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Town of Lexington Noise Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting of July 10, 2019 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee was held on Wednesday,July 10, 2019 at 7:30 PM in the Parker Room of the Town Hall. A quorum of five members was present. Members Present: Nick Afshartous, Dan Koretz, Lee Minardi (Chair), Holly Sweet, Mark Sandeen (Selectman). Other attendees present: Jamie Banks —Founder and Executive Director of Quiet Communities, Rick Reibstein—Lexington resident and lecturer at Boston University, . Previous Meeting Minutes The minutes of the May 22, 2019 meeting were accepted. Holly Sweet Introduction Holly is the a new full voting member of the committee. She provided a brief background of her interest in joining the committee. More data from surrounding towns. Holly suggested that we get more data about the noise bylaws of surrounding towns to potentially reference in the formulation of our bylaw changes and the our public awareness campaign. It was decided not to gather more information at this time as the general consensus was that we had enough information for the immediate future. Enforcement of decibel limits A discussion of the experience that other towns have had with enforcing decibel noise limits was had. Jamie stated that it was very difficult to evaluate the effectiveness due to logistical issues (e.g., noise source gone by the time a measurement could be made) and the reluctance of police departments to get involved. Dan offered that some town use the noise limit label of units as the indicator of compliance to a decibel limit. Rick proposed the use of a cell phone app to record noise levels and images of offenders. The information could be used to notify violators of the infringement. In addition, a web site could be used by residents to register complaints. The discussion concluded that quantified noise limits should be included in our noise bylaw proposal and that the manufacturer ANSI noise level specification could be the primary tool for evaluating a units noise level. New Noise Bylaw Version 7/10/2019 2019 07 10-NAC-min.docx