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Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of April 8, 2021 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held by Zoom conference. A quorum of eight was present. Members Present: Cindy Arens, Celis Brisbin, Paul Chernick, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss (chair), Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Archana Dayalu Other Attendees: Stella Carr (Sustainability Director), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Ricki Pappo (GWAC), Paul Gromer (Peregrine Energy), Jacob Naimark (Sunwealth Power), Brennan Luscombe (AMP Energy), Andrew Chabot(AMP Energy), Nicholas Topping (AMP Energy), Chris Mcdermott(AMP Energy); Nagarjuna Venna(resident), Lin Jensen (resident); Elizabeth Mancini (Town Procurement) The meeting was called to order at 6:01 pm. Todd referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members present responded that they could hear. 1. Minutes. The minutes of March 23 and March 31 were approved as written. 2. Community Solar, Sunwealth. Jacob Naimark of Sunwealth presented a short overview of the program, which allows income-eligible residents (less than 60% of median income) to buy solar energy by acquiring credits against their electric bill at a 25% discount. They are currently looking for about 30 residents (i.e., residential accounts)to participate in a solar development in Waltham (a rooftop system) that about to go live and after that,they have a development planned in Woburn. Sunwealth has previously managed the Community Solar program established for the parking lot canopies installed at Temple Emunah. Paul Gromer identified that there are about 330 residential accounts in Lexington that would be eligible for participation in the program. Sunwealth is looking for about 30 residents to participate. Members of the committee had a number of questions and comments, including: • Need to clarify promotional materials to ensure that the program is distinguishable from the many predatory promotions of companies offering "green" energy that are inferior to Lexington's Community Choice program. • It will be important to clearly distinguish between the roles of the Town and Sunwealth(our partnership with Next Step Living may be a model). 1.