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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2021-08-25 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, Vice Chair/Secretary; Jeff Everson;
Member;Celeste Kracke, Member; Genady Pilyaysky, Member; Travis Estes,
Associate Member;
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Walt Talbot, GuestResident
Bob Holms, Reading Chronicle
Susan Bowe, Reading Town Forest
Nancy Docktor, Reading Town Forest
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: David Zeek
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting was held via a Zoom Conference Call
Welcome to Members and Guests
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
No meeting minutes reviewed.
Town Forest Celebration - Sept 25 from 8:00 to 12:00
• Entirely outdoor events, as summarized by Nancy Docktor
• Committee willing to be involved, bring our own materials (tents, tables and
handouts)
• Burn pit for invasive plants - Susan Bowe
• Have a table for to Interact with participants.(poll, survey, check list)
• Stickers for voting on climate priorities
• Highlight efforts around trees, value of trees (carbon sequestration)
• Ray and Genady to lead the table
Plans for a 9/22 public meeting on Energy Reduction Plan (Julie).
• To be done as a Zoom Webinar
• Reviewed slides being prepared for the webinar
• Split first slide into two separating Committee goals from State Climate goals
• Highlight accomplishments in a topical format (Outreach, Policy)
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Discussed sustainability metrics.
• Dave provided a draft supplement for the annual census to capture home heating and cooling
• Draft reflected previous comments
• Celeste and Genady offered to provide additional editorial input
• Recommend presenting to Select Board
• Revised draft to be given to RNILD for any input
Discussed plans for the Community Garden.
• Celeste provided and update on the Community Garden
• Need to clarify whether Mattera Cabin is the preferred site
• Looking at the Hunt Memorial Field
• Looking for assistance in preparing a budget estimate for the project
Other issues related to sustainability metrics
• There are 20 sustainability measures many of which are not being implemented
within the sustainability, plan
• Creating a Town staff member may take a considerable period of time.
• Sharing the role of a Sustainability manager with Wakefield or another neighboring
town.
Postings
• Sept 22"d - Energy Reduction Meeting
• Sept 25th - 90th Anniversary of Town Forest, Woodend School Field.
Next meeting 9/8/2021 at 7:00 pm by Zoom
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