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217 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING December 18, 1953 A regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Friday, December 18th., 1953 at 3.00 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building. Mr. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. 'Cosgrove, and Mr. Cole were present. Mr. Richard Jackson, Health Sani- tarian and the Clerk were also present. At 3.20 P.M. Mr. James Carrig and Mr. Robert Carrig met with the Board re: Minute Man Highlands, bection 4. Minute Man H lds.�l Mr. Cole said he had looked over the report made by Whitman & Howard very carefully and was rather dubious about it. This set-up calls for 81 houses and some of this land is swamp. Mr. Carrig agreed this was so, but stated that they had the same condition in Section 1 and 3, and it worked out sat- isfactorily with no water whatever in the cellar. Mr. McQuillan agreed that some of the land was good and could be approved for building but certain lots could not be approved in their present condition. Mr. Cole said that even if fill was put in the swamp, you would still be faced with the brook being contati.nated. According to Whitman & Howard's report they do not approve of this section. Mr. McQuillan stated that the Board is doing all the engineering to produce lots for the developer, also fearful that we might have all kinds of trouble with sewage. To put sewers in later would cost over one million dollars in this section. Mr. Carrig stated that in Section 1, they suggested the system of having the engineer check the area and paid the engineer's fee in Section 1, 2, and 3 to do this, and agreed to do anything that the Board suggested. The Board expressits desire to talk this situation over with Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard and get a more detailed report and would then get in touch with Mr. Carrig. Mr. Carrig retired at 3.55. Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard met with the Board at 4.00 P.M. to discuss the problem arising in the Battle Green subdivision and also the Minute Man Highlands Section 4 development. Mr. Lucas - I haven't area but apparently it is sewer. It plugged up the field to the main street. tor pipe which plugged up Battle Green had a chance to see the Battle Green plugged up where it goes into the stone trench coming from the leaching Mr. Jackson said it was the collec- , so it couldn't go into the stone drain.