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Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of November 29, 2022 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 (chair), Celis Brisbin, Paul Chernick, Lin Jensen, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss, Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Staff Present: Maggie Peard Other Attendees: Joe Pato (Select Board), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Ricki Pappo (LexCAN), Tanay Dalmia (SustainabLY), Atreyi Basu (SustainabLY), Andy Joynt, Tina McBride, Marcia Gens, Jeanne Krieger, Mike Cronin (Public Facilities), Charles Hornig (Planning Board), Robert Peters (Planning Board), Jon Himmel (PBC), Dave Pinnsoneault (Public Works), Christine Dean (Recreation), Melissa Battite (Recreation), Christian Boutwell (Recreation Committee) The meeting was called to order at 6:02 pm. Cindy referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members present responded that they could hear. Approval of past meeting minutes. The minutes of October 25 were approved as written. Comments from residents; emails to committee mailbox; new business. •Todd reported on the email inbox. The Cub Scouts asked again if someone from SLC could attend a January 26 meeting to talk about being involved in town government. Todd has let them know that he will attend the meeting. Rick offered to help if needed. Todd also responded to a request from another town for information about our heat pump program. •Cindy announced that Andy Joynt was appointed by the Select Board to the open position on the committee the evening before. Because he hasn’t completed the open meeting law and ethical training required, he cannot vote this evening, but hopefully will be fully qualified by the next meeting. Everyone expressed their warm welcome. Sustainability and Resilience Officer updates: •High performance building policy update: Maggie introduced us to the current versions of the two documents she circulated by email (the guidance is new), reviewed some highlights, .1