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`P rAGO <br />�� Town of Reading RECEIVED <br />�r, Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK <br />c, it READING, MA. <br />•�•'INCo appP <br />Board -Committee -Commission -Council: <br />2023 MAR -8 PM 3 09 <br />Climate Advisory Committee <br />Date: 2021-05-26 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Celeste Kracke, Member; Denise <br />McCarthy, Member; Peter MacGown, Associate Member <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Jeff Everson; Member; Travis Estes, Associate Member; <br />Others Present: <br />Gina Snyder, Member Emeritus <br />Genady Pilyaysky <br />Morgan Kruegler, Guest/Resident <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Meeting was held via a Zoom Conference Call <br />Welcome to Members and Guests <br />Review minutes, vote on acceptance <br />Meeting minutes for 04/28/2021 has been accepted as amended. <br />EV Charging Stations / Electrification <br />• Placement of EV stations at commercial locations <br />• Jordan's / Home Depot / REI / Calareso's / Burbank Y / Home Goods <br />• Golf Club, fitness centers, grocery stores <br />• Genady offers to look at time of stays for local businesses <br />• Reading/No. Reading Chamber for possibly interested locations <br />• Need to know who owns parking lot <br />• Different chargers have faster charging rates <br />Community Garden Grant <br />• Denise spoke with Wakefield DPW on their community gardens <br />• Wakefield Dept. of Recreation got a $57K grant from Jason Lewis <br />• Looking for locations - near Greenwood <br />• Held a public forum <br />• Issues: parking, walkability near rail line. <br />• Black Earth Compost - managing gardens <br />• Started last year, $50/year based on lottery <br />• Added signage this year <br />• Need to talk with the Town about locations <br />Page 1 1 <br />