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� fq <br />Town of Reading TOWNCLERK <br />RECEIVED <br />Meeting Minutes TOWN <br />a to iG RK <br />y <br />'�•%Iry(OPfOP <br />2023 MAR -8 PM 3: I, <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Climate Advisory Committee <br />Date: 2022-02-23 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Jeff Everson, Member; Celeste <br />Kracke, Member; Walt Talbot, Associate Member; Travis Estes, Associate <br />Member; <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Genady Pilyaysky, Member <br />Others Present: <br />Cathy Zeek. Community Garden <br />Gina Snyder, Member Emeritus <br />Simone Payment, Food Pantry Volunteer <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 />None <br />Community Garden Update - Celeste <br />• Approval given by the Conservation Commission - unanimous <br />• An issue about fencing and how to control critters <br />• Select Board approval not needed <br />• Garden considered an educational Improvement <br />• DPW improvements to be made including a water line, tree removal, cart path. <br />• Prep work to be completed by May 1 <br />• Gardener bed installation to be installed the first week of May (volunteers <br />welcome) <br />• Applications for gardeners being readied <br />• Planting to be started between May 15 and June 1 <br />• Interest in planting pollinator garden <br />• Chuck is the Garden Administrator with others doing the day to day activity <br />• Looking to form a 501(3)c organization to manage it <br />• Looking to create a "Friends of Community Garden" structure to similar to other <br />organizations in Town <br />Page I 1 <br />