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Board - Committee - commission - council: 2023 MAR -8 PM 3: 09
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2020-01-22 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
Members - Not Present:
Peter MacGown, Associate member; 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 December 11, 2019 accepted
Ongoing Business:
Sustainability Plan
• Subcommittee: Ray Celeste and Denise to prepare draft
• Next Meeting Jan 29'^ (Weds) for the assessment
o Feb 12 - review matrix and graph: identify priority items
o Feb 26 - define scope of deliverable
o End of March - deliver report
• Need input on deliverable with Vanessa
• Need input from other town groups
• Ron D'Addario Next Presentation
• Dave to work with Ron
• What Is the message?
• What actions are to be taken?
• 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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• Winter Social
• Wednesday, Feb 5, Bunratty's Tavern, 6:30 to 9:00pm
• Get cake
• Solar Charger as a gift from the Committee
• MVP Emergency Planning Grant
• Workshop to be held at the Library with select Town Members
• Plans to be reviewed include:
o Aberjona River
o Climate Change Risks
• Send response letter
• Conflict of Interest Form
• Need to review and send back the signed form to Town Clerk
• Due this month
• Wetlands Issues and Federal Changes
• Change in the definition of "Waters of these United States"
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm
Next meeting 2/12/2020 at 7:00 pm
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