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Meeting Minutes
Town of Reading
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2021-02-10
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 7:00 PM
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TOWN CLERK
REAPING, MA.
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2023 MAR -8 PM 3: 10
Location: Conference Room
David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Peter MacGown, Associate
Member; Jeff Everson; Member; Denise McCarthy, Member; Travis Estes,
Associate Member; Charles Underhill, RMLD Representative
Members - Not Present:
Celeste Kracke, Member;
Others Present:
Genady Pilyaysky
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 01/27/2021 has been accepted as amended
Co-sponsor of Sustainable Middlesex Carbon Countdown 2021
• Provide advertising on Facebook as a post and an event
• Person Facebook page by committee members
• Willing to chair a session if requested
Green Community Participation
• State Senator Lewis proposing to initiate a bill to allowing RMLD to bill Reading
separately for involvement in the Green Communities program
• Demonstrate higher efficiency in Town Buildings and electric vehicles
Heat pump and electric vehicle programs are proposed by RMLD
• Coleen O'Brien requests support for RMLD's grant to install electric vehicles
charging stations
• RCAC should support placing chargers in Reading
• Chargers should include a Level 3 rapid chargers, depending on expected
customer time intervals
• RMLD is working with a company called Volta and looking at sites at several retail
locations (Stop and Shop, Market Basket, Home Depot, Jordan's Furniture)
• Letter of endorsement from RCAC might be helpful when communicating with Julie
in the Planning Commission
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Use of Energy from Biomass by RMLD
• David submitted the slides from the RCAC to the Select Board
• David has not received an invitation to speak to the Board on 2/16, but expects to
receive one.
Information about Electric Vehicles
• Several resources were provided to Denise for her Facebook network
• RMLD has a virtual drive in an EV
March 2, Heat Pump 101 with RMLD
• Travis to host a training session
• Promote as an event on the RCAC Facebook page
• Session starts at 7:00pm
Next meeting 2/24/2021 at 7:00 pm
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