submitted by Meryl Phair

Present:

• Charles Kenny, Chair
• Henry Schwerner
• Rae Williams

Also present: Jim Wilusz (Tri-Town Health), Michael Canales (Town Administrator), Adam Mazzantini (Foresight Land Services) Bill Loutrel and Tom Fynan (Stockbridge Residents)

1. Unanimous approval of the June 3rd meeting minutes.
2. Election of officers.
   1. Charles Kenny suggested, following the announcement of the newly elected officers, that the current officers continue in their positions until the end of the meeting. This procedural suggestion was approved by all board members.
   2. Kenny opened the floor to nominations for the position of chair of the Stockbridge BOH. Kenny was nominated and unanimously approved.
   3. Schwerner was nominated and unanimously approved as secretary of the BOH.
3. Public hearing
   1. A variance was requested by Foresight Land Services for a well site at 20 Mahkeenac Shores Road. The BOH is required to conduct a public hearing for all variance requests as it may affect the abutters (owners of adjoining property).
   2. Adam Mazzantini, an engineer from Foresight, presented a detailed construction plan and explained the reasoning behind the variance request as follows: The applicant is looking for year-round water supply as opposed to the current seasonal supply, other properties in the area have had similar variance requests approved, and the specified location would be easy access for maintenance.
   3. The variance request is comprised of four parts:
      1. Property Line Variance: Regulation requires construction of the well 30 ft. from property line and the applicant has requested 4 ft.
      2. Public Way Variance: Regulation requires construction of the well 25 ft. from any public way and the applicant requests 12 ft.
      3. Driveway Variance: Regulation requires construction of the well 25 ft. from a driveway and the applicant requests 3 ft.
      4. Underground Variance: Regulation requires construction of the well 200 ft. from any underground storage tank and the applicant has requested 31 ft.
   4. Abutters Loutrel and Fynan were present and asked a few clarification questions but did not oppose variance.
      1. Discussion on the road, as it is private not town-owned; notification to the abutters of the variance request.
      2. Better slurry pit detail.
      3. Better detail on protecting the well head in the driveway.
      4. Information on where the abutters’ underground storage tanks are.
   5. BOH continued hearing and deferred vote until receipt of the additional information was made available; hearing on Monday, August 30, 10am, via Zoom.
4. Stockbridge Bowl monitoring updates. Kenny received a report about the cyanobacteria in the lake compared to levels tested last year and explained the contents of the report to the board. In response to this report the Town has stepped up testing based on various developments regarding the lake cyanobacteria bloom, water layers, etc.
5. The meeting moved to age-friendly updates.
   1. Williams suggested having a designated area for disabled and elderly to drop off trash and recycling at the transfer station.
   2. Canales will coordinate with Kenny to see what options are available and which funding sources could potentially be used.
   3. Wilusz requested to set up a meeting with BRPC to further discuss potential age friendly projects in Stockbridge and receive access to any relevant information they may have.
   4. Wilusz and Williams will put together a request on behalf of the BOH to BRPC to ask for available information regarding Age Friendly Berkshires work. This request will be discussed at the next BOH meeting.
6. Wilusz then gave an update regarding Tri-Town Health.
   1. The Southern Berkshire public health collaborative is going well.
   2. Tri-Town Health has been meeting with school districts to discuss COVID-19 response and have been giving schools their recommendations which included masking inside (at least for a period of time) in response to the delta variant surge.
   3. Some schools and municipal buildings in the county have started issuing mask mandates regardless of vaccination status such as Berkshire Hills and Greylock.
   4. Health professions are tracking cases reported in the area.
   5. Each town is discussing with Tri-Town Health whether they will put forth masking advisories.
   6. Kenny suggested getting Tri-Town Health together to approve a Tri-Town mask advisory. Wilusz will see if it can be scheduled for the last week of August and it will go on the agenda for the next meeting.