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Home My WebLink About2014-02-26 Climate Advisory Committee MinutesN OFR O� r 0,6391NCOK40�� Town of Reading Meeting Minutes Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Climate Advisory Committee Date: 2 -26 -2104 Building: Reading Town Hall Address: 16 Lowell Street Purpose: Bi- monthly Meeting Attendees: Members - Present: Time: 7:00 PM RECEIVED TOWN CLERK ^SLING. MASS. :514 MAR 1 l P 'Of 41 Location: Lower Level Conference Room Joan Boegel, member; Ray Porter, member; Laurie Ann Sivia, member; Ron D'Addario, member; Michele Benson, associate; Gina Snyder, associate Members - Not Present: David Williams, member Others Present: Michael Scola Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ronald D'Addario Topics of Discussion: Minutes approved with corrections. Keystone XL pipeline, will committee sign off on it? Ron will se eystQ" that he gave last year at the Tufts Osher Institute for continuinq learning. He will also Lend the State Department Exec the Supalemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the co . Ray may join Ron in the presentation. We will decide whether or not to support the presentation at our next meeting. Laurie Ann gave us a preview of our PP presentation to the Selectmen on March 181H She has done a great job on the project and is near completion. The committee worked on priontizin our ro'ect slide for this year. This list will be one of the final slides of the PP. , the town manager's administrator, and. to hw; c�mmitt at least one week in advance of the presentation. The last slide will publicize our Earth Day event on April 5tH We will also give our Adaptation Report to the selectmen at the conclusion of our presentation. We will agree to meet with them after they read the report. At that meeting, we could determine if the selectmen would like the climate committee to work on several recommendations from the report. The committee discussed the possibility of an electric car charging station at the depot or at one of the town parking lots and the south Main project that would include bike lanes and trees. Page i 1 kv Earth Day: Michele presented her various purchases for kids that included compasses, magnifying glasses, and shoot the disc launchers among others. The committee discussed the various children activities that included, a scavenger hunt, a compass walk (orienteering), a recycle race, a shoot the disc marksmanship contest and construction of a bird - feeder. Gina sugg ested a white bin for textiles. • A deserving Reading resident will receive our second Green Leadership Award. • Laurie Ann will have flyers available at the RMLD. • Michele will bring flyers to town hall, the library, etc. • Bon will b-s to Bagel World, Dunkies, etc. lkcheie_w RCTA and head of Reading Recreation Department. She will edit it prior to sending to newspapers. ■ Joan praised Ron for his help in putting together our Climate Adaptation Report. Ron replied that the report was truly a group effort with major contributions from David and Joan as co- writers or the report and with outstanding editing from Gina and Michele. The report represents the essence of a "group effort ". [Few committees could equal this group effort.] ■ Gina asked if we cou that he wou report to Joan which the town manager for his rt. Ron said d the final • Gina will speak to a Girl Scout group consisting of four girls on one of the following dates, March 21, 22, 28 or 29. The scouts are seeking to complete the requirements for a merit badge. Gina also suggested that perhaps the girls could do a project. • Laurie Ann has contacted a hair salon in Reading that has saved many kilowatt hours by switching a number of incandescent light bulbs to LEDs. She received a financial incentive from MassSaves to receive 56 LED bulbs for only $382, a huge savings. She reduced her kWh usage by almost one half. From December 2012, 1400 kWhs ( ?) to December 21013, 750 kWhs. Her salon is a great candidate for our Green Business Award. • Bike swap: Betsy Schneider will come to our next meeting to discuss this year's bike swap. Ray will be a major hel . He will sign -up experienced bike techs who will inspect the bikes and make small repairs as necessary. • March 12th at 6 p.m. Ron and Mike will meet with representative from Keolis Commuter Services, responsible for Commuter Rail. Page 1 2