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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Climate Advisory Committee
Date: March 13th, 2024 Time: 7 pm
Building: N/A Location: Virtual - Zoom
Address: N/A
Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Genady Pilyaysky; Ray Porter; Travis Este; Carolyn Johnson
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Corrin Wolf;
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By:
Genady Pilyaysky
Meeting Called To Order: 7:08 pm - Adjourned: 8:18
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was held via a Zoom Conference Call
Welcome to Members and Guests
Review minutes, vote on acceptance
Travis
• The movie night at the library was successfully executed
• Suggested we might make it a recurring event to continue with the public
engagement
• Recomendatlon was made that we add a speaker to the even, have some "take away
messages" for people to think about after the event is over
o For example, if recycling is discussed in the movie, we could bring in someone
local to discuss how we can do it in the town of Reading
Ray and Corrin discussed Net Zero Action Plan
• How do we track success?
• How do they count cars?
• How Is natural gas and oil computed?
o Suggestion of success measured by the conversion to heat pumps?
• Corrin - Will be following up with MAPC on reading specific assumptions and the next
steps
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• Next open house/ office hour may be around May 14th
• Results from outreach survey will be shared
Friends and Family day:
• We can give out the dots for people to place on important things
• Corrin has suggested trivia (e.g. what is the major contributor to reading)
Ray updated on the Killam sustainability working group
• Current meetings are narrowing down things that are Important to Reading
o E.g., educational programs, traffic, sustainablllty
• The hired firm will produce a series of conceptual layout and new buildings
• March 18th building committee meeting - site and traffic
o Gena asked about no idling sign
o Difficult to answer, as many parents wait to pick up their children, sometimes
for tens of minutes, In very cold conditions (winter)
• Upcoming meetings:
o April 11 - Preliminary design
o July 8 - Alternatives
o August 8 - Preferred solution
Updates on the MBTA Communities effort
• Not much for RCAC to do directly
• Would be helpful to support the town staff however we can
• Encourage walkable downtown and should development occur, pedestrian -minded
Ray discussed natural gas cell and the processes behind it
Discussed composting and BEC synergies
• Would like to explore options of having BEC work with the town of Reading
• Goal is to reduce the price of composting, reduce organic solid waste we are
currently throwing out, and save money through this transition
Friend and Family day
• Will put stickers on things, maybe hand out stickers
• Create a "trivia" board so that folks can participate at the booth, and engage in
discussion
Ray will invite Matt K., the new town manager, to our meeting
end - 8:18
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