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Town of Lexington Noise Advisory Committee (NAC) Minutes of Meeting July 8,2020 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee ("NAC")was held via Zoom videoconference on Wednesday July 8, 2020 at 7:00 PM. A quorum of four members was present. NAC Members Present: Dan Koretz (Chair), Mark McConnell,April Wang, Nick Afshartous, Mark Sandeen, Stewart Smith Others Present: Rick Reibstein (Sustainable Lexington), Stella Carr(Sustainability Director Lexington), Michelle Ciccolo (State Representative), Lee Minardi (Past NAC Chair),Judith Glixon (Volunteer) Opening Remarks Dan presented the minutes of the June 10, 2020 meeting.The committee voted to accept them. Review of Action Items/New Business Dan addressed the Action Items contained within the Minutes from the June 10, 2020 meeting. He requested that the items be divided up among committee members/volunteers and the establishment of deadlines for completion.The Committee agreed. As per the numbered Action items: 1. Dan will undertake to update the list of Towns which have regulated lawn equipment. Nick indicated that Jamie has a similar list and agreed to provide Dan with a copy. It was agreed that this item, along with the following item number 2 take place as soon as possible. Updated information will be used to create concise talking points for use during presentations to various community groups, health organizations and community leaders. After discussing this item the Committee agreed that updates to the list should ideally include: • Any changes to the situation in the towns in the Committee's existing list. • What lawn equipment is covered (e.g. including blowers, lawn mowers etc.) • What restrictions are in place for electric equipment(noise levels etc.) • Information on the successes and failures of efforts in different towns. • Identifying towns which have outright bans and/or phase-out provisions and the length of such phase-outs • Information on the hours and dates of permitted operation of all lawn equipment.