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OF <br />o• ° Town of Reading <br />=i Meeting Minutes <br />1 '•axmro°P� <br />` Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Climate Advisory Committee <br />Date: 2015 -10 -14 <br />Building: Reading Town Hall <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: Bi- monthly meeting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Time: 7:00 PM <br />RECLIVLD <br />TOWN CLERK <br />READING, MASS. <br />SEC -9 A 151 i <br />Location: Conference Room <br />Joan Boegel, member; Ron D'Addario, member and chair; Gina Snyder, <br />associate member; Ray Porter, member; David Williams, associate member; <br />David Zeek, member; Laurie Ann Sylvia, member. <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Michele Benson, associate member <br />Others Present: <br />Jeffrey Everson, guest <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Joan Boegel <br />® Topics of Discussion: <br />• Review and Approval of recent meeting minutes. The minutes of September <br />23rd meeting (prepared by Gina Snyder) were reviewed and approved as amended. <br />Community Shared Solar <br />o Gina and Joan reported that the next CSS meeting with Tom 011ila at RMLD <br />will be held on Monday, October 19. <br />• Tom 011ila sent the CSS working group members a draft Request for <br />Proposal document for our review prior to the October 19th meeting. <br />• Ron asked whether Reading residents will be able to buy into the CSS <br />even though the first solar panels will be in Wilmington. The answer is <br />yes; however, because the the CSS program will replace "Green <br />Choice ", current "Green Choice" customers will have first preference to <br />participate in CSS. <br />• Jeffrey Everson mentioned that the Mass DOER enlisted Cadmus to <br />prepare a report regarding CSS model frameworks. Joan stated that <br />RMLD and the Committee had reviewed that report last year and were <br />familiar with the different models. <br />• Gas Leaks <br />o Ron reported on the Gas Leak meeting he attended in Quincy. National Grid, <br />a BU professor, and someone from City of Cambridge presented. <br />• Cambridge works with gas company to replace gas lines and pave <br />® roads and the same time. <br />• National Grid stated that the law would give them direction. With the <br />current situation, gas companies are conflicted between financial <br />Interest and fixing gas leaks. <br />Page I 1 <br />