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Agenda 01-12-21 WINTHROP BOARD OF HEALTH.PDF Meeting Materials JANUARY 12, 2021 PART B MEETING MINUTES.PDF 1. Documents: 2. Documents: | AGENDA CEIVED Winthrop Board of Health Meeting 202) JAN-7 AU: 53 January 12, 2021 6:30 pm REMOTE PARTICIPATION BY ZOOM “EER For Public Comment a Bimal in Advance to bschmidt@town.winthrop.ma.us Call to Order Introduction of New Board Member Organization of the Board — Chair, Vice-Chair, Member Public Comment Review of Minutes — December 8, 2020, December 15, 2020 Past Business Status - 59 Cottage Avenue - Report from ISD Status — Bespoke Boards COVID-19 Town of Winthrop, Board of Health, Schools, etc. Commissioner of Inspectional Services Update Director Public Health and Clinical Services Update Work on Revere Street MRC Update NSPHC - Behavioral Health, Environmental Health Massport Logan Airport Environmental Data Report Body Art Regulation Tobacco Sales Regulation Workplan for FY2021 Board of Health Town Website Schedule of Meetings for 2021 Proposed Agenda items for February Meeting Adjournment Agenda items may be taken out of order at the discretion of the Chair. 5 minutes _ 5 minutes 10 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes WINTHROP BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES JANUARY 12, 2021 Call to order 6:35 pm Roll Call : Bill Schmidt, Chair; Astrid Weins, Vice Chair, Marianne Dalton, Member Intro of new board member Marianne Dalton RN VOTE ON POSITIONS: unanimously voted Bill Schmidt, Chair, Astrid Weins, Vice Chair, Marianne Dalton, Member PUBLIC COMMENT : none MINUTES DECEMBER 8 AND DECEMBER 15: submitted by Marianne Dalton. Minutes accepted: unanimous with 1 abstention C0VID 19 ISSUES: Meredith Hurley Less of spike since Christmas than from Thanksgiving comparably from before Disease investigations show adherence to guidelines for smaller household gatherings (6-10 people) School began last week with hybrid learning Outreach continues re quarantine/isolation protocols Email contact initiated by parents to PHN, good communication Testing site 9-1 M-F, sat. 12-7 Moving inside 1/27-1/29 Indoor site run by Project Beacon Hyde Park, Lynn, Revere, New Bedford sites also managed by them Online, make appts, facilitates coordination with start of school/prevents overlap with school tra ffi c New hours 9-1 are already improved tra ffi c situation according to Winthrop Police, the expectation that the online system will continue to improve this Overlap for transition between current system and online, no gap, more info on timeline later First responders started vaccination Friday, WRChelsea collaboration, going very well >200vaccinations/day, Phase 1 tier 1 Phase 2 >75, comorbidities, grocery storeworkers, teachers, unclear what assistance/guidance from state forthcoming, as none has been provided up until now Meredith believes that state is observing the rollout of vaccines local before deciding on protocols for Phase 2 Friday, sat and next Wed plan is for 600 people to be vaccinated 28 days to 2nd vaccination Pre Mod online system to assist with tracking/appointments, replacing MIIS . Tracks better the vaccines/management of appointment Contact tracing going well, 2 volunteers, within 24 hours capturing people who have reported symptoms/positive results Simplified the info so Winthrop folks can understand, clarifying quarantine protocols Indoor testing site will be at old Middle School, 50-100 appt/hour, in the gym Flu shots still being done, end of February deadline Mental health, substance abuse, all still issues especially now, we are underresourced, Strategic plan by BU, to assist in continuing resources for mental health Masking for crew on Revere St, taken care of by Meredith, they were compliant Covid deaths: >70. past 2-3 weeks mild infection in this age group. Lisa Howard, superintendent Back to school, good mitigation via contact tracing School nurse plus task force of CNA’s (still looking to hire more) Binax training, pool testing (6 week course on this, possibly including a tech person, will apply for this, assume that Winthrop qualifies d/t hybrid learning) 1st 6 weeks free, then at least $5/test. Additional cost for other costs associated with this, transportation, processing of Funding from Dept of Education in process Will need more nurse resources to roll this out, more on this in future, Lisa will keep us updated Good rollout of in-person learning, good coordination of enforcement of protocols WINTHROP BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES JANUARY 12, 2021 Good compliance of sta ff , in person since August Air purifiers: working to get these in place, state to get back to Lisa Al Legee, inspectional services 59 Cottage Ave: collapsed chimney still has smoke emitting intermittently, attorney needs to be consulted. Wellness check will be attempted, with police or fire personnel, still no contact, will continue to work on this. Bespoke Boards: Cailey and Chris, owners: Mark Chapdelaine licensing board chair: need to apply for common victualers license Al Legee: private property di ffi cult to have private business, regulations very clear, no signage, no foot tra ffi c, several health protocols need to be adhered to, recommend finding a viable site other than private property Cailey: currently outreaching for options that are commercial and no longer considering working out of private home. Al: restaurant inspections going well, generally compliant, protocols being followed CVS building being demolished soon, other building permits being considered Bonny and DJ Tobacco and body art regulation drafts Tobacco sales regs: changes made to draft, Need e ff ective date added State laws are favorable to not having adult only vape/tobacco shops, no need to really include this verbiage. Max number of tobacco products shop permits Reduced this number to 1 out of 1500: 12 for Winthrop according to Winthrop population —-——Reviewed with D.J. Wilson regulations/changes made, determined that revisions are correct and within state guidelines Per draft: provide draft to retailers, have public hearing, provide to Town Council Vote on approval of draft tobacco regs (latest one) approved unanimously Bonny Carroll: Inspections ongoing by her o ffi ce/collaborative Sending final copy of draft to Town Council Clerk to forward to local retailers to review Projected timeline for implementation: possibly May or June 2021, no foreseen obstacles d/t no big changes North Shore Public Health Council Survey of communities: behavioral health, housing, economic issues WBOH environmental health issue: pushed to include this in Chelsea, Winthrop Revere Focus on pollution from airport Grant from state to buy filters/monitoring equipment Sensors are in revere, Winthrop and East Boston Looking for sites in Chelsea ?Hepa filter funding in the future Individual units for homes. Schools have them already Cost of hepa filters are $300-500 Data to be gathered to present a case to Massport to foot the bill for more funding for wider dissemination of filters in community (current grant would be $36000 divided between several communities) Letter from Massport: environmental data report, comments due Feb 22 Airport Hazard committee Massport personnel changes Appointed by the Town Council Body art regs: voting on final draft: unanimously approved WINTHROP BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES JANUARY 12, 2021 Presentation of body art reg draft to town council will be by Astrid Weins, perhaps in March Email to the 2 businesses in town it pertains to per Sharon Sicurrella r 2021: High priority, medium and low Medical reserve Corps: Jean Maggio, coordinator: run flu/ rabies clinic with volunteers Public service announcements: Mike Cabral @ WCAT, director BOH Website: reorganization/updates Possibility of PSA for WCAT: diabetes-related Also Winthrop Transcript as a venue Town Manager report on Thursdays: another venue Second Tuesdays of the month are projected schedule of the meeting 630pm through June Next mtg Feb 9 Motion to adjourn @851pm, passed unanimously Next meeting Feb 9 orkplan fo Workplan fo