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Town of Lexington Noise Advisory Committee(NAC) Minutes of Meeting August 26, 2020 A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee ("NAC")was held via Zoom videoconference on Wednesday August 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM.A quorum of four members was present. NAC Members Present: Dan Koretz (Chair), Mark McConnell,April Wang, Nick Afshartous, Stewart Smith Others Present:Jamie Banks (Quiet Communities), Rick Reibstein (Sustainable Lexington), Stella Carr (Sustainability Director Lexington),Judith Glixon (Volunteer),Ashley Lieberman (Local resident) Opening Remarks 1. Approval of the Minutes Dan presented the minutes of the July 8, 2020 meeting.The committee voted to accept them. The Committee was also pleased to receive the input of Ashley Leiberman, a Lexington Resident,who attended the virtual meeting and shared her views regarding the negative impacts of gas-powered leaf blowers (GLB). She noted that in addition to being very annoying, GLBs caused mental health and hearing issues. She expressed support for regulation.The Committee thanked her for her input. Review of Action Items/New Business 2. One Pager and PowerPoint Deck The Committee discussed the content of the One Page briefing document ('One Pager") prepared by Dan (included with these Minutes). Following substantive input from the Committee which included a question from Jamie regarding whether"string trimmers" should be included in the proposed regulation GLB,the following motions were passed: • Moved by the Chair that"string trimmers" be excluded from the One Pager and proposed GLB regulation. Seconded by several members of the Committee. After a vote, the Motion was passed unanimously. • Moved by Stewart that Dan be given authority to finalize the One Page briefing document incorporating the Committee's feedback and a schematic from Jamie in order that community outreach efforts using the document can begin during September