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1 1 515 -2- Mr. Smith received a letter from David Henley, Supt. of the E.M.M.C.P. MOSQUITO because Mr. Henley had received a letter from Mr. Anthony Rutti of 4 Donald COMPLAINTS Street in regard to mosquitoes in his yard. Mr. Henley feels there is not enough wetlands in the area of where Mr. Rutti lives to do any mosquito control but he feels the extensive wetlands across Bedford Street is causing the problem. There is also a small wetland area between Eldred Street and the Drummer Boy Way to aggravate the situation. Mr. Henley said that currently there is a lack of a mosquito control program in the Donald Street area during the non -Eastern Encephalitis periods. He said there are two control methods that could be undertaken to reduce mosquito problems but they are not used in Lexington. The first, truck mounted aerosol spraying, is not used in Lexington unless there is a disease -threaten- ing situation. The second one that could be used is by helicopter with BTI granules to control mosquito larvae in the wetlands areas. BTI is approved for use by the town but the use of a helicopter has not been established at this time because of the cost but in another year the cost/expense may be settled and the BTI may be utilized for the swamp areas. Dr. Asarkof said that Mr. Rutti should be answered and Mr. Smith said he would write him a letter. Mr. Smith mentioned to the Board that he had received a rather informal VINCENT letter from Vincent Bucc. (Wood stove smoke complaint). We also had received BUCCA a form to be filled out from Mass General Hospital and we sent it to Vincent There is some kind of an oil leak in the Douglass's home area. Mr. Douglass was getting a smell of oil in his house at the corner of Mass and Worthen. OIL There seems to be some kind of an oil tank leak and Arlex Oil is working on LEAK the problem at the Douglass's. Mr. Smith told the Board that the Rabies Clinic has been set for June 5th RABIES and June 6th, 1986 and Dr. Smith will be doing the clinic this year. CLINIC Mr. Lambie wanted to know if they should regulate our rDNA Regulations. rDNA The Board said that our regulations prohibit BL3 and BL4. They feel that the regulations are not quite clear and that they need to make some changes to clarify and make them clearer. The Board also needs to formally change the Biohazard. Committee (name) to the Biosafety Committee. At 7:30 p.m. Jayne Tapia, M.S.N., Executive Director of the Visiting Nurses and Community Health, Inc. came before the Board to discuss what the Visiting Nurses role is in the community in regard tothe Board of Health. Also ac- companying Jayne was Glenda Green, R.N., Supervisor for the Lexington area. Gary Davis, Minute Man Home Care, Rita Sullivan, Lexington Housing Authority, Betty Mangan, Countryside Village President, Jeff Licht, Town Meeting Member, Linda Cre Vine, Director of the C.O.A. and Dorothy Boggia, Chairperson of the C.O.A. also attended the meeting.