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Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of September 26, 2023 The Sustainable Lexington Committee strongly supports the adoption of the Resilient Lexington Climate Action and Resilience Plan. The plan will serve as a critical guide for decision making and actions needed to make Lexington a more sustainable and healthy community and provides a valuable replacement of both the Sustainable Action Plan (2018) and Getting to Net Zero Plan (2018). As the Lead Departments and Implementation Collaborators explore the identified goals and targets, we expect that they will be updated and refined regularly - especially in the early years of the plan. Our committee looks forward to working with these groups to move forward on the goals and targets established in the plan and to make meaningful updates to the plan as we learn more about what will be required to meet these goals. •Fossil Fuel Free Program o Maggie identified that the Attorney General approved Lexington’s application to be part of the program. We are still waiting for approval from DOER. Town staff are working now on approaches to integrate required approaches into Town processes (e.g., educating builders, etc.) •Integrated Building Design and Construction Policy (IBDCP) o The updated policy was approved by both the Select Board and School Committee and is now effective. It has already been used in discussions with the High School Building project to establish expectations for that building. •Zero Waste Plan o The Waste Reduction Task Force (WRTF) is moving forward with the Zero Waste Plan, which will be presented to the Select Board on October 2. o Options for continuing to fund composting include. 1.Fund the addition of another 2,000 households 2.Fund the addition of another 1,000 households 3.Maintaining the current level of funding 4.Provide subsidies to residents to participate (the WRTF’s least preferred option) o Lin asked about the status of discussions about food composting at Hartwell. Cindy and Maggie identified those discussions are on pause. o Ricki asked about what metrics we are using to assess whether the composting program is a success. Maggie said a key metric is tonnage of waste collected. o Cindy identified that some households with free subscribers have not been putting compost out for pickup. The Town/Black Earth are looking into the cause. •Networked Geothermal o The group is working on identifying appropriate sites for a project. o A pre-review of the application will be held on November 1. .4