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RECEIVED 2021 30 III , IM pui °m Town of Lexington TOWN CLERK LEXINGTON MA Noise Advisory Committee(NAC) Minutes of Meeting November 10,2021 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee ("NAC")was held via Zoom videoconference on Wednesday November 10, 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: Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Suzie Barry(Select Board), 1 member of the Public 1. Introductory Remarks Dan convened the meeting at 7:00 pm and took the roll of NAC members in attendance. After calling the meeting to order he referred to the posted agenda for the meeting. He indicated that there were several items for the Committee's consideration. 2. Approval of Minutes The Committee reviewed Minutes from the November 4, 2021, meeting of the NAC which had been posted on Slack in draft form. Dan moved that the Minutes be approved, and the motion was seconded by Nick. Following a roll-call vote,the motion was carried unanimously. 3. Committee Business a) Mass Email of updated Fact Sheet The Committee discussed the mass email of the updated Fact Sheet to the Town Meeting Members.The Committee reviewed and discussed several proposed changes to the text of the cover email. Nick agreed to finalize the cover email and then send the updated Fact Sheet out as soon as possible.The same message will also be sent out shortly before Town Meeting. b) Proposed Amendment of Article 10 Dan noted that ahead of the consideration of Article 10, a proposed amendment by Town Meeting Member Steven Kaufman had been submitted.The proposal involved increasing the time for GLB phaseout from 2025 (as proposed by the NAC in Article 10) to 2027 (for both landscapers and Town residents). Dan displayed the proposed amendment with changes to the Article appearing in redline. Mark stated that, procedurally,the Town Moderator at Town Meeting would be looking for an indication as to whether the NAC will support the proposed amendment and, should the proposed amendment be accepted by Town Meeting,whether the NAC will still be in favor of the Article.