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Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2020-02-12 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; Jeff
Everson; member; Patti Cameron RMLD, member; Denise McCarthy,
associate member; Peter MacGown, Associate member
Members - Not Present:
Gina Snyder, Associate member,
Others Present:
Travis Estes
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ray Porter
Topics of Discussion:
Welcome to Members and Guests
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
Minutes from January 22, 2019 accepted as amended
Ongoing Business:
• Sustainability Plan
• Present status of the sustainability plan
• Next Meetings for the assessment
o Feb 26
• review matrix and graph: identify priority items
• define scope of deliverable
o End of March - deliver report
• Distribute spreadsheet to group
• Need input on deliverable with Vanessa
• Speaker Presentation to Schools - Fall
• MassCEC grant for speakers (Tim Bless - hip hop artist) - Travis
• Interest is doing a presentation is expressed from RMLD and schools
• Draft a grant application for next meeting (100 students)
• Connect with ReVison solar energy company (Certified B Corp.)
• Connected with Linda Dockser and directed to work directly with Principal of Birch
Meadows School, Julie Hendrix
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Town of Reading - Meeting Minutes
• Ron's Presentation
• Focus on Green New Deal related issues (social and economic issues)
• Status of State Legislation on renewable energy
• Discuss more "How To" on technology and implementation (incentives and
rebates)
• Series of presentations on similar topics
• Need a way via social media to poll interest or respond to questions
• Meeting with RMLD
• Dave and Patty met with Colleen
• Plan to meet with the committee on March 11
• Update us on the status of RMLD programs, incentives and initiatives
• Carbon Countdown Event
• Support co-sponsorship of the event
• Link to event through our Facebook page
• New Resident Open House
RMLD Homeowner information session
MCAN Presentation
• Bike event with Reading Cares and RMLD
• Patty to check the Colleen and Brian
• Wetlands Issues and Federal Changes
• Change in the definition of "Waters of these United States'
Next meeting 2/26/2020 at 7:00 pm
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