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Town of Lexington Noise Advisory Committee(NAC) Minutes of Meeting June 8, 2021 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee ("NAC") was held via Zoom videoconference on Tuesday June 8, 2021 at 7:00 PM. A quorum of four members was present. NAC Members Present: Dan Koretz (Chair), Vicki Blier, Nick Afshartous, Stewart Smith, April Wang Others Present: Mark Sandeen, Members of the Public 1. Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting The Committee reviewed the draft minutes from the NAC meeting held on May 5, 2021. Motion Stewart moved to approve the Minutes as presented and the Motion was seconded by Dan. Following a roll-call vote,the Minutes from the May 5th Meeting were approved unanimously. 2. Review of Comments following the April 27th and May 51h Landscaper Meetings and Potential Re-Draft of Proposed Regulations regarding times of use for Gas Leaf Blowers(GLB) Dan noted that the primary business to be conducted at the Meeting was the review and evaluation of input received from various contributors, including Landscapers and members of the public. He noted that the NAC had requested input on the issues of: 1) daily/weekly GLB hours of operation; and 2) proposed seasonal permitted operating periods for GLBs, on or by June 2, 2021. Dan shared with the Committee a summary document containing comments received from members of the public and landscapers regarding these issues. He noted that, following the May 5th meeting, there had been wide-spread distribution of the NAC's request for comments including on various Facebook pages, the Lexington List,via Joe Pato's Facebook page and via direct email to Landscapers. He noted that most comments included complaints about landscaping noise or requests for regulation of landscaping. Only 5%of those who provided an opinion supported no regulation of GLB noise.