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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-02-09 Climate Advisory Committee Minuteso� Orq�r Town of Reading RE EIVED ?� ir,,r Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK �� READING, �M�/A. 6JY'pCOAY••P "r Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2323 MAR -8 PM 3; 1 Climate Advisory Committee Date: 2022-02-09 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; Jeff Everson, Member; Genady Pilyaysky, Member; Walt Talbot, Associate Member; Travis Estes, Associate Member; Members - Not Present: Celeste Kracke, Member Others Present: Usha Pillia, North Reading Recycling Committee Joyce Losick-Yang, Sustainability Coordinator for Andover 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 None Presentation by Joyce Losick-Yang Sustainability Coordinator for Andover Introduction of committee members to Joyce • 17 out of 54 communities in Middlesex County have Sustainability Staff • Sustainability function reports to Town Manager, Planning Director or DPW • Work cuts across various Town Departments • Background of people holding the position are diverse • Salary $60 to 110K • Operational cost $10 to 30K to provide support services For Andover, grant funding was $215 to 235K vs staff cost of about $100K • Implementation of projects depends on the support of the town staff. • Value beyond returning funding is the benefit to individual town residents • The position is outward facing involving the community and town staff Community Garden Update • Celeste Meeting with Conservation Commission • Working on a gardener subscriber agreement Page i 1 Town of Reading - Meeting Minutes Town Energy Survey Assessment • Genady showed his approach for scanning and interpreting the results of the town energy survey • Dave will prepare some additional sample forms to test Genady's interpretive software • The library has a high speed scanner which could be used to scan the forms Next meeting 2/23/2022 at 7:00 pm Page 12