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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
2019 JUL -I AN 114 I
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2017-11-29 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; Jeff
Everson, associate member; Gretchen Latowsky, member; Celeste Kracke,
member
Members - Not Present:
Gina Snyder, associate member;
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter
Topics of Discussion:
Welcome to Members and Guests
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
11/8/2017 Minutes accepted as amended
Ongoing Business:
• Summary of Bag Law passage
• Suggestion to holding a senior center bag handout to promote reusable bags.
• Other possible promotional events?
• Winter Social
• To be held after the first of the year.
• Potential locations: Bertucci's, Capri, Bunratty
• Earth Day Planning- Location (Saturday, April 21)
• Possible options are Coolidge or Parker schools.
• Focus "Earth Day for a Sustainable Future"
• Future Activities
• Movie night at the library
• Food waste management, composters available through DPW for residential
use. Rain barrel program. Revive program.
• Road diet, multi-modal options, biking (Walkable Reading - Gina)
• LEAP report - review recommendations
• Sunset Status
• Communication with Selectmen
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• Action Items for RCAC (items carried forward)
• Revisit the Energy Services Company (ESCo) - to understand the progress on
the energy efficiency and reductions. Find who (Joe Huggins (781-942-5492))
in Reading is tracking this. - Ray
• Food waste management action may be relevant to business in Reading. Jeff
to follow up with Wellesley. Contact Health Inspector. - Jeff
• Reading Library home energy focus for future home tours. - Gretchen & Ron
• Reinvent our Green Award program (Green Business and Green Leader). -
Laurie Ann & Ron
The meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm
Next meeting 12-13-2017 at 7:00 pm
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