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o� Orq�r <br />Town of Reading RE EIVED <br />?� ir,,r Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK <br />�� READING, �M�/A. <br />6JY'pCOAY••P "r <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2323 MAR -8 PM 3; 1 <br />Climate Advisory Committee <br />Date: 2022-02-09 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; Genady <br />Pilyaysky, Member; Walt Talbot, Associate Member; Travis Estes, Associate <br />Member; <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Celeste Kracke, Member <br />Others Present: <br />Usha Pillia, North Reading Recycling Committee <br />Joyce Losick-Yang, Sustainability Coordinator for Andover <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 />Presentation by Joyce Losick-Yang Sustainability Coordinator for Andover <br />Introduction of committee members to Joyce <br />• 17 out of 54 communities in Middlesex County have Sustainability Staff <br />• Sustainability function reports to Town Manager, Planning Director or DPW <br />• Work cuts across various Town Departments <br />• Background of people holding the position are diverse <br />• Salary $60 to 110K <br />• Operational cost $10 to 30K to provide support services <br />For Andover, grant funding was $215 to 235K vs staff cost of about $100K <br />• Implementation of projects depends on the support of the town staff. <br />• Value beyond returning funding is the benefit to individual town residents <br />• The position is outward facing involving the community and town staff <br />Community Garden Update <br />• Celeste Meeting with Conservation Commission <br />• Working on a gardener subscriber agreement <br />Page i 1 <br />