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Town of Lexington Noise Advisory Committee(NAC) Minutes of Meeting October 14,2021 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee ("NAC") was held via Zoom videoconference on Thursday October 7, 2021, at 7:00 PM. A quorum of three members was present. NAC Members Present: Dan Koretz (Chair), Vicki Blier, Nick Afshartous, Stewart Smith, April Wang Others Present: One member of the Public 1. Introductory Remarks Dan convened the meeting at 7:00 pm and noted that the agenda would include the review and approval of Minutes from the September 23, 2021 NAC Meeting, a review of draft revisions to the draft bylaw by the Town solicitor and the formalization of a Task List among Committee members. 2. Approval of Minutes The Committee reviewed Minutes form the September 23rd Meeting of the NAC which had been posted on Slack in draft form. Stewart moved that Minutes be approved and the motion was seconded by Dan. Following a roll-call vote, the motion was carried unanimously. 3. Review of Draft Revised Bylaw Dan noted that he had received revisions to the draft bylaw from Mina Makariuos (Counsel for Town of Lexington). Dan indicated that Mina had included a definition of"Commercial Landscaper" and the Committee discussed whether that definition would be overly broad to include, for example, high school students cleaning residential properties as a part-time job. Dan agreed to raise the question to Mina. The Committee also discussed Mina's proposal to revise the date when the proposed bylaw would go into effect to more effectively accommodate the uncertainty of when the bylaw would be approved by the State Attorney General (assuming passage by the Town at the Special Town Meeting). Dan noted that in the case of the Construction noise bylaw, it had taken longer than the anticipated 6 months to achieve sign-off by the Attorney General.The Committee agreed to follow Counsel's advice on the matter. 4. NAC Outreach Task List Dan distributed a spreadsheet containing the names and contact information for each TM Member. He also circulated a draft cover letter to TM members drafted by Vicki.