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Noise Advisory Committee(NAC)
Minutes of Meeting October 14,2021
A meeting of the Noise Advisory Committee ("NAC") was held via Zoom videoconference on Thursday
October 7, 2021, at 7:00 PM. A quorum of three members was present.
NAC Members Present: Dan Koretz (Chair), Vicki Blier, Nick Afshartous, Stewart Smith, April Wang
Others Present: One member of the Public
1. Introductory Remarks
Dan convened the meeting at 7:00 pm and noted that the agenda would include the review and
approval of Minutes from the September 23, 2021 NAC Meeting, a review of draft revisions to the draft
bylaw by the Town solicitor and the formalization of a Task List among Committee members.
2. Approval of Minutes
The Committee reviewed Minutes form the September 23rd Meeting of the NAC which had been posted
on Slack in draft form. Stewart moved that Minutes be approved and the motion was seconded by Dan.
Following a roll-call vote, the motion was carried unanimously.
3. Review of Draft Revised Bylaw
Dan noted that he had received revisions to the draft bylaw from Mina Makariuos (Counsel for Town of
Lexington). Dan indicated that Mina had included a definition of"Commercial Landscaper" and the
Committee discussed whether that definition would be overly broad to include, for example, high school
students cleaning residential properties as a part-time job. Dan agreed to raise the question to Mina.
The Committee also discussed Mina's proposal to revise the date when the proposed bylaw would go
into effect to more effectively accommodate the uncertainty of when the bylaw would be approved by
the State Attorney General (assuming passage by the Town at the Special Town Meeting). Dan noted
that in the case of the Construction noise bylaw, it had taken longer than the anticipated 6 months to
achieve sign-off by the Attorney General.The Committee agreed to follow Counsel's advice on the
matter.
4. NAC Outreach Task List
Dan distributed a spreadsheet containing the names and contact information for each TM Member. He
also circulated a draft cover letter to TM members drafted by Vicki.
The Committee discussed and revised both documents and considered how to assign the TM Member
list among Committee members.
The Committee generally agreed that members should review the list which is shared on Google
Documents and update the list as each TM Member is contacted while also noting the nature of the
conversation with each.
April will focus primarily on the Chinese language TM Members while other NAC members would focus
on other precincts including their own. It was noted that three Committee Members reside in Precent 2.
Nick will focus on Precinct 2 and Stewart will contact members in other precincts including 6.
Stewart agreed to reach out to Judith Glixon. Nick will also reach out to Mark McConnell.
Dan would contact each of the individuals who had made complaints regarding GLB's.
Vicki agreed to revise and circulate a final draft cover letter for use by the Committee members. Vicki
will also circulate the revised FAQ document.
5. Next Meeting
The Committee agreed that the next meeting of the NAC take place at 7:OOpm on October 20, 2021.
6. Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.