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Meeting Minutes RECEIVED
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climate Advisory committee
Date: 2017-06-28 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; Gretchen Latowsky, member;
Members - Not Present:
Jeff Everson, Associate Member
Others Present:
Andy Friedmann, Selectman, Committee Laison
Butch Conary, Guest
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter
Topics of Discussion:
Welcome to Members and Guests
Andy Friedmann, Selectman and Committee Liaison
Butch Conary, Guest.
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
None
Ongoing Business:
Better Bags Bylaw (8.13)
• Schedule 1 Purpose
• Include list of adverse impacts.
• State town values as reason for action.
• Schedule 2 Definitions
• Include ASTM standards
• Define checkout bags given at the point of sale.
• Define retail outlets, discuss the degree of specificity
• Be clear about those things that are not included.
• Section 3 Requirement
• Define thickness of bag based on draft state rule (3 mil or less)
• Identify what reusable bags are for thickness
• Provide signage for recycle content
• May and is encouraged to charge a reasonable fee for reusable bag
• Exemption for person paying with a WIC or SNAP voucher
• No director for providing
• Section 4 Penalty and Enforcement
• Initial penalty to be a verbal warning.
• Follow up violations to be $50, $100, $200
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• Define a period to come into compliance (15 days)
• Appeal/waiver for a hardship cases
• Section 4 Implementation
• Effective date of some 6 months before the rule comes into effect
(approval by Attorney General)
• Outreach to businesses to inform them of the by-law.
• Section 5 Severability
• July 5 Wednesday check with Library (7:30)
• Summer Social
• Ray's house on July 9 at 4:00 to 8:OOpm
• Other projects for after the summer
• Next Community Shared Solar Site
• Locations for EV chargers
The meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm
Next meeting 7-12-2017 at 7:00 pm
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