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Board - Committee - Commission - council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: 2023-04-12 Time: 07:00 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; Genady Pilyaysky, Member; Walt
Talbot, Member; Travis Estes, Member,
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
For Ream
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 3/22/2023
Polystyrene Bylaw
• Matt prepared a draft brochure based on information provided by David
• Dave made some additional comments to Director of Public Health's draft brochure
• Barcode links to the website prepared for Town Meeting, but the site needs to be
improved
• Expectation is that the bylaw will be easy to implement, as there is a limited number
of inspectors
• The brochure will be distributed to business over the coming year
• The press release has not issued. The RCAC can provide additional information about
plastics recycling In general through Green Sense, Facebook posts or website
information
No plans for Town Forest Day per Susan Bow
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Friends & Family Day (6/10)
• Discussed options for children's activity related to plastic
• Walt had Instructions for a sorting game for different plastics
• Summarize results of energy survey
• Reuse the Heat Pump poster Travis prepared
Earth Day (4/22)
• Have multiple posts related to energy or environmental activity
• Travis to coordinate successive release of pictures and text provided by members
Reading Bike Swap (5/5-6)
• Planning meeting on Thursday at RMLD
Heating/Cooling Survey for 2023
• Already received 4,015, as of the end of March
• Walt and David have processes some of the responses
Misc. Topics
• Water impacts (Flood retention)
• Rain barrels (DPW)
• Recycling (Florescent bulbs)
• Water use / efficiency
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
o 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
3/23 Hazard Mitigation Plan Working Group
4/4 Reading Municipal Election
4/12 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
4/24 Reading Annual Town Meeting
4/22 Earth Day
4/26 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
5/10 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
5/24 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
6/10 Friends & Family Day
6/14 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
6/14 Climate Advisory Committee - Zoom
Next meeting 4/26/2023 at 7:00 pm
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