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Town of Reading
Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2015 -02 -18
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Bi- monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 7:00 PM
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Location: Conference Room
Ron D'Addario, temporary chair and member; Ray Porter, member; Joan
Boegel, member; Laurie Ann Sylvia, member; Gina Snyder, associate
member
Members - Not Present:
David Williams; chair and member; Michele Benson, associate member
Others Present:
Mike Scola; Tom 011ila, RMLD; Betsy Schneider, Reading Cares
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Joan Boegel
Topics of Discussion:
• Review and approve minutes of recent meeting. The committee voted to approve
minutes of the 01/14/15 meeting as written by Joan Boegel and amended by Gina
Snyder.
• Council on Aging / Energy Efficiency financing for low income seniors. The
Committee is still interested in supporting this program with the Council on Aging.
Gina will contact the current chair of the Council on Aging and try to get this topic on
their agenda.
• RMLD. Tom 011ila, from RMLD "Integrated Resources" described two programs for
which RMLD seeks the Climate Advisory Committee's involvement.
• RMLD on -line LED store. RMLD obtained a grant to set up an on -line store
through which residential customers can purchase LED bulbs at a discounted
price. This will go live in the April -May timeframe. RMLD would like the
Committee to help promote it. Gina suggested that we could promote it at
the April 25th Earth Day event with a display of LED bulbs. We could also
have a Green Sense article and link to our website.
• RMLD General Manager and the Board support Community Solar. They would
identify a site (or sites, ideally one in each RMLD town), install an array of
solar panels (initially 100 to 1000 kW) and invite customers to purchase one
or more solar panels. This program would replace Green Choice. Details
need to be worked out. RMLD wants Committee's help to get Town of
Reading leadership on board for Community Solar study. The committee
agreed to help, first forming a subcommittee. Mike, Gina, and Joan
volunteered for the subcommittee. Tom 011ila will write up a general
overview of the mission and goals.
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Earth Day and Bike Swap.
o Betsy Schneider of Reading Cares asked for the Committee to join her for
annual Bike Swap event. Betsy and Committee discussed pros and cons of
holding the Bike Swap on the same day as Earth Day event at RMLD. April 25.
We agreed to hold the events on the same day, pending availability of key
RMLD Facilities staff and resolution of parking lot issues. Ray Porter
volunteered to connect with Police regarding bike safety. Gina volunteered
to send a note to past Earth Day participants (Town committees and
departments) letting them know that they will not be asked to have display
tables, but inviting them to come to Earth Day and the Bike Swap. Betsy
asked if Bike Swap can be publicized in RMLD News. Laurie Ann agreed to
look into this.
o Potential Earth Day information tables were discussed. Ray will provide
names of companies he saw at recent Home Show. Mike Scola will connect
with the pellet stove store in North Reading.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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