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Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2022-11-09 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Genady Pilyaysky, Member; Travis
Estes, Member
Members - Not Present:
Walt Talbot, Member
Others Present:
Sophia Jones - student, environmental legislation class
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
Presentation to Board of Select Board - Polystyrene Ban (11/14)
• Review slide presentation
• Discussion of likely objections.
Climate Action Plan (draft outline)
• Level of detail - example Acton
• 2030 net zero goal - Tie into State goals
• Consider implementation responsibility and cost of implementation
• Transportation
o Municipal, commercial employees
o Public transportation
o Walking / Biking
• Reduce Idling
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• Infrastructure
o Eliminate fossil fuels - limit gas connections for new buildings
o Energy Star for new appliances
o Green Building requirements for new construction and renovations
o Energy Audits
o Drop Wind and Biomas
o Geothermal - Heating loops
o Trash and recycling - reuse of textiles
• Exterior
o Shade trees - 1 for 1 replacement
o Green roofs and Grass alternatives
o Composting - Black Earth
• Sustainability
o Education Youth and Adults outreach
o Rule enforcement
• Other Topics
o Health - Cooling and heating spaces, Flooding
o Medicine - access to refrigerated meds
o Food - community garden, farmers market
o Resilience - Tree falls
Heating and Cooling Survey
• Updated graphics with recent submittals
• Seeking funding assistance for mailing and processing collected data
CAC Update to Select Board
• No date established
Calendar of Coming Events
11/8 State Election
11/9 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
11/14 Subsequent Town Meeting
11/30 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
12/14 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom - RMLD Update
Next meeting 11/30/2022 at 7:00 pm
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