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Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of August 8, 2023 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held by Zoom conference. A quorum of at least six was present throughout. Members Present: Paul Chernick, Lin Jensen, Andy Joynt, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss, Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Cindy Arens (chair), Celis Brisbin Staff Present: Maggie Peard Other Attendees: Jill Hai (Select Board), Charles Hornig, Gerry Yurkevich, Eileen Coleman The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm. Todd referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk and all members present responded that they could hear. Todd began by welcoming Jill as our new liaison from the Select Board. Discussion and Feedback on Draft Climate Action and Resilience Plan. Maggie reviewed the timeline and process for creating and finalizing the draft plan. KLA’s contract ends on August 31 and the draft will be finalized by then, with presentation to the Select Board for adoption sometime this fall. She explained that in addition to what’s in the draft, the working group and KLA have prepared “implementation blueprints” for 12 of the proposed actions; these will be incorporated in an appendix to come later. Maggie then opened it up to questions and comments, and considerable discussion followed. There was widespread agreement that the draft was well done, succinct, readable, and attractively presented. Among the comments, suggestions and topics discussed: •importance of implementing the plan; •value of exhorting readers to engage; •value of clarifying dual strategy of electrification and greening the grid; •need for clarity on who is being asked to do what; •printed handouts for residents; •reference dates for data; •clarity in GHG inventory about what is and is not included (air travel, Hanscom emissions, embodied carbon in goods consumed, etc.) (framework of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions might be helpful); .1