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MINUTES NOISE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 29 JUNE 2004 MEETING LEXINGTON TOWN OFFICES Selectmen's Meeting Room, 7:30 P.M. NAC Members present: Tony Galaitsis, Chair, Noise Advisory Committee (NAC) Julian Bussgang, Jim Fearnside, Myla Kabat-Zinn, M. Wood Liaison persons present: Richard Pagett (Selectmen), Stew Kennedy (Bicycle Committee) David Pinsonneault (Public Grounds Superintendent) Members of the Public: Charles Hornig, Cynthia Johnson, Ingrid Klimoff, Brian Susnock Welcome, Introductions Participants introduced themselves Report of NAC Chairman: Tony Galaitsis contacted Chair of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, John Ott, asking him to recommend candidates from the business community to serve on the Committee. After the Chair receives the recommendations, he will circulate them to the NAC members. AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED 1. Special Permit Application Form Lexington’s Noise By-Law, Section 8(a), stipulates that a person seeking a Special Permit for any activity otherwise forbidden by the provisions of this By-Law make a written application to the Board of Selectmen, or designee, on the appropriate form. Presently, there is no such form available. The Committee will prepare the draft of such a form modeled on the form used by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Tony Galaitsis will prepare such a proposed draft form and will circulate it to the members of the Committee for review and comment. 2. Preston Road Massport Noise Monitor Massport operates one Noise Monitor in Lexington, located on Preston Road. This location was identified by the Hanscom Field Airport Noise Work Group (NWG) as unsatisfactory, because its noise level may be dominated by Rte. 128 traffic noise. The Selectmen charged NAC with recommending a replacement site. Massport wants the town to suggest a better site where electrical power for the monitor would be available, and the owner of the property would permit the monitor to be mounted on a pole. Massport is currently revamping the noise- monitoring network for Hanscom, so that a timely recommendation is in order. Tony Galaitsis and Julian Bussgang have examined the neighborhood and plan to come up with a recommendation soon. 3. NAC Plans & Projects The Committee plans to meet approximately 4 times a year to review the record of noise- related complaints to the Police Department, Board of Health, other town officials, and the matters and cases referred to them by the Board of Selectmen. NAC Minutes 6/29/2004 Page 1