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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2023 MAR -8 Pit 3:08
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2020-04-22 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
David Zeek, chair; Ray Porter, secretary; Jeff Everson; member; Denise
McCarthy, associate member; Peter MacGown, Associate member; Gina
Snyder, Associate member, Celeste Kracke, member;
Members - Not Present:
Patti Cameron RMLD, member
Others Present:
Travis Estes
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting was held via a Zoom Conference Call
Welcome to Members and Guests
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
Meeting minutes for 4/8/2020 was accepted as amended.
Ongoing Business:
• Sustainability Plan - Draft
• Draft sections have been sent, but may need some editing
• Distribute completed draft to committee for review
• David to help Ray to pull draft together
• Need input on deliverable with Karen Herrick
Route 28 Road Diet
• Reviewed Road Diet plans and schedule
• Repaving program North section in June
• Not sure if there will be a public hearing / virtual meetings on the planned actions
• Road diet simulations to be conducted by Howard Stein Hudson, Nate Lash
• Walkable Reading received a notice of work on Rt. 28
• Reading Rant has comments on the Road Diet, comments not favorable.
• Discussed posting the presentation to Facebook page and ask input on the
comment form.
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• Future Hosting
• Future meetings can be held on Zoom
• Ray to Host the next meeting, he has a full featured program
• Membership Status
• Gina Snyder rolling off the committee
• Patti Cameron to reapply as an Associate Member
• Have opening for one full Member, Denise McCarthy submitted application
Next meeting 5/13/2020 at 7:00 pm
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