HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-09-27 Climate Advisory Committee Minutes Town of Reading
Meeting Minutes REGEiVED
s TOWN CLERK
REA.01NG, MA
Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 7019 JUL - I AM 1141
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2017-09-27 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;
Celeste Kracke, Member
Members - Not Present:
Laurie-Ann Silva, member; Gina Snyder, associate member; ]eff Everson,
Associate Member
Others Present:
Butch ?
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter
Topics of Discussion:
Welcome to Members and Guests
None
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
8/23/2017 minutes approved
9/13/2017 minutes approved
Ongoing Business:
• Comments for Businesses on Checkout bags
• A call by Dave with Clint Richmond who reports that there are no compostable
plastic bags which meet the ASTM D7081.
• Recommend dropping the Marine degradable plastic bag definition from the
by-law.
• Hitching Post uses paper bags and was supportive of the plastic bag by-law.
• Reviewed summary of other business responses.
• Communication from public
• Dave met with Powerful Organized People (POP) (The Huddle) on Sept 21
meeting at the Library (6:00 - 9:00). Generally supported the by-law.
Provided names of additional people who support by-law. Laura is proposing
to contact town meeting members in each precinct using scripted text and
Facebook.
• Other groups
• Walkable Reading
• Trails Committee
• Reading Ramblers
• Reading Neighbor Network
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• Friends of Reading Recreation
• Informational Meeting, Tuesday, October 24, 7:00 — 8:30pm.
• Get a Green Sense article out on the topic.
• Press release to the Chronicle, and Patch about event.
• Calendar Items through end of year
• Postpone Nov. 22nd meeting to Nov. 29th.
• Cancel Dec. 271 meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm
Next meeting 10-11-2017 at 7:00 pm
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