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Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2019-10-09 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; Celeste Kracke, member; Denise
McCarthy, associate member; Jeff Everson; member; Peter MacGown,
Associate member
Members - Not Present:
Patti Cameron RMLD, member; 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
Minutes from September 11 and 25, 2019 accepted as amended
Ongoing Business:
• South Main Street Road Diet
• Gina circulated petition from Walkable Reading for Road Diet.
• Petition for Road Diet being proposed by Walkable Reading for South Main Street.
o Time frame for highway project is typically about 2 years
o Proposed alternate painting during course paving phase
o Road Diet is a part of the road improvements for North Main Street (north of
Lowell Street)
• Natural Gas Survey Proposal
• Andy Friedmann preparing a proposal for the Select Board meeting this month.
• Meeting with National Grid Meeting Arlington Tuesday (10/15)
• EV Charging Stations
• Bob LeLacheur has stated the DPW is developing the infrastructure for installing
charging stations.
• David to follow up with Bob for DPW contacts
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• Sustainability Plan
• Key topics Health, Food, Waste, and Climate Change.
• Other City plans:
o Lexington Plan did not include natural gas disaster.
• Commit to devoting next meeting to brainstorm topics and share information
before the meeting
Topics (previously discussed):
o Shave the peak
o Solar installations (Town buildings)
o Auto charging stations
o Road diet on Rt. 26
o Sidewalks for alternative transportation (walking, biking)
o Crosswalks and linkages to residences, stores and industrial zones
(Walkable Reading)
o Bikeways
o Tree thinning and plantings (Town Forest Boy Scouts)
o HVAC upgrade to schools (heat pump)
Steps
o Brainstorm ideas
o Cross committee input/buy in
o Matrix and prioritization
o Present to Select Board and RMLD
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm
Next meeting 10/23/ 2019 at 7:00 pm
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