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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2022-01-26
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
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Location: Berger Room
David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Jeff Everson, Member; Genady
Pilyaysky, Member; Walt Talbot, Associate Member; Travis Estes, Associate
Member;
Members - Not Present:
Celeste Kracke, Member
Others Present:
Usha Pill, North Reading Recycling Committee
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
Reviewed and approved minutes for 1/12/2022 meeting
Survey Forms for Energy Use Are Due Back
• Laura Gemme should have received survey forms
• Dave will scan a form for evaluation by Genady to create an interpretive software
• It is not certain what response bias is reflected in the surveys returned
Support for Sustainability Director
• David spoke with Karen about the budget item for the position
• The response was that the budget is not finished
• What is done is likely to be revisited when Fidel starts
• We should continue to push for the position
• We should have a discussion with other Town meeting members
• May offer to make a motion at Town meeting for the role
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Green Communities Fees
• Bill is out of the House and headed to the Senate
• How the fee is collected for a multi -community municipality may require a vote by
Town meeting
There is a chance to change working though our Senate Representative
Outreach to the Public and Community Events
• Propose to create a sub -committee to define what outreach program
• Respond back to the RCAC next month
• Define the what we want discuss and where we want to offer the event
• Earth Day related event possible
• Friends and Family Day
• Bicycle Recycling Day
• Sub -committee participants include Ray, Travis, Genady and Walter
• Ray to send out a survey for dates to meet
Community Garden Update
• Dave shared the presentation given to the Select Board
• Presentation being given to the Conservation Commission today.
• Celeste making the presentation to the ConCom
Next meeting 2/9/2022 at 7:00 pm
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