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Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2023-03-08
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: BI -monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 07:00 PM
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Location: Berger Room
David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Genady Pilyaysky, Member; Walt
Talbot, Member; Travis Estes, Member;
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
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 reviewed and approved for 2/22/2023
Tree Plantings in Reading
• Arlington bylaw focuses more on protecting trees during construction
• Gena reach out to the Tree Warden to discuss how Reading programs are being
implemented.
• Goal is to define the value of trees as a carbon sequestration and responsibilities for
maintaining all trees In Town.
Polystyrene Bylaw
• Dave, Genady, Fidel Maltez, Ben Cares and Ade Solarin (Public Health Director) met
to discuss:
o A draft letter to be sent to businesses
o A press release will be prepared about the bylaw
o A pamphlet on the implementation of the bylaw.
• Discussed text of documents
• Have help with Town Hall to prepare graphics link to a website for additional
information
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CAC Stickers for Green Businesses
• Review history of past efforts on issuing recognition
• Discuss at a future meeting
Farmers Market
• Discussion with Ben Cares about a single event
• Questioned whether the Business Improvement District (BID) would sponsor the
Farmers Market.
Heating/Cooling Survey for 2023
• Already received 3,710, as of March 1
• Walt and David have processes some of the responses
• Gena to ask the Library scanner
Goals of this Committee for 2023
• Current commitments
o Polystyrene ban
o Heating / cooling survey for 2023
• Green Community Application
o Previously lead through Town Planning
n Need to pass article at Town Meeting (fee contribution)
o RMLD to implement charging system
• Solar Installations on Town Building Roofs
• Heat Pumps Adoption
• Energy Stretch Code Adoption
• Transportation topics
• Create a survey of Town engagement and priorities (Travis and Genady)
Calendar of Coming Events
3/22 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
Next meeting 3/22/2023 at 7:00 pm
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