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Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2022-10-26
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 7:00 PM
RECEIVED
TOWN CLERK
2023 MAR -8 PM 3: 11
Location: Berger Room
David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Genady Pilyaysky, Member; Walt
Talbot, Member; Travis Estes, Member
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Cathy Zeek, Community Garden
Simone Payment, Community Garden
Bernard Horn
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
Community Garden (Cathy Zeek and Simone)
• Summary of year's activities
• Future planning for Phase 2
• Expanded Food Pantry Garden
• Funding sources through public grants and donations
RMLD Open House (10/6)
• David provided material/handouts
• Balloons used to show transfer heat from house to environment
• Some interest by adults, good discussions
• Walt will have his EV car on display, although not the best venue for EVs
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Town of Reading - Meeting Minutes
New Resident Open House (10/18)
• Resident's handouts have been updated
• Good discussions with new residents
• Good Interactions with other Town Committees
• Town and State representatives present
Proposed Polystyrene Bylaw
• Public Forum at Tin Bucket Thursday at 3:OOpm
• Resources on the RCAC website
o PowerPoint slides from public presentation
o Video from Zoom meeting
o Flyer the topic
o Language of the proposed bylaw
Revise Climate Action Plan
• Goal to reference climate goals when submitting for grants
• Andrew wants to have the reference for his own activity
• Potentially apply for grant application for drafting a comprehensive plan
• Walt prepared an outline of topics from previous documents
o Transportation
o Infrastructure
o Sustainability
• Divide topics between members to populate the document
Heating and Cooling Survey
• Updated graphics with recent submittals
• Seeking funding assistance for mailing and processing collected data
CAC Update to Select Board
Dave to present an update of committee activities
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
Next meeting 11/9/2022 at 7:00 pm
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