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Town of Reading - Meeting Minutes <br />Tree Plantings in Reading <br />• Gena looked over the Arlington tree replacement policy <br />• Looking to connect with the Reading Tree Warden to talk about town actions <br />• Travis to look at Arlington staff person about their tree replacement policy <br />• Creation of "special" trees (legacy trees) <br />• Tree planting policies often do not address native vs invasive species <br />• Goal is to define the value of trees as a carbon sequestration and responsibilities for <br />maintaining all trees in Town <br />Discussions with Other Town Committees <br />• Role in protecting trees <br />• Need to define the reasons for meeting. Is it to be specific to a single topic or look <br />more broadly for shared interests <br />Polystyrene Bylaw <br />• Laura Gemme issued an email saying that the bylaw is now in effect. <br />• Fidel wants to put together a "marketing plan" to promote the bylaw <br />• Help business identify whether they are using polystyrene and what are the <br />alternatives <br />• Have help with Town Hall to prepare graphics link to a website for additional <br />information <br />Heating/Cooling Survey for 2023 <br />• Already received 2,875 <br />• Walt processes the first 1,000 responses <br />• Significant decrease in the use of oil, and growth in the use of heat pumps <br />• There was also a strong increase in the interest in converting to HP for primary <br />heating <br />Goals of this Committee for 2023 <br />• Current commitments <br />o Polystyrene ban <br />o Heating / cooling survey for 2023 <br />• Green Community Application <br />o Previously lead through Town Planning <br />o Need to pass article at Town Meeting (fee contribution) <br />o RMLD to implement charging system <br />• Solar Installations on Town Building Roofs <br />• Heat Pumps Adoption <br />• Energy Stretch Code Adoption <br />• Transportation topics <br />• Create a survey of Town engagement and priorities (Travis and Genady) <br />Calendar of Coming Events <br />3/8 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom <br />Next meeting 3/8/2023 at 7:00 pm <br />Page 1 2 <br />