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Town of Lexington Noise Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting of April 12, 2018 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee was held on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:00 pm in the Parker Room at the Town Offices. A quorum of three was present. Members Present: Nick Afshartous, Mark McConnell, Lee Minardi (Chair) Members Absent: Richard Canale (liaison), David Pinsonneault(staff) The meeting acted on the following items: • The sole purpose of the meeting was to determine if the committee should proceed in an effort to create a draft to enhance town bylaws with the goal of reducing noise and air pollution created by leaf blowers. The vote of the committee members present was in favor of drafting such bylaws. • The following assumptions will drive this activity: 1. The committee will focus on leaf blower noise alone. Other noise pollution issues can be addressed in the future. 2. Leaf blower noise is a problem in Lexington. 3. Leaf blowers do cause noise pollution. 4. Current Lexington bylaws are inadequate in providing guidelines and restrictions on leaf blower use. 5. Leaf blowers can be an effective tool for professional lawn care companies and residents. Their needs should be addressed. 6. Any bylaw created in this effort should be as easy as possible to be enforced. • The process will be to: 1. Review current Lexington bylaws. 2. Research and assess what other nearby town have implemented. 3. Meet with representative of other towns, lawn care company owners, police, to determine what works and what doesn't for mitigating leaf blower noise in their communities. 4. Meet with representatives of Lexington stakeholders and concerned groups including: DPW, Board of Health, Sustainable Lexington, and Lexington Global Warming Action Committee. 5. Hold open public meetings to get input and inform committee progress (fall 2018). 2018-04-12-NAC-min.l.d ocx