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0 After further discussion Mr. Lambie and Dr. Erdos suggested that a letter be written to Town *tanager regarding the Board's concern with the following: (1) State approval for this plan. (2) Concern for the increase in gy11s as a hazard to aviation in the area. (3) The leachate into the Shawsheen of not only the garbage but also any baiting program carried on. (4) The additional cost of an increased pest control program. (5) The concern over neighborhood control problems of the storage of garbage between trips to the landfill. The Board agreed that this plan would need a great deal of assessment before it was adopted. RIDGE Mr. Smith asked the Board if they wanted to approve the Preliminary ESTATES II Plan (when submitted) for Mr. Freeman's subdivision plan entitled Ridge Estates II. MOSQUITO CONTROL Mr. Lambie said if there was no strong objection we could approve it. Mr. Smith said if this was approved and Mr. Freeman submitted a Definitive Plan with septic systems he felt the Board should request the services of a private engineer. The Board agreed and instructed Mr. Smith to write to Town Manager requesting permission and funds to hire a private sanitary engineer to assist with the septic systems which have been made necessary by the sewer moratorium. Mr. Smith explained that Mosquito Control had requested two thousand dollars additional money on their budget. Mr. Smith went on to say that he did not think Town Manager was too familiar with the mosquito control program and what information he had so far was from Mr. Manfred Friedman. A meeting has been held with Town Manager, Mr. Mazerall, and Mr. Kevin Moran, East Middlesex Mosquito Control Commission. Mr. Smith went on to tell the Board that at the present time Mr. Friedman has been quoting information from an Environmental Impact State- ment which was required by the State following a spraying program after an encephalities outbreak. Mr. Moran will meet again with the Town Manager and the Selectmen and will be prepared to answer any questions which may be asked at that time. The additional monies requested for the Mosquito Control Budget will be used to keep the brooks running and hopefully more brook work can be done because it is important. At the present time the conservationists have been stopping a lot of this brook work and this is effecting the flow of the brooks. Mr. Smith reported that more "perc" tests were done at 1-5 Forbes Road but it was impossible to test the water table. He went on to say 1-5 FORBES that he flit that when the water table was tested in the Spring the ROAD whole lot would be under water. Mr. Smith said that because of the heavy rains today he had been HEAVY RAIN checking the sewers and they were high but at the pumping stations they were keeping things under control with the sluce gates. Dr. Cosgrove asked if there was any malfunction with the pumping station today and Mr. Smith said "No".