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197 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JUNE 14, 1968 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held June 1t, 1968 at 7:00 P. M. in the Selectmen's Room of the•Town Office Building. Members present were, R. L. McQuillan, Chair- man, Dr. William Cosgrove, Dr. Charles Colburn and Robert Heustis, Director of Health. The minutes of the May 5, 1968 meeting and the Special 1°leeting May 28, 1968 were approved as read. The area known as the "Old Res" was again discussed by OLD RES the Board. Mr. McQuillan reported that although the Board MARRETT of Health and the Selectmen both disapproved the development "RD., of this area for bathing purposes at the Town Meeting the article on the warrant was passed. Following the Special Meeting of the Board with Mr. Cortel and Mr. Bond of the Recreation Committee a letter was sent to the Board of Selectmen, prior to the Special Town Meeting, stating that further bio -engineering studies should be made of the 'Res' before any development of this area was started. A letter has been received from John C. Collins, Director Division of Sanitary Engineering, State Department of Public Health confirming the findings as stated in our report to the Town Meeting and the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Collins has also offered the assistance of one of his engineers in carrying out this additional study during the summer of 1968A The Board discussed the laws available governing swimming areas and agreed that rules and regulations should be adopted by the Board which would govern natural bathing areas. The State Sanitary Code covers swimming pools but as far as can be determined there is no ruling requiring a Board of Health to approve a pond or area before a bathing place is developed. The Board instruced Mr. Heustis to contact the State Health Department to see if there was any laws governing natural bathing areas, before and after development. Mr. Heustis showed the Board acopy of the rules that the Town of Winchester has adopted governing bathing places such as this. The Board asked that copies of these be sent to them for further study. Dr. Colburn suggested that as the State report coincided with our report to the Selectmen,and in view of the fact, that Mr. Cortel, Consulting Biologist, at the special meeting was not willing to guarantee that his proposals would develop the 'Old Res' in a satisfactory way to assure that all public health standards would be maintained a letter be written to the Select- men recommending that no action be taken by the Town on this development until further studies had been made by qualified per- sonnel. He said he felt we should go on record to the Selectmen that we disapproved this project until further study had been made.