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Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2013 -09 -25 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Municipal Light Building Location:
Address: 230 Ash Street
Purpose: semimonthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
RECEIVED
TOWN CLERK
FADING, MASS.
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Joan Boegel, David Williams, Gina Synder, Laurie Ann Sylvia, and Ron
D'Addario
Members - Not Present:
Ray Porter and Michele Benson
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ronald D'Addario
Topics of Discussion:
Opening and review of minutes from previous meetings
Shortened Meeting 30 minutes: The members agreed to terminate our meeting early (7:30
p.m.) in order to attend the RMLD board meeting to hear a report from the Metropolitan
Area Planning Commission (MAPC) presented by Mr. Ani Krishnan.
Minutes for September 11, 2013 were approved with the understanding that they would be
put Into the new format prior to being forwarded to the town clerk.
Laurie Ann Sylvia announced that she was confirmed by the selectmen and is now a full
voting member of the Reading Climate Advisory Committee. Congratulations were given to
Laurie by the members.
Green Business Award (GBA)
David, Laurie Ann, and Ron will meet tomorrow, September 261M1 at 9:30 a.m. at Jordan's
Furniture to meet with Scott Wantman, store manager and Matthew Busnach, facilities
property manager.
Ron will send photos and a short description to our local newspapers on the presentation of
the Green Business Award to Longwood Place. Although our article was printed In both
papers, the photo was not Included.
Laurie Ann will follow -up on Muffie's Salon for a possible GBA.
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Town Website:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for our section in the town's renovated website need to
be sent to Joan. The following action items were taken from the minutes of our last
meeting. The dateline needs to change to our next meeting on October 91h.
Action Items: Person responsible
Dateline
Develop FAQs for carbon and greenhouse gas
Gina
9/26/2013
footprint:
Develop FAQs for Inquiries about the committee itself:
Ron
9/26/2013
Send Joan material
Gina
9/26/2013
regarding Kill -a -watt kits
Review Library website for other links
Dave
9/25/2013
Continue to update and add information to our
loan
on -going
section of the website:
Green Apple Day
Joan is maintaining contact with Sarah Marchant, principal of Coolidge Middle School and
Martha Moore, teacher at RMHS. Sarah is interested in having her students do a project
during their home room period while Martha is looking for her environmental club students
to do some planting at the new traffic island at Oakland Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
Joan Is awaiting a reply from the Reading Garden Club's president Evelyn Pyle. The climate
committee has agreed to help with their activities.
School Climate Change Education
Gina is working to set up a meeting with Jen Cambra to work out details for our visit to her
class. She asked that we present the Kill -A -Watt meter to her class. Because she does not
have her class assistant this year, Jen has asked that we scale down our activities
previously planned for her class. However, we may be doing some teaching in her
meteorology class next semester.
Joan suggested that we look into the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) for our schools.
They present a climate change information assembly for the entire school. Joan will send us
their website to examine.
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