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April 8, 2009Reading Advisory Committee on Cities for Climate Protection Program <br />Committee Notes for April 8, 2009. 7PM (Next Meeting - May 13 at Town Hall) <br />Present were Michele Benson, Gina Snyder, Tracy Sopchak, Dave Williams, Joan Boegel, Sophie Gellot Bing Xia, <br />Ray Porter and Stephanie Anderberg. <br />Meeting opening -Chair Michele Benson opened the meeting. <br />Minutes - The minutes of the March 25th meeting were approved. <br />Earth Day Fair & Bike Swap Review - The bike swap seemed quite successful as over 60 bikes were <br />swapped. This was the first try at this and it took 5-6 people working steadily to keep it staffed. The committee <br />discussed whether and how to do this again next year, but it's too early to tell if volunteers will be up for it again. <br />If so, we will need more help passing out info and taking time to talk with people about our work and about <br />Reading Cares. <br />The kids' crafts went well and having a kids' room was a good change to event organization. Next time, <br />we could promote this more. <br />Committee members had some thoughts on signage and crowd flow to get people through the event next <br />year. <br />Home Depot is interested in having us at their green event again this year. <br />Code of Conduct - Michele forwarded another copy to committee members. Our committee seems to be <br />doing well meeting the requirements. <br />Ron on tv with John Russo, re: Nuclear Energy - Ron plans to be a guest on John's show, as <br />an individual and not representing the committee. <br />RCAP Assignments - the committee reviewed the next phase of Action Items and talked about <br />who should lead each effort. <br />Walkable Reading's Spruce Up Day - Walkable Reading is asking property owners to spruce <br />up sidewalks and paths, clear obstacles & debris, and trim encroaching or overhanging vegetation. <br />Committee members will work on a Green Sense column about this. <br />Update on Recycling - Dave will be attending a Covanta meeting. MassRecycles has yet to <br />agree or disagree on the information set to go to the Governor, regarding having additional incinerators <br />in Massachusetts. Reading Recycles is trying to work with the Rotary Club regarding electronics <br />recycling events, and using recyclers that do not send waste abroad but rather recycle properly. <br />Other Business - the Home Energy Efficiency Team that has been doing "barnraisings" in <br />Cambridge is offering leadership training. We may want to look into doing similar projects in Reading <br />- perhaps the Mattera cabin (but there are ADA issues that complicate projects there). <br />A new grant program is funding an effort for energy efficiency presentations to communities. <br />Another possibility is that perhaps the new Energy Efficiency Engineer could lead workshops. <br />Dave also brought a selection of environmental movies that he has available to loan. <br />