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<br /> <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />NOISE ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />30 SEPTEMBER 2004 MEETING <br />LEXINGTON TOWN OFFICES <br /> <br />Selectmen's Meeting Room, 7:30- 8:27 <br />PM. <br /> <br />NAC Members present: <br /> (NAC) Martha Wood, Acting Chair <br /> Julian Bussgang, Jim Fearnside, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Ted Page <br /> <br />Liaison persons present: <br />Lt.Mark Corr (Police Department) <br /> <br />Members of the Public: <br /> Brian Susnock <br /> <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED <br /> <br />th <br /> <br />1.Minutes of the September 14 meeting <br />These minutes were reviewed and accepted as written. They will be sent to the town clerk. <br /> <br /> <br />2.Review of the letter to the Selectmen regarding the Arlex Noise Mitigation Proposal. <br />Arlex Oil, in a letter to the Selectmen dated August 14, had outlined a range of options for <br />mitigation of noise at its Arlex facilities in Lexington. The Selectmen had asked the NAC to <br />comment on this letter. A draft letter to the Selectmen had been prepared, and was reviewed <br />at this meeting. Some corrections were made to the draft letter and a motion was made and <br />accepted to approve the letter as amended. The letter will be sent to the Selectmen by Tony <br />Galaitsis. <br /> <br />3. Special Permit Application Form <br />Lexington’s Noise By-Law, Chapter 80, Section 8a, stipulates that a person seeking a Special <br />Permit for any activity otherwise forbidden by the provisions of this By-Law make a written <br />application to the Board of Selectmen, or designee, on the appropriate form. Presently, there is <br />no such form available. Tony Galaitsis agreed to draft a form to be filled out by the applicant <br />for a special permit. <br /> <br />4. Preston Road Massport Noise Monitor <br />Massport operates one Noise Monitor in Lexington, located on Preston Road. This location <br />was identified by the Hanscom Field Airport Noise Work Group (NWG) as unsatisfactory, <br />because its noise level may be dominated by Rte. 128 traffic noise. The Selectmen charged <br />NAC with recommending a replacement site. Massport wants the town to suggest a better site <br />where electrical power for the monitor would be available, and the owner of the property <br />would permit the monitor to be mounted on a pole. Massport is currently revamping the noise- <br />monitoring network for Hanscom, so that a timely recommendation is in order. <br /> <br />Tony Galaitsis and Julian Bussgang have examined the neighborhood and plan to come up <br />with a recommendation soon. <br /> <br />5. Logs of Complaints <br />NAC Minutes 9/14/2004 <br /> <br />