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READING, MA
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee 2919 JUL - I AM 1141
Date: 2017-10-25 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; Jeff Everson, Associate Member
Members - Not Present:
Laurie-Ann Silva, member; Gina Snyder, associate member;
Others Present:
Butch &Jay
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter
Topics of Discussion:
Welcome to Members and Guests
Butch &Jay
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
None
Ongoing Business:
• Comments for Checkout bags Informational Meeting
• Eight non-committee members attended the informational meeting.
• Several were shop owners and town meeting members.
• Questions about what plastics can be used if poly ethylene is not allowed
• A concern was expressed that convenience of having a bag available at
check-out be allowed.
• Task to research types of plastics use for checkout bags [Ray & Celeste]
• Task to all to collect sample bags, compliant with local bag rules
• Communication from public
• Reaching out to community groups.
• Reaching out to town meeting members.
• Have a summary of bylaw be discussed in a Green Sense article.
• Facebook posts to from the RCAC site can be share on our personal pages
• Comments to presentation at Town Meeting
• Discussion of which slides to include in the presentation at town meeting
• Respond to questions we got from the Selectmen.
• Any communities that have failed to enact a bottle bag bylaw.
The meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm
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