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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-05-23 Cities for Climate Protection MinutesMay 23, 2007 Reading Advisory Committee on Cities for Climate Protection Program Committee Notes for May 23, 2007 (Next Meeting - June 13'' at Town Hall) Committee Meeting 7:00 PM, present were Ray Porter, Michele Benson, Gina Snyder, Dan Blodgett, Ron D'Addario, Joan Boegel, Tracy Sopchak, and Stephanie Anderberg. Guest Wendy Dennis, from Wakefield, joined our meeting to learn about setting up CCP in Wakefield. guest. Welcome - Chair Gina Snyder opened the meeting, welcomed all present and made introductions for our Minutes -.A motion was made and seconded to approve the meeting minutes from the May 9 meeting. The motion passed unanimously. Parker a grade project - the students developed two surveys to help us gather data for our grant application. One survey is for middle school families to complete, and the other is for train riders, asking how and from where they get to the station. The students can cover the first few morning trains, but will need to leave before school starts. Adults will be needed to help the kids and then to continue surveying the remaining rush hour trains after they leave. Various committee members expressed interest and ability to help during different times and weekdays. There were some questions about the survey questions and distribution. It may be a good idea to distribute a survey to seniors, either through the senior center or through personal contacts. We could alter the survey so that we can expand our database, and could also use Green Sense to promote the survey. The committee thought it would be better to collect completed surveys on the platform, than to let riders take the surveys and mail them later. There was some additional discussion on what sort of demographics we want to collect, or if we can build the cause with data from the key patron groups of students, train riders, and seniors. Family Day - Most members are available to help, except Ray, Stephanie, and Dan. Dan will be at th REI table. Stephanie's tent will be available but Dan or Joan may have better tents available. The committee is considering having an anti-idling pledge or a transportation 1-2-3, with anti-idling as a stand- alone commitment within the 1-2-3. We also discussed whether we can get a giveaway item, for people who complete the pledge, and we will look into some simple keychains. We could also bring the transit survey to Family Day. We could have charts of our progress so far, and handouts on anti-idling and other key issues. Gina will look into getting anti-idling stickers for car dashboards. The committee discussed how to present the equivalent driving distance that is wasted for idling. We are estimating that based on 1 hour of idling being equal to 1 gallon of gas, and an average of 20 mpg, then you lose one mile for every 3 minutes of idling. Ron will ask Arnold if he would donate bags again Action Plan There may be some confusion over who is working on each item. MUNICIPAL ITEMS Env & town procurement policies - Gina Muni building energy audits - Michele Muni building energy data system - Dan Progressive zoning regs - Ron Building permits/material reuse - Ron Green building code - Joan Muni employee education program - Michele Renewable energy generation - Michele Renewable energy purchasing - Michele LED light replacement program - Ron firhnnl rlimnta Anna( nrr% rrnm - Tnnn Solid waste committee - Joan Green enterprise zone - Joan COMMUNITY ITEMS Million Solar Roofs project - Stephanie Library energy resource bank - Gina Satellite town centers - Ron (add to muni progressive zoning) Public transportation expansion - hold off for survey Individual climate protection action plans - Joan Residential energy efficiency program - Joan CFL campaign - Michele RMLD Green Choice support - Stephanie Water conservation program - Ron Community local tree program - Gina RESIDENTIAL ITEMS Green lawn campaign - Ron Climate change education programs /1-2-3 Pledge - Stephanie Outreach: Green Sense, events, etc - refer to residential energy efficiency programs BUSINESS ITEMS EnergyStar & LEED standard requirements - Joan Energy efficiency and GHG reduction targets - Michele Green Building professional recognition - Stephanie 1-2-3 Pledge - Joan Pedestrian downtown - delete Central and business district expansion - ? Write ups due by next meeting. Tracy will email a format to everyone. Next Steps - Gina, Michele and Tracy are working on formatting - finetuning transportation section, with the idea the with 5 items or so, they can go to Peter and ask if we are on the right track. Ron will ask for a town employee hierarchy diagram. Dan is looking into the water use bylaw.