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437 next Tuesday, September 20, 1960 by 5:00 P.M. A special meeting will be held by the Board and a definite time fixed by the Board for the ter- mination of the Walnut Farm Trust Piggery on Thursday evening, September 22, 1960 at 8:00 P.M. The Board will welcome a discussion with a com- mittee of three from the Minute Man Highland Association before next Thursday. It was agreed that the Board of wealth members would met with three members of the Minute Man Highland Association Tuesday, Sept- ember 20 at 7:30 P.M. in the Health Department Offices. Mr. Tom Osborne, 37 Webster Road, asked if the Town would do anything about the rat situation in the Minute Man Highland area? Mr. McQuillan replied that he asked Mr. Stevens, Town Council, about that and Mr. Stevens stated that legally the Board had no right to go onto private property to exterminate the rats but Mr. McQui±lan stated further the Board: was• ready -=and willing -to help relieve this rat situation in everyway they legally can. Mr. Lurvey explained that because of the number of complaints of rats in the Minute Man Highland area he had called in Mr. Patterson, Rodent expert of the Waltham Chemical Co., and Mr. Lurvey and Mr. Patterson made a house to house survey of the homes from which com- plaints had been received. Mr. Lurvey submitted Mr. Patterson's report to the Board. Mr. McQuillan read this report aloud to the Board and the group present at this meeting. Mr. McQuillan stressed the sentence in the rat survey report which stated that empty lots could be a harborage for rats. A question was asked by a member of the Minute Man Highland area who was responsible for the empty lots. Mr. McQuillan stated the land owner is still responsible because the Health Department annot legally go onto private property to exterminate rats. Mr. Mairson, Minute Man Highland Member, asked who determined where the rat survey was made. Mr. Lurvey stressed the fact that he at the expense of the health Department called in Mr. Patterson to make this survey and only at the homes where complaints had been received by the Health Department Office. A member asked if a copy of the report of Mr. Patterson, Waltham Chemical Co. expert, could be made so that the members of the Minute Man Highland Association could read it and digest this report at a later date? Mr. McQuillan said the health Department would be glad to see that a copy of this report was sent to the Minute Man Highland Association. Mrs. Tom Osborn, Webster Road, asked if they called other people in the Minute Man Highland area and those people called in to complain about the rats in their area would Mr. Lurvey make an investigation Mr. Lurvsy assured Mrs. Osborn that every complaint would be thourghly investigated.