March 1988 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
The monthly meeting of the Jericho-Underhill Water District was held on March 7, 1988, President David Damkot called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Those present were Trustee, Doug Keith, Operator, Marc Maheux, Clerk Sue Carter, Engineers Stan Wilbur and Jeff McDonald. Trustee, Harold Sargent was present at the end of the meeting.
The minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and accepted. The financial statement was reviewed and accepted.
Marc reported things seem to be going well. He had met with site administrator Ron Poor to review Poker Hill. He reported that there is a leak in front of the David Langlois property on Route 15. David would like to do the work himself. Sue will write a letter to David Langlois saying the leak should be fixed as soon as the ground has thawed and Marc can turn off curb stop. He should have the work done within 30 days of ground thaw.
Marc asked the Board about flushing well points in the Spring. The Board decided to have Marc do this work when his time allows. Marc asked about the work on Palmer Lane and said some engineering needs to be done prior to beginning the work.
Marc has been reading water usage at the pump house on Wednesdays to try to determine if the school (Browns River) is using an excessive amount of water as evidenced by their high meter reading from September - December. He read them during school time and again when school was on vacation and again when school was in session. He could not determine through these readings if the school was using an excessive amount of water.
Maple Ridge area was discussed about possible leaks. There is a lot of ground water in that area so it is hard to determine whether there is a leak or, not. David referred to a piece of material that Gary Lavigne presented to him saying that there was grass in the system. Upon testing by the State Health Dept it was found that this piece of material burned. It was concluded that this material came from his booster pump. Harold sent him a letter about this conclusion and stated that he should speak to the Board about what can be done to make his water system safe.
Palmer Lane: Bleakleys have not signed. Mr. Bleakley has sent Doug a deed drawn up by his lawyer. He has stated that he did not want to give the District 20' but 5' with the right to come in to 20'. Marc said that is not enough to do what needs to be done. Marc suggested that a deadline for this project be set and if the Bleakleys have not signed by that deadline than the work will not be done. David does not feel that the Bleakleys should be given a deadline since they have refused to meet any of the requests made of them.
Last month the Board worked with Webster Martin covering new funding rules and regulations with the Department of Conservation. They spent time reviewing contract for final design, made revisions and then approved the contract signed by the Board and delivered to engineers and state officials. Stan Wilbur spoke of and reviewed with the Board the pre-application for federal assistance. Jeff spoke of the Health Departments approval for well site which specifically asks for a 200' radius monitoring well in direction of up valley land. Harold will work up a program for monitoring and we should have aLsigned statement from the Dept. of Health.
The survey crew has started on the Bushnell property and will be laying flags soon.
Harold was not present to speak to the fluoride testing but the Board will check with him about whether the testing is being done.
Doug spoke with Chester Willey about fluoride testing and he said he would be willing to do the testing but has no desire to do more than just that. Doug will offer Chet the testing job on a Weekly basis at $15.00 a month.
David will meet with the Jericho Zoning Administration on March 17 to discuss a variance on the Mills property. Doug made a motion to give David permission to draft whatever letter is necessary to the Town of Jericho to request waiver of fees for zoning board and planning board hearings.
Bills were reviewed and signed.
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m.