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Mark S also noted that a presentation to the Select Board will be required on December 16,2019 at the Select Board meeting in order to gain their support for the Bylaw revision. The presentation (Powerpoint) must be submitted by December 12,2019. The Powerpoint presentation should include a few slides including the following information: 1"slide: "The Noise Committee is looking for the Board's recommendation to put on the Warrant" 2"d slide: Include information about what is being proposed with background info,discuss what neighboring towns are doing,and what we want to do. We discussed some of the background information that could be included,as follows: The Bylaw revision is motivated by numerous complaints about Lincoln street to the Noise Committee and the Board of Selectmen. We reviewed the bylaws of 17 neighboring towns. Our proposed revisions are mainly based on Winchester's bylaws because they came close to a compromise between the needs of the residents and commercial companies. Lexington's current noise restrictions are loose when compared with many of the other town's bylaws and we feel that we are behind the ball with respect to protecting our citizens. Final slide should be the same as the first slide asking Board to recommend the proposed Bylaw revisions. Also,the presentation should indicate that we have met with Kari Sasportas, Director of Public Health and gained her support for the Bylaw revision. Dan K agreed to create the Powerpoint presentation. As part of the process for submitting the Warrant and motion,a petition with 10 to 20 signatures is due by December 19,2019 to the Town Clerk including the Motion and Warrant. The first signature on the petition should be the person who will present the Bylaw revision during the Town Meeting in March, ideally a Town Meeting member who is supportive of the Bylaw revision. Laura Carpenter is a potential Town Meeting member that Holly can contact. Multiple members of the Noise Committee can get petition forms in order to collect signatures and the multiple petition forms can be combined for submittal to the Town Clerk. Mark S also noted that it is recommended to get support for the Bylaw revisions prior to the Town Meeting in March. He suggested that Noise Committee members attend precinct meetings on Feb 14(usually at Clarke Middle School)to get someone from each precinct to support the construction bylaw revisions. Other groups that were suggested were: Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), League of Women Voters, Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL) and possibly some other civic/cultural groups. Attending these meetings would have the effect of building awareness and credibility of the Noise Committee by increasing visibility of our group. Public Awareness campaign We reviewed the purpose of the Lawn Care Equipment Noise Bylaw public awareness campaign and Dan felt that the main purpose is that we are trying to gain support and involvement from people. We also discussed the strategy and timing of the campaign. We felt that there could be two or more campaigns that address different topics. Two examples given were: • Educating people that they can use alternatives to gas-powered equipment