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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2819 JUL - I PM 12: 38
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2019-02-13 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Lower Level Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Bi-monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
David Zeek, chair; Ray Porter, secretary; Laurie Ann Sylvia, member;
Celeste Kracke, member; Gina Snyder, associate member; Jeff Everson,
associate member
Members - Not Present:
Gretchen Latowsky, member;
Others Present:
Betsy Schneider, Denise McCarthy
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter
Topics of Discussion:
Welcome to Members and Guests
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
Minutes for 1/23/2019 accepted as amended
Ongoing Business:
• Bicycle Recycling Event
• Tentative date May 4, 2019
• Need to confirm availability of Brian at RMLD
• Need to complete insurance rider for the date of the event
• Promote EV Charging Stations
• Grants to Reduce Vehicle Air Emissions available
• Will not pursue submitting a grant application at this time.
• Clean Energy Strategy
• Role of the Committee in supporting RMLD
• Goal to increase the renewable energy composition of RMLD's energy supply
• Invite Chuck Underhill or someone from RMLD to talk about energy portfolio
choices.
• Ask Andy Friedmann to confirm that this would be part of our mission
• MCAN Score Card
• Movie nights discussion
• "No Impact Man" movie night at library
• Double room for Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 6:15 to 8:45pm
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• Be prepared to address questions and read audience response
• Distribute a handout with a list of resources from the film, or send out
something via email (have a signup sheet)
• Post a link on Facebook after the show
• Fee requested with an amount to be determined by us.
• Goal: To adopt more choices about reducing carbon footprint
• Last Chance for Real
• Ron D'Addario discussion on Climate Change
• March 5, at 7:00pm at Reading Public Library
• Cross promote through our committee
• Group Discussion on Carbon Tax
• Discuss proposed Real Estate tax to provide mitigation from climate change
• Discuss proposed legislation to impose a carbon tax with revenues to go to
various energy efficiency and redistribution programs.
• Ideas for Arbor Day 2019
• Have a contest for the 51h graders to determine which school won.
• Benefits that trees give us, through the Library during vacation breaks.
• Propose to work with KC Latham of Rotary Club does the promotion and
coordinates with the Tree Warden (Mike Hannaford), for distribution of trees
with 5'h graders. Arbor Day (4/26/2019)
• To provide guidance on how to "plant" the bare root tree in a pot.
• Gina to talk with Jane about planting a tree on Earth Day
• Winter Social
• Mandarin Reading, Wednesday, March 6, 6:30pm
• Send Save-the-date to the Friends of Reading Climate Committee.
The meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm
Next meeting 2/27/ 2019 at 7:00 pm
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