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Reading Advisory Committee on Cities for Climate Protection Program <br />Committee Notes for April 19, 2006 <br />Present were Stephanie Anderberg, Michele Benson, Ron Daddario, Gina Snyder, and Ray Porter. <br />Special meeting for Instructional Motion for Town Meeting for April 24. <br />See document with Peter Hechenbleikner's comments for instructional motion. The committee reviewed the <br />proposal, discussed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the United <br />States Green Building Council and how best to approach the instructional motion. <br />The Mass building code and BOCA are the basic standards that construction must meet, we are asking <br />developers/renovators/remodlers to be reminded that Reading is looking to the future and is looking for <br />going beyond the minimum standards because it is economical to do so, saving money in the long term, and <br />it will be. necessary for everyone to pitch in to meet our sustainability targets. We are looking to have Town <br />Meeting and town committees encourage and if possible, require, projects to use green building practices <br />and renewable energy to the maximum extent feasible. <br />