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481 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MAY 22, 1961 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Friday May 22, 1961 at 3:00 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building. Members present were Mr. R.L. McQuillan, Chair- man, Dr. William Cosgrove and Health Officer, Mark D. Lurvey. The minutes of the April meeting were approved as read. The minutes of the Special Meeting, April 28, 1961 were approved as read. Mr. Steve Russian requested to come before the Board to dia- LOT 29 cuss Lot 29, Rolfe Road. Mr. Russian said in tivo previous meetingsROLFE RD one with the Board in April and the other with Mr. Cole, Mr. Lurvey and Mr. McQuillan in the Health Office, he understood that if the grading plans for Lot 29, Rolfe Road, submitted by EverettM. Brooks Co., were approved by Whitman & Howard, Inc., then Mr. Lurvey would sign the permit for the Building Department in order that a Building Permit could be issued on this Lot. Mr. Russian further stated that his client had not bought Lot 29, Rolfe Road and the only reason he was pressing the issue of a letter to be written, approving Lot 29, Rolfe Road, from Mr. Lurvey was a point of honor to him. Mr. Lurvey explained that he, under explicit order from Mr. Cole and the Board, could not write a letter approving Lot 29, Rolfe Road unless a sentence stating that the Board of Health reserves the right to approve or reject this Lot if the grading plans as submitted fail to solve the problem of standing water on this Lot. Mr. Lurvey further stated that no engineering company could posi- tively guarantee that a certain grading plan would work without first carrying out the plan. Mr. Russian said he was trying to get this letter and plan carried out at that time when his client was interested in Lot 29, Rolfe Road. The question of dollars and cents was important to his client. Mr. Lurvey said as the plans stand now we see no reason why they won't work but the Board cannot just say go ahead until the grading is done and we see that it will solve the existing prob- lem. When the grading is done a re -inspection will be made. Mr. McQuillan and Dr. Cosgrove read Mr. H.S.B. White's letter which stated that enclosed were the grading plans for Lot 29 Rolfe Road anc, Lot 28 Fessenden Way, as prepared by Everett M. Brooks, Co. Mr. White went on to say that it was their understanding that (1) this plan had received approval of Whitman & Howard, Inc. as re- quested by the Board at its meeting April 21, 1961, (2) That the work represents all the work to be done and no additional require- ments are to be imposed, (3) that the building permit will be iss- ued when the work shown on the Plan is done (except for the grading around the house and septic tank areas which is to be done after installation of the foundation walls and sewage disposal system.) Mr. Lurvey said he did not feel he should answer that letter until he had talked to Harold Stevens, Town Council. Mr. Lurvey