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Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of April 25, 2023 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held in person and by Zoom conference. A quorum of at least eight was present throughout. Members Present: Cindy Arens (chair), Celis Brisbin, Paul Chernick, Lin Jensen, Andy Joynt, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss, Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Staff Present: Maggie Peard Other Attendees: Atreyi Basu (SustainabLY), Tanay Dalmia (SustainabLY), Charles Hornig (Planning), Ricki Pappo, Marcia Gens, Jeanne Kreiger, Melissa Battite (Recreation) The meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm. Cindy 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 March 21, 2023, were approved as written. Comments from residents; emails to committee mailbox; new business. Todd reported three emails: a community asked about the home rule petition – Cindy offered to reply; another about the leaf-blower ban – Todd forwarded the email to Dan Koretz; and a student from Tufts inquired about the extent to which the Sustainable Lexington works with local golf courses to reduce water use - Maggie is following up. SustainabLY update: Atreyi reported that they’ll be erecting their library display the third week of May. Tanay asked for help in promoting their event with grades 4-6; there are 30 spots. Tanay also mentioned that he is graduating and this will be his second-to-last Sustainable Lexington meeting. Sustainability & Resilience Officer updates. Maggie reported: •On the waste reduction front, there will be a public meeting at the end of May for the draft zero waste plan to receive public comment. The compost pilot will launch on May 16 at 6 pm (sign-ups will begin that evening but the actual program won’t begin until July 1). The task .1