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1 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETIA— MAY 3, 1968 The regular meeting of the Board of health was held Friday, May 3, 1968 at 7:00 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room of the Town v Office Building. Members present were: R. L. McQuillan, Chair man, Dr. William Cosgrove, Dr. Charles Colburn and Director of Public Health Robert C. Heustis. Minutes of the April 5, 1968 Meeting were approved as read. Mr. TcQuillan explained to the Board that Dr. Howard Foley 5 Harrington Road, was coming in to discuss the violation of HOWARD his animal permit to keep horses. His original permit was for FOLEY 3 horses, because of complaints received from the parishoners ANIMAL of the Unitatian Church an inspection was made by Mr. Heustis PERMIT on April 25, 1968 and there were 8 horses on the premises. Mr. Heustis wrote to Dr. Foley, after this inspection, or- dering him to reduce the number of horses to the original 3. The renewal application for 1968 has been filed and they have increased the number to 8. The Board briefly discussed the regulation for keeping horses, the size of the manure pile in the Foley's yard, the location of this propery and the complaints received. At 7:30 P. M. Dr. Foley and his daughter Jane came before the Board. Mr. McQuillan said he thought it would be easier if Dr. Foley explained the situation and also how so many horses had been added in the years time. Dr. Foley explained that when they took out the original per- mit they had 3 horses but his daughter Jane, a physical education instructor, teaches riding at a surmier camp in Maine, and acquired these school horses to take with her to Maine. He went on to say he never gave it a thought that he was violating his permit. The horses will be moved to Maine around the 21st of June, and in September they plan to bring back to Lexington only 5 horses. The Board stated that the regulations state 1 acre of land or more for 1 horse, but the area must be suitable to the Board of Health. They said they knew Dr. Foley had approximately 2 acres of land, but he was located almost in the center of Town and certainly 8 horses were too many for the area and location. Mr. McQuillan asked about the manure pile and if Dr. Foley had made any arrangements to have this removed. Dr. Foley agreed that the manure pile was bad, he said with the snow and cold this winter their was no way of removing it, one truck load has been taken out and he was trying to get someone with a truck to clean out the rest of it, he also stated that if he could not get someone with a truck he would clean it out himself with his trailer. He went on to explain that the reasons conditions were as they are was because they had been negotiating a land -swap