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Town of Lexington Noise Advisory Committee(NAC) Minutes of Meeting July 7,2021 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee ("NAC") was held via Zoom videoconference on Tuesday July 7, 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,Joe Campbell 1. Introductory Remarks Dan introduced the Committee to Joe Campbell who recently approached the Chair to offer his assistance in the NAC's work.Joe noted that amongst his qualifications he has a background in speech and language processing at MIT and is a member of the Acoustical Society of America.Joe has 43 years of experience in the field.The Committee welcomed Joe's participation in the NAC. 2. Issues Arising from June 28,2021 Select Board("SB") NAC Presentation Following the SB Meeting, Dan noted that it now appears that a Fall Town Meeting may take place. As a result, the schedule for the Committee's remaining tasks, including the GLB phase-out proposal, would now be accelerated. In addition to Dan's notes, circulated to the Committee following the SB Meeting, Dan noted that the SB was generally pleased with the Committee's outreach efforts to solicit feedback on the current draft proposal. A number of comments and suggestions were made during the meeting. In particular,Joe Pato and another Town Meeting member raised the issue of continuing to allow landscaping noise at 78 dB during clean-up periods.They asked whether there was a proposal to reduce the noise level over time. NAC also received comments regarding the proposal to permit Sunday GLB use during allowed clean-up periods. It was pointed out (without specific reference)that the Town does not currently permit Sunday landscaping activity. It was unclear where such a prohibition existed in the bylaws. Dan indicated that he had reviewed the bylaws and had not found this provision. He indicated he would attempt to follow up with Town staff. 3. Review and Discussion of Task List Dan circulated a proposed Task list which contained items to be completed by NAC members to address questions raised at the SB meeting and to prepare for an anticipated Fall Town Meeting.The list and those responsible for each item are as follows: