Housing and Urban Development and so you're I'm seeing chatter about that
they're concerned about people losing their sexual voucher maybe they won't be funded 100% they'll be funded 80% um and people who are on the wait list probably their wait time is just
increased but we'll see there's there um it hopefully is something that won't get cut so a Housing Voucher a Section 8 mobile Housing Voucher is is one of the most um coste effective ways to to
prevent homelessness and um it uses existing housing you don't have to build new housing to use it you use it you bring your voucher with you to an existing unit um so when things are
funded uh V people are on these weight lists get funded and they come out with a voucher and then they can go and find a unit and move in so um it's it's really an interesting program um but it
is a significant amount of money I couldn't tell you what it is Nationwide uh it's extremely popular and that's for renters the other big program that's very popular is the home repair program for
homeowners um that you can get through US HUD through a Community Development block grant that's part of my title cdbg right um or USDA um and that keeps people in their homes safely and prevents homelessness because
if your if your house needs emergency repairs then you can't live in it right that's the theory so the the federal government and the state and towns have repair programs to keep people safely
housed there's also home modification loans from the state which makes accessibility improvements for people aging out in their homes too so if anybody out there is listening to this and needs this information I'm
more than happy to help them through that process um how many Section 8 units do we have in town so you never really know because the address of a of a of a voucher is
confidential what I can tell you is our yoth Housing Authority manages 248 vouchers now some of them might be in neighboring towns but that can give you an idea of how many we
have and a um a unit becomes Section 8 when the owner of the unit decides that that's how when the tenant brings it with them no I mean you can have the voucher
but if you go to an apartment complex and the O the owner is not going to accept accept that then it'd be hard pressed to reject a tenant just based on them having a sectionate voucher really
M yep a a Section 8 holder is protected uh from that that's considered discriminatory so so so so let's say I make a referral right from our general
weight list to um uh an affordable unit right say it's one of ours on Route 28 in West German they can screen the property management company or the owner can screen that tenant just like they they
screen everybody else but if they reject that tenant they kind of have to tell me why right and they can't say well I don't take vouchers well that's not a reason the state won't allow that if it's an affordable but what if it so if Section
8 is only good at an affordable no that's um you you you can't reject um a Section 8 voucher holder solely because of the voucher so they kind of have preference
than over other they're doing very well in the market right now because remember I told you at the beginning our affordable rents still fail too expensive and it's the people with the vouchers that are able to to afford the
rents because they have the voucher and the voucher is worth the voucher you know pays the portion of the rent that they can't afford so the federal government wants you to spend only 30% of your actual income on housing so they look at what's your
actual income that your the tenants portion is that 30% of their income and then the the voucher picks up the rest now there's some affordability you know there's some reason reasonability of
that cost right so um the voucher wouldn't cover a rent of $55,000 a month right they want they only cover rents that's fair to the local market so there's some caps but that's why we have housing authorities that do all that
math for us um so that's not in jeopardy that far as the f government that's what I'm concerned about that's what I'm hearing chatter from people who advoc advocate for affordable housing that they're
concerned that the Section 8 line item of the federal budget is going to get cut um they want other things to get cut but before that gets cut because so many people use it and it's really very cost efficient in the past I have
heard people say um that have section 8 that they go someplace and the the owner will say we don't accept Section 8 so the the the the entity that administers that voucher should be
notified of that okay and that's Federal usually usually it's your local Housing Authority or housing assistance Corporation they administer vouches the town doesn't but it's usually that Regional affordable housing Clearing House which in our case is housing
assistance Corporation in hyanis or your local Housing Authority so the Yarmouth Housing Authority the bille Housing Authority the dentist Housing Authority um and they will the the the holder of that section 8 voucher will call up their housing authority and
say you won't believe what happened to me you won't believe what they said and then they'll decide whether that's a good move for them or not right um sometimes people the property management company just needs some education um and
some extra support about how to use a voucher um but yeah you you you are supposed to accept the voucher but you can screen people they are the the way that you screen anybody
um the only time I've ever pushed back on that was that we were um we we were placing somebody from um that was homeless and they didn't have landlord references but they had the voucher
right so it was like so we talk the property management company into accepting um that household and knock on wood it's worked out okay [Music] um anyone else any questions just quick
Mary you can tell the boards the number of questions and the Very you know the range of the questions this can easily become an a complicated process and I see you at the counter or maybe any at this table and walking applicants through that process could you just for
those listening at home just slowly where your office is and then and your phone number and and how you can get information your maybe your website sure because it's a wonderful program and typically it can easily get overwhelming there's some math involved so if you
could just explain to where where your office is located your phone number and and how you can be an assistance so again my name name is Mary wagan and I help with affordable housing here for the town of Yarmouth and I do provide housing counseling for people uh I
prioritize our residents of course um but people do call me from out of state from other from other towns and cities Etc um my office is here at Yarmouth Town Hall 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth and I'm on the lower level um
you go down the stairs take a right I'm one of the last offices on the left um my phone number is 508 398 2231 extension1 1275 um and my email is first initial M
and my last name Wan so it's m w a y Gan yarmouth.ma us we do have an affordable housing page on the town's website which You' do is you'd go to the website of the town of
Yarmouth Massachusetts you'd go you'd hit government departments Community Development and affordable housing so you have to drill down a little bit but my email is there these applications are there the links
to those another really great resource is a database that the state has put together it's called the Massachusetts housing Navigator so if you just go to any search bar like Google type in Massachusetts housing Navigator you
click the blue find housing button and boom you can see lotteries coming up vacancies weit lists Etc that's a great resource and these are on that website and if you drop in your email into their
email notification system you'll get an email from them every two to three weeks and you'll never miss another lottery in Massachusetts so perfect very helpful yeah your all your contact information's on that page as well yes yeah
y thank you I had no clue the the complexity of is it's very complex you did very well you did very well and that's why I mean when I started here there was a very aggressive chapter 40b and that's I
think what why the town we were able to stop that aggressive chapter 40b which was literally in the middle of our Industrial Park I mean literally in the middle of it and that's that's why we we really put a lot of resources into the
affordable housing program um at about year uh five or six I really started I was the assistant to the director of Community Development I didn't do this beforehand but it was such great there was such a great demand for our
affordable housing program that eventually I became that's all I did and now my title matches what I do um and it's my pleasure to you know help the town create that and what's really nice we were one of the first towns to have a
full-time affordable housing person all the other towns are coming on board they're all either have a part-time or a full-time staff person dedicated to this um we meet um monthly through the Cy's
Regional Housing Office resource office um reenie Hammond from the county you'll you'll meet her um um she has organized that with Barrett planning we're using that arpa money to fund that um that project and it it really is bringing us
all together to work regionally too so we're on our way great I have Great Hopes good job okay thank you all right very helpful you're doing what you do yep and uh I'll send you the link to the the housing committee's meeting when that gentleman is coming to talk to us
about accessibility great J okay bye bye job hey that was informative wow okay the third item here is nutritional awareness it looks like this is Diana Kaine from the Yarmouth senior services and Diana apparently is the
director online she was online earlier Diana if you're still there we can you can jump on now at the top good evening evening Dr bosing Board of Health members and thank you to J and
Barry for inviting me to speak my name is Dian Kaine director of senior services and I've been asked to do a brief presentation on senior services and what key programs and services we offer to the elders in our community as well as the nutritional pro programs that our elders can take advantage
of at senior services we advocate for basic rights for our elders in our community such as right to dignity in respect quality services safety and secur um security Independence and right to advocacy I believe that you've been
given a brief uh snapshot of what some of the services and programs that we offer however I would like to touch on a few specifics we offer opportunities for people to come together and be social for example our coffee and conversation group help Le led by our beloved staff
member Karen Le Blan where she and her engaged group discuss current events we have a healthy conversation group where people come in to discuss social and emotional needs with our social worker Linda Colby Linda provides them with tools on how to deal with conflicts that
arise and how to build healthy communication style leading them to healthier relationships this group we believe was a valuable post-pandemic for people that felt left out and forgot how to communicate with others during the pandemic due to soci social isol
isolation in addition we have offer social activities for folks to come in and enjoy some um musical entertainment food and socializing with others at least once per month coming up we have the Spring Fling with a local band class Hicks and as a promo to St Patrick's Day
as uh Dy string Ensemble will be playing complete with fiddles I would like to Spotlight two social groups that we are particularly proud of our LGBT group and the veterans group our LGBT group group focuses on building relationships and camaraderie
amongst the LGBT community while our veterans group enjoys many fascinating presentations as well as veterans benefits and services with our veterans group we hold an annual bre annual veterans breakfast which is intergenerational with the Dy
High School band Led by chorus um the band director Alex Pendleton and Stephanie Riley the coral director last year we hosted a holiday Hol get together um both of these events were fun and an honor to
host we have right now currently 17 Fitness and yoga classes and 34 activities per week additionally we have an average of 15 events per month several times per year we offer presentations on scams to our elders
with the hopes of keeping them safe and financially secure we offer technology classes through Elder Services gadgets made easy as well as Yarmouth libraryies Tech tutor where folks can ask individualized questions during a private
session we offer blood pressure clinics loans of medical equipment hearing clinics sight loss Services VNA Le bereavement group a grief group a hoarding group and LGBT Life Changes group we hold an annual healthare and it
is coming up on May 9th we have invited over Healthcare vendors to come and discuss what they offer and this gives our community an opportunity to have their questions answered and we are providing um some screenings we have office hours with
selectwoman Liz Argo state representatives Kip digs and Chris Flanigan to discuss questions individuals have on local Andor State the state level we provide AARP tax service for elders to come in and have their taxes
done for free and that's currently going on now um we have shine services that address the health insurance needs of residents we have legal services to assist with all sorts of legal matters from establishing Health Care proxies
trusts and wills to housing or benefits such as matters with Social Security SSDI Medicare Medicaid or long-term care we offer a travel program with Karen Wendell who takes makes exciting
trips to museums casinos musicals and plays as well as Broadway shows and destination tours all over the world a big part of the elders life is Independence when they can no longer drive we remedy remedy this by providing
transportation to Yarmouth in hyanis and from from hyanis they can go virtually anywhere um they need to go such as Boston hospitals Andor the airport Elders call up and schedule a ride through our transportation coordinator Susan Riley and our friendly
independable van drivers Dan Mueller and Tom Barlo will be out to pick them up and take them where they need to go we provide Aid with fuel assistance for home heating tax exemptions and tax work off programs if an elder is having
difficulties making ends meet they can make an appointment to come in and go over options with our Outreach team Linda Colby or Alisa Davis we try to make it EAS easy for people who do not have access to technology and we provide copies and
faxes perhaps to a doctor's office because they are having surgery the next morning and we assist with logging into the RMV website because they receive a notification in the mail and they do not have the technology skills to accomplish what is required now I'm going to get get into
uh finally nutrition um as far as the important issue of nutrition goes we assist with several different options to address food in security that affect one and three older adults dining with friends is offered at
our Center Tuesday through Thursday and is an opportunity to dine with others diners get a nutritional meal as well as the special social aspect of engaging with others Meals on Wheels are offered through Elder services and are delivered
to the homebound people with difficulties preparing meals or have mobility issues we have formed a partnership with the family table collaborative back during the pandemic Jenny wheeler and Harry Henry created FTC as a volunteer
community focused organization whose main goal is to provide healthy prepared meals to those who need them they deliver meals to the center on Thursdays and this fantastic program was created during the pandemic to serve the immediate needs of our community and
continues today because of the crisis of food in security currently they are working on a cutting edge program that involves cutting the plastic containers from our landfills and we will soon be introducing this to our elders reusable
returnable containers another partnership that we organized last May was with the healthy meals in motion program through the Family Pantry of Cape Cod this has proven to be extremely beneficial to our residents as they can pick and choose from a menu of healthy food
choices Christine Menard and our team at the Family Pantry pick pack and distribute to our Center on the fourth Friday of the month grocery bags full of food this distribution is set up like a grabing go people drive up in their cars pop their trunks and we place their
their food into their cars and they are on their way this discreet no questions ass process allows the seniors a private way to pick up their food to sign up for the this wonderful program or to inquire about any of the other programs contact a member of our Outreach
team several years ago we established with the um Yarmouth food pantry senior hours there on the 2 and fourth Wednesday of the month from 10: to noon their mission is to fight food insecurity in our community Sue Martin
and her team of fantastic volunteers are wonderful with the Elders of our community they assist them with every step of the way through the pantry and get to know regulars wants and needs transportation is provided to The Pantry by calling yarm Sen Services
transportation coordinator um Sue Riley the great thing about these two pantries is that participants can go to each Pantry twice a month which is equivalent to a A month's worth of food that is individualized to a person's
dietetic needs and is not the same as brown bag that food is chosen at random and generally contains high level levels of sodium we have a bread and pastry donated by Stop and Shop on station AV offered at the center Monday through
Friday um cap and Islands veterans Outreach Center office food for um former military personnel and their family members you have to bring a DD 214 to be eligible also the food for vets is another option looking to support
veterans and their families located in Sandwich um St David's uh meal program here in Yarmouth offers free cooked meals to take home on the third Wednesday of the month Cape Wellness collaborative offers
those undergoing Cancer Treatments meals with delivery options available First Baptist Church and Pantry serves fresh produce perishables and non- perishables to West Yarmouth residents coming up on St Patrick's Day
we have a sitdown luncheon coming up and is uh an opportunity for people to gather and socialize over a corn beef and cabbage meal some livea Irish entertainment and this is the first sitdown St Patrick's meal since the pandemic and prior to the pandemic was a
favored program and was very well attended tickets for this luncheon can be purchased by coming into the center however tickets are going fast at Thanksgiving we offer a friends giving celebration where those that live alone are invited to come into the
center and enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner and some socialization with those around them for Christmas day we organize names and give them to Our Lady of the cape to receive a delivered home-cooked holiday dinner in closing many of the services that we
offer to the elders are on a dedicated volunteer basis at a savings to our community questions yeah I I had a question under activities on some of the activities is a um a number in parentheses for example
Tech tutor it says looks like Friday and there parentheses three what does that mean okay when we have a parenthese that means the number of the week that's the date on the number of the week week so that would be the third Friday at nine
sure thank you how do you uh forceed changes if indeed we see um benefits reduced uh for Medicare um that's going to be a tough one Hillard um we really hope that it
doesn't happen but um if it does we're ready to deal with it let's hope it doesn't I I I'm with you Dan can you give the address and like the contact number for uh the people listening at home also please thank you for the people I'm sorry I
didn't hear that uh an an address of the senior center and like a contact number if they want to reach out to you yep um the senior center telephone number is 508 394 7606 extension
1330 and our address is 528 Forest Road West Yarmouth Mass and what would the community find on the website what would be there uh on the website we have links to various um Community organizations um
and uh Transportation um then their telephone numbers for our Outreach team their telephone numbers great just trying to advertise for you here that's all yeah thank you one question from what age is the like
are these cutoffs is it like is it 65 is it 62 is it 70 is there um we start our seniors um it's technically at age 60 um that it really doesn't make a difference
okay that extension again the extension Is 1330 okay that will give you to the the front desk anyone comments questions that was great thank you really thank you Diane for joining us yeah appreciate it thank
thanks for the work you do thank you very much okay number four uh this is an update and it's on the cranberry uh bog over in 16 Denver Drive uh yes that' be me um so last week I had a zoom um
hearing with um pouth Housing Court ma magistrate um they postponed it to today between last Monday and today they um they postponed it again until uh March
17 they're combining it with our case and the cases that the building and Zoning have since there's three separate cases they're just going to put all into one case together all the same person it's the same owners yeah um instead of
the courts like mine last week was at 9ine and then buildings was at 10: they said they just want to do it all at once and get it get it together um they are doing some work over there at the to remediate the for their zoning and
building so hopefully they'll do some what we've asked them to do for their the septic and we won't have have to end up going to court so and I know Mary asked for the record so this is the I put a packet in front of everybody this is all their stuff
that they have uh for the court and the complaint and everything that was originally filed oh great thank you appreciate that are there two brothers getting along any better I do not know that I apologize so
from what I understand it's your guess is as good as mine the uh magistrate asked me she said what's the time limit she how long does this expect would you expect this to take to be remedied when she asked me this last Monday and I said well by the time
he drove down from the cranberry bog to town hall pulled a $40 permit went back started up his machine that was 10 ft from where the septic pit is I said this whole thing could be done in an hour and a half two hours and she she was very surprised she thought it was going to be
like weeks so I think that's why they combined everything together okay anybody need any more information on that okay uh number five here is green burial update um that' be me again the uh once
again we're that's still in council's hands we're still waiting to hear back from them they're doing their due diligence doing research and all their what they have to do to make sure all the steps and are done properly so we're just waiting on Council to hear back from
them as soon as we hear anything we'll let you guys know right away I I just don't think we've done a very good job with this okay and um it's just not how the Board of Health has handled things like this I mean this is Mr mcer is a resident in
town uh elderly man ill he was represented here by his son requesting a permit okay for a green burial which was new for all of us to a lot about it and that was I think is September of last
year um and it's this has gone on and on and on um it's can't be that complicated okay I just don't understand that part of it um and why don't you give me the name of the
lawyer phone number email and let me see if we can move this along because I think they got it back in January they they're working for us January 16th I sent it what date January 16th 16th great okay thank you they take a long time I mean we've we've had things go to
them before and it takes forever it's very well defined of what we sent there you know it's not long there is not a pres there's a president but not in in this town but this this exists
that's all and all of federal and state regulations so pretty clear um that's just my feeling I don't know maybe um what do people feel I mean I can sit tight we can wait longer that's all I just I feel badly we have a resident in town who's put a request in
for this um i' Jay and I'd be more than happy to get you his the council's information um I'm not a lawyer so I don't know nor am I I don't know if it's it's going to help or not but I guess I'm just getting kind of impatient and I don't think it's unreasonable that that's all let them
explain why it's taking so long and maybe you know it's understandable from that standpoint but this is going on for five months or whatever and to be able to tell you know this person you know we can we you know
permit may be granted or denied but something should be done to answer to to the resident here in town that's all so send it to me and no promises but I'll try to see if we can get it moved along in some way that's all much appreciated
yeah okay uh minutes time so looks like we have two sets one is January 6 and one on February 3rd did anyone have any edits
questions comments wishes anything on the on the two minutes just a comment I'm I would like a copy of the the draft um policy regulation okay for for the burial okay
because that that didn't come with we didn't get that final copy so and I understand it's not you know stamped and you know all that thank you so you could just send it electronically yeah you send it electronically I can put in your pack
for next time um do you want it sooner than next meeting no okay no so we can okay we put the dra it's still under the draft effect correct yeah sure just so the board understands um the process
and I think you all talked about this if it came back unedited right no recommendations right you would then be setting a public hearing right hearing would would that be at the next meeting um it would be voted and then it goes up there so there there is a process to it
but I understand it's that's been two months of of the five two months um but within 3 weeks of the board answering their questions you actually had and there were two iterations of edits that would actually three now I think about
it it has moved along something new I understand your frustration um I don't know if I completely agree however two of the months that we've talking about have been outside of our hands there's nothing we can do in our part to to motivate that it's it's and and the
other part too is it was confirmed the law firm did sa gut it working on it that was the response so it didn't get dead ended right but I know that I sh I I can appreciate what you're saying is it unreasonable I don't know I don't know who they have working on it but we
can certainly get you the contact information and we haven't heard back since we're not sitting on it we haven't heard back since okay no once again no promises but we'll see something that's all um I move that we approve the Board
of Health meeting minutes for January 6 2025 and how about the other set want just do it together sure and I also moved that February 3rd if there's no comments or anything or corrections I move that we approve the Board of Health meeting minutes for February 3rd
2025 great thanks and you're still seconding this okay there's no discussion there isn't okay all in favor accepting the minutes both said that's unanimous that's fine done okay we're up to uh new and old business certainly um on the certainly
on the new front um apparently there's going to be some change in staff in Department of of Health um a lot of the public may not know Jay what's up um if I could just tick down a few others before I get to shifting I just wanted the board to know because this is
somewhat operational for you uh for the board the HHS grants right that's going to be coming due that those have been mailed out to the 13 applicants you heard Diane talk about some of the uh the table collaborative the food pantry there was probably three or four that
she mentioned that you actually support financially I thought that was interesting um those applications have gone out Additionally the there's a banner on the website for perhaps new social service agencies faith-based organizations can go on um and apply
it's a very brief if you you've seen that form very brief we do ask that they submit attached to that a narrative a budget a little bit more than we tried tried to make it streamline you have to scale the application with with the amount of funding you're we're giving
we're not giving them five and six figure you know uh funding so those applications have gone out they'll be due back April 15th it gives the board time to then through April and May to give presentations here
um and then you'll do your deliberation and uh and funding allocations will be done and sometime by the end of May I would I would expect that to be the time frame but just know that those have those have been mailed and it's also on the website and this gives us an opportunity to talk to
anyone who may be listening it's nice the same money is still there this year it's great 60,000 is the same exactly right um but there's a process to that that and I think you know that was the most 13 13 you know organizations that was tremendous um the other uh new
piece is that the plastic reduction working group reached out to them um to bring them together uh Mary represents the Board of Health and uh there's probably if I'm counting in my head probably nine or so uh individuals from
a variety of organizations Chamber of Commerce uh recycling committee Board of Health select board and others um and they'll come together at the end of March to begin I would imagine a series of meetings either in this building or at the Chamber of Commerce I did forward
them the the the citizens petition and also just a guidepost of the what fouth has there'll be others um and hopefully have something that that keeps an eye on focus on getting plastic out of the wa stream but also is achievable for the
business community so that went out uh you know here we are Monday I think that was the end end of last week that went out so that group is coming together I just want you to know there was you and the uh the thought being is it well we're going to commit to January uh
of 26 and there was some thought that oh well this we're just kicking this down the road this isn't going to happen that's not the case at all that was never the case I I would Envision that hopefully if this could be done by the Fall I would hope for September and then um and
then there would be several months of Community Education for both the food industry and for for residents to understand how what the implications are on the plastic reduction so we'll hear about the date for that end of March meeting from you you won't hear that
from me okay I'm I'm actually staying that's my next piece but I'd like to stay on that because I'd like to help guide that um but I I won't be the driver on that but I would like to attend to make sure I stood at a town meeting and I said this was going to happen we're going to have something and I'm going to commit to that so that
brings me to the next one is uh I'm I'm moving on beginning of February I I actually sent something to all of you Charlie I apologize you're not electronically connected um that I uh beginning of February I put in a resignation that I'm leaving this
position and through the month of February um there's been some applicants and an offer has been made and we're waiting to hear on that uh on the recipient of that and um I am going over
to the county as the health director for health and environment over at barnable County but really what I wanted to say was to thank you to all of you I I appreciate it although my tenure was short I certainly have learned a lot but also it reminded me because I have sat
in this chair in my community up in Grafton as a chair of the Board of Health and and you have some difficult things that are put in front of you you you talked about one an individual has come to you looking for a request for an application they have an Ask sometimes it's developers
looking for variances sometimes as business owners Tobacco Control and other many many nights although this wasn't case you have difficult decisions you have to make and I respect you and I really admire you for that and I appreciate the the deliberation and the
thoughtfulness that goes into it I I've learned a lot I can tell you my time although short in Yarmouth it's going to help me give a stronger understanding because I'm going to have being at the county the county is responsible to 15 communities across the cape I do have an understanding now of what are the
struggles and the challenges not just for the board but for the staff of for you know the discipline of Public Health is not it's not well resourced there's struggles there's Financial struggles There Staffing struggles you know as a discipline public health is misunderstood um by having this
experience me one of the communities I I hope uh I I hope I can give some added value and strategic planning for the county and I expect to be back I expect to be back in a different capacity but bringing the resources the help because that's what the county is looking to do they want to there's a lot of good
things that go on at the at the county I used their dashboard as you know for infectious disease you know Le Leah Hamner is there um their epidemiologist there's a whole host from it to Public Health the Human Services there's a lot
goes on at the at the county and I I see it as it's it's hidden in plain view it's a well-kept secret and I'm hope I can be part of that to to bring that in in a significant way to to Yarmouth and uh to the other you know 15 14 other communities along the cape so I'll
believe in you but I I do want to say sincerely thank you I'll I'll reach out to Eric uh directly but thank you all for the the time and the and the information that you have given me the patience you've had with me and understanding you all have you know I mentioned this at the select board the
other night most of you Larry being the exception have 10 plus years on this on this board a lot of a lot of stability so did they say it's time for some of them to go not at all not at all I don't know why not at all I thought maybe they hadn't
noticed and that's I I I mentioned that as I think that's a attribute I think that stability on a board that helps you have a lot of institutional knowledge and Community knowledge um you know what goes on in the community that's extremely helpful and I mentioned each
each one of you by name so I um I I just sincerely thank you there's a mix of reflection and gratitude and I just want you to know each one of you thank you thank you for your uh Lu your new position thank you for great energy and
just yeah a lot of luck it's it's nice you still going to be local will be local but I I can tell you the only attraction was that they're looking to do this wasn't two hands on the wheel we want to just keep it going the way it is they have a new administrator Michael Dutton so a new County Administrator
came on they contacted me last summer and then they put a pause on it because they're bringing in a new County Administrator Michael Dutton um a town manager from Middleboro and so they were designing that to really increase this guys and the scale and the reach of the
county so there was some time that held back so about a month ago maybe a little bit more month and a half ago they said okay what's it's time to the position has been vacant for a little while to say okay what strategic planning we want to do to increase at the county level
how can we help the uh the communities along the cape and I said well that's something I could really get my my arms around I would like that because to be honest with you when I when I said I said I'm very happy in Yarmouth it's it's a good group it's a good board it's a good staff tell me what you're
thinking of doing and they said we want to do some strategic planning and increase the scale in the in the size of the uh County the reach and the impact The Branding really of barible County I said you know what I I would really like to give that a shot so you're going to
be in good hands here we have a strong a candidate who has been at a uh who has been a uh Health director in multiple communities um has a good temperament for this good understanding and I'm confident I and I said I'll be the
bridge for that I'm certainly available and I'll be here when they come and every pretty soon I'll be good old what's his name within weeks I understand that but I'm going to be here I'm going to be here to help okay thank you couple of things uh I I thank you
for your equinity that you brought to the the board I think at least from my perspective uh you B A brought a tremendous amount of equinity I know we've had some back and forth a few times and you've just kept everything where it should be and and we've got it
got us through it uh the other thing is are you involved at all uh with the um with the choice of the of your replacement I sat on the that's comforting I interviewed there were three individuals that we uh that we
interviewed Larry and I was I originally didn't think I that was going to be HR the Town Administrator and actually Mark RS who is the department I I function as a division head right division within inspectional services and they asked me to be part of that so I was I was
involved in that that was smart on their part well um so I was but um but I I appreciate your earlier your your kind words you know it's it's unusual to think that a group is going to come together and every everyone agrees upon
something so good debate gives you a better product right everyone has a has a different understanding it comes it from a different lens I think I think that's extremely helpful there's going to be frustrations there's going to be timelines there's constraints and limitations that we have as far as capacity I think that gives you a better
product the last thing you want is every to sit around and go yep okay let's go you know we're getting out of here no you've taken the time on a number of different things and you know I I do appreciate what has happened here many times and struggle with because each of feel working with the business Community right we're the when and and I I think
immediately the Tobacco Control and the the work that has to happen there and the fines that you have you put in a difficult situation the business community and levying significant fines and you wrestle with that but you hold to that and say no this is what has to happen
when variances come in for septic and things of that nature that's costing money for individuals so have we have a responsibility You all take that very seriously I admire that because I know again I I'll repeat I've been in that chair those are difficult situations it's you do never you don't take the
easy path yeah we've relied on both you and Barry though for guidance on those a lot of those situations yeah well you you come you've come up to speed on a lot of things you Led You Led on the our poultry you led on our EV being flu um
so we appreciate it you know one of the continue to do that yep no question just to jump over and I really uh Barry really took the the lead on this uh agenda um but I just didn't know if either Mary or Hillary did you did you want to talk a little bit on measles
just so the community understands as far as I mean that is highly communicable right a room can be still infectious two hours after an individual with measles come in could just a little bit of it's probably the most transmissible virus there is exactly right and that's not an
exaggeration no right it's that scary with it um the spread happens so quickly and so easily right um and we're talking about fatalities I mean that's an um prognosis is not not good for
especially really young infants and certainly people who are are even compromised or just older right um the map is growing right the footprint is growing up to nine states maybe now right yeah
um not theosis can't be too good right now in sense of it not spreading or being contained it doesn't seem to be going that way so very very scary you probably know more about this than I do well no but I mean the herd hum immunity is just not there because in these areas
where it's spreading they have very low vaccination rates right um and so far um I think all but what maybe five of the well over a hundred now people have not been vaccinated who have come down with
the measles so um the vaccine is is a standard one right it's MMR which is Measles Ms and rubell standard vaccinations that we've relied on has really gotten rid of musles in this in this country but it's not working right
now if people are not getting vaccinated what was it yeah 1960 I think yeah so I mean it's been around a long time and it has kept coming out of Washington is that these are just normal occurrences that
happens every year yeah right according to uh that death is the first since 2015 yeah so saying tell the parents that child um I guess it's this I don't I certainly not I don't bring that up to
create any kind of Panic within the community but you need to be they need to be aware and they need to be paying attention um talking to their Primary Care watching their own well let me ask you this my understanding is it does not hurt to get a to be revaccinated later on to get a booster for does not hurt
you corre and they're even discussing whether that might be become a recommendation at some point but it doesn't hurt if for some reason you're not sure you had the measles if you're like my age or that you had the the uh vaccine um you know when you were older
um but the other thing is that public needs to know this is a safe vaccine um it's it's been demonstrated that over you know what what has it been Now 50 years or so and it's um it's just so important to protect your child um
and you're not only protecting protecting your child but you're protecting other children too who are around your child so um it's it's a community effort as well as an individual responsibility it's good
comments good comments so one of the arguments I used to get um regularly was such and such a disease for example in dogs that's where I can refer to or cats they're very rare and I
I used to tell these clients they're rare because most people vaccinate for it and it's when they're not so Vigilant that's when we're really going to have it outbreak of these for example heartworm everybody says oh heartworm is not that much of an issue well that's
because you know 90% of the population keeps their animals on hardw prevention if they didn't I remember when I first started in practice I didn't have that busy a practice and I think I saw 60 positive heartworm cases the first year I practiced I was really at the time
when heartworm was just becoming an issue people weren't uh on heartworm prevention and the reservoirs were so much greater that uh that you know there was so much if your dog was an outdoor dog it was almost 100% chance it was going to get heartworm and it's the same
kind of thing if people get really complacent and aren't vaccinating that's when you're going to have a real outbreak and I saw it in my career over and over and then I saw in my career the benefits for example I was around when parvo first
came out and it was devastating patients we lost and we we turned that disease off in one year just with vaccination I mean it was like night and day we were we were just over overloaded with cases
and and deaths and the haror was devastating for and certain breeds more more susceptible than others till the vaccine just just eliminated it virtually and it's almost a zero chance you're going to have a parvo case if
your dog's vaccinated it properly and so vaccines have just I've just seen the the effect of them over 50 years of practice I have one question for you though Mary because you're involved with this plastic situation right I don't
know if you're aware the press conference the diet tribe on plastic straws from the president were you were you I was aware of the the executive order and and he just pulled out that's just his own little Bugaboo but he
pulled that out from a larger effort that President Biden had initiated toward eliminating Plastics in the food chain and the food supply and certainly around the White House which I hadn't realized actually until I've read about
the executive order I mean and the president thinks that the paper straws don't work um there is an I can drink without a straw usually anyway so you know to me how you get around that how do we get around what the pap paper
straws what do you mean well he he it was an executive order to get rid of plastic straws no to get rid of P to to get rid of paper straws I don't I don't use straws so well not a problem for me going MC any
McDonald's you're going to have a straw well I mean that's their problem to whether they're going yes but that's something we're going to have to deal with there's no question that would be happy part of the policy right yes that's right yeah could you let us know when that meeting is when the straws come up well
yeah when the straws come up but when the straw vot thetic because that's going to be an issue I mean I'm sure you're going to have to battle with that is situation I'm not going to but um I must have missed something
here okay I'll keep you apprised of what's going on absolutely because I mean your input is is well I mean I I I pick up as all my walks I pick up plastic all all the time along the way and it's just a shame well and it's um it's something that it gets into the
ocean and it I have you know I volunteered with marine mammals and and well it's everywhere kill them yeah it's everywhere um I I have something that I should have brought up with the February 3rd meeting minutes because it said that
I would work with Dr Brock to create um a public facing document and I never did that so was I supposed to do something something but I didn't do it I feel badly what what was written M we thanked her a lot because it it was great we're
excited about it but I didn't remember that either so um I might I might have said I'd be willing to help yeah you she said that she was going to work on something for the public and you had volunteer hey
if you need okay okay okay but it's not like I didn't kind of do something sit down and work on something it was like if you need help thank you can you call on me and I'll do my best to kind of and
exonerate it thank you one other thing um at the rack meeting um apparently the the um State people have come out and looked at baby Hills Golf Course which has been looked
at as a secondary um um place for the effluent to be put from the um treatment plant because the amount that the surrounding area of the treatment plant can take is not going to be enough for
the final amounts of effluent that will be produced um and they said that um they've now started on the testing which of that site which includes boring test holes Wells um and that the health department
was going to be there when the state people came back to check all of those testing areas yes Mary on Thursday they're GNA be doing several test holes um they asked me to come out and just witness I don't they don't want me to witness all of them the state and D is
very much in control doing what they can but they they have asked me to come out and just to get just from the health department stand to to be a witness to it so okay I'll probably be in and out of the uh of the golf course throughout the day on Thursday you going to bring
your clubs well there's going to be some big holes out there so drivers only to get those yeah it'll be a lot of holes they uh they are going to be doing a lot of the testing on the uh driving range and then a few of the other outlying Fairways
so it's going to be a big project so and it's free water for the golf course it's is going to be great well they're they're already getting some but yes this is a much larger amount y how's the financing looking for that I mean there
was some issue in the times right um they're they're not concerned about it right now okay um yeah how about the bridge I don't know about the bridge I'm not on that committee but that's that's
certainly was one one of my thoughts and fears that that money could be jeopardized I mean there's going to be a lot of money un related to what we're doing but still no but well yeah it I mean it is it certainly could
have some ramifications for health for public health in terms of Transportation in ter terms of um supplies getting to us and all as well as evacuation if we ever had to
so no question um you know that's we talk about social determinant right Access to Health Care is is probably about 25% % of a community's health those other things where you work live work in play uh economic uh indications your housing your transportation things
of that nature those make up about 75% of a community's health emergency evacuation all those things factor into it right right we we think of Health you know some time ago was just access to a primary care physician and that's that's only a small
portion particularly Public Health right uh next meeting the 17th okay for everyone March 17th for next meeting where you green where you green um anything
else vote that time motion time a motion make a motion we adjourn nice second motion we have a second coming from somewhere okay all in favor of leaving
say I and meeting is adjourned thank you everyone