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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Date: September 27 2023 Time: 7 p.m.
Building: N/A Location:
Address: N/A
Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Raymond Porter
Gena Pilyaysky
Carolyn Joynson
Travins Estes
Members - Not Present:
Mark Logsdon
Others Present:
Marc Ortins, Susan Bowe, Corrin Wolf
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By:
Genady Pilyaysky
Meeting Called To Order: 7:04 pm - Adjourned: 8:32
Topics of Discussion:
Virtual - Zoom
Ray discussed net zero plan
• Ray shared brochure from the Town, which is looking for volunteers
• Emphasis on the committee members to not saturate the volunteer pool, giving other
residents ability to apply and participate
o Only a few members of RCAC will apply
Ray discussed distributing different tasks to different members and interested non-members
• Would allow people to follow the topics they are most interested in
• Killam School Building Committee: Gena and Ray will lead the charge on the Killam
School building committee, attend the meetings to understand the process/plan/general
information, and report back to the committee
o Carolyn is open to attending meetings too
o Ray will reach out to the Select Board Liaison(Karen H.) to determine it RCAC
can contribute in other ways
• MBTA communities: Gena, Caroyln, Corrin will attend the meetings and report back to
RCAC
MBTA time conflicts with RCAC meetings
Likely to shift RCAC meetings to compensate for the overlap in meeting times
Looking to rill additional memberpositions in RCAC with volunteers
• Susan, Marc, and Corrin (in -attendance) were encouraged to apply
Friends and Family day at the Reading Public Library
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• To be attended by Gena, Susan, and Corrin
• RCAC will have a table with informational & educational material (e.g., heat pumps),
reusing posters from the past
o Gena to pick up the material from Ray
• Susan, representing the Reading Compost (resident group) will be sharing the table with
RCAC
Susan and Gena shared some info on Black Earth Compost
• Susan and Gena met with BEC, the town (Fidel, others) and Select Board Liaison (Karen
H.) to learn more about BEC
• Takeaway 1: BEC is capable of supporting the entire town
• Takeaway 2: With rising cost of trash removal, BEC is becoming comparable in price to
the current solid waste removal model
• Takeaway 3: BEC should present to the Select Board
Susan suggested screening environmentally themed movies at the Library
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