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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2019-06-26
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Scheduled Meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By:
Topics of Discussion:
See attached notes for further Information
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Berger Room
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'TOWN CLERK
Notes from June 26, 2019 RCAC Meetin¢ READING. MA
Present 2123 APR 18 PHI 59
• Members: Celeste Kracke, David Zeek, Jeff Everson, Laurie Ann Sylvia, Patti Cameron, Peter
MacGowan
• Contributors: Denise McCarthy
• Visitors: Gail Page and Alison Friedmann, Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading
Absent
Members: Ray Porter, Gina Snyder
Start 7 p.m.
• Friends & Family Day recap
o Game was effective w/kids, especially informing older ones
o Still trying to find ways to engage adults more
• Select Board Presentation Prep
o Discussed smart vs. networked EV chargers
o Presentation likely in Aug. because of planned absences in July
o Feedback on formatting, membership page changes
• Summer Social
o Reminder about informal gathering 6/30
• Membership Roles
o Agreed to vote on new secretary & chair on 7/10
• Fin Comm-RMLD Sustainability effort
o Vanessa to be sole Select Board point person
o Need to define logistics, parameters e.g. scope, meeting frequency, sunset/review date
o Interest in finding out what other towns are doing re sustainability
o Interest in solar on town blgs. Prior efforts in 2010-11 resulted in being told it couldn't
be done but unclear why.
o No communication yet re start date
o Decided to present specific project at Select Board presentation if no word from them
first
• Fall Street Faire, 9/8, 12-5
o UU Church doing fall gas -leak campaign
o RCAC accepted UU offer to share table/tent space
• 7/24 no meeting, next meetings 7/10, 8/14
• Other
o FUTURE bill
• Gail and Alison asked RCAC to approach SB to pass resolution endorsing the
• Added this to 7/10 agenda for consideration
o UU Gas leaks campaign
• UU to hold educational forum and tagging event before Halloween
• RCAC to share info re forum and HEET gas leaks map
End 8:45 p.m.