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�RECEIVED 2022 22 Mair, &28 arn Sustainable Lexington Committee "Id'O W U E RK Minutes of Meeting of November 30, 2021 L.E X I N G'T"0 N M A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC)was held by Zoom conference. A quorum of at least eight was present throughout. Members Present: Cindy Arens, Celis Brisbin, Paul Chernick, Archana Dayalu, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss (Chair), Charlie Wyman Members Absent: None Staff Present: Martha Duffield Other Attendees: Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Mary Hutton (Mothers Out Front), Ricki Pappo (LexCAN), Jeanne Krieger, Tanay Dalmia, Michelle Wu, Marlana Patton (Peregrine Energy) Marcia Gens, Nina Mascarenhas, Alex Tsouvalas, Lin Jensen, Sean Dugan, Paul Gromer(Peregrine Energy), Tina McBride The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by Dan. Dan referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members present responded that they could hear. Approval of minutes. The draft minutes of September 28, 2021, were approved as written. Comments from residents; New business. Introductory statements were made by Alex, Nina, and Lin, all candidates for the open seat on the committee. Cindy noted that the Special Permit Residential Development Committee will be bringing a proposal to Town Meeting, and asked that it be added to the next meeting agenda. Community Choice Aggregation update. Paul Gromer explained that Eversource winter rates will be much higher than the town price, creating an opportunity to persuade residents still on Eversource basic service to switch to Community Choice. Marlana Patton described the options: tax bill insert, an ad in the Colonial Times and/or Lexington Minuteman, and targeted mailing to those still on basic service (about 1,500). We don't has addresses to send letters to those with competitor suppliers. Mark suggested that we seek to place a news story as well as an ad in any print media. The committee discussed a range of topics: what's the best timing; commercial also should be included, need for simplicity, Town logo to build trust; what about an opt-up? We will need a