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Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of June 22, 2023 Appropriations and Capital Expenditures). They plan to present the policy to the Select Board and School Committee in the fall. •BEU-D: o Maggie reported that there are 117 buildings on the BEU-D list. Of these, 86 have provided full reports, six have provided partial reports, and 25 have not provided reports yet but half of those are working on it. She expects to have around 85% compliance in this first year. o Collecting water data was the most challenging part of the process because it was not available for all building owners. Also, collecting data for condos and multi-tenant buildings was challenging, but Eversource and National Grid were able to provide the aggregated data for these buildings as anticipated. o Maggie is spending about 40% of time on the effort right now during this data collection time period, but reported that it has been a manageable amount of work. o Some owners have asked about how the data will be used, but most were just focused on providing the required information and completing the task. •HeatSmart o The program received a grant from the Community Endowment for Lexington (CEL) to add more coaches and Maggie is actively recruiting for those positions now. o Cindy asked whether data is being collected to track the performance of the program. Maggie is sending a feedback form out to residents who participated in the program to get feedback on contractors, whether residents moved forward with the recommendations, etc. She reported that about 50% of the participating residents have homes fueled with oil, and 30% use gas. •Fossil-fuel Free Pilot: o Maggie and Cindy are holding meetings with Town Counsel and representatives from other priority towns to update the Town’s application and to share information with others to have a consistent approach to the application process. Applications are due in September. •Launch of compost pilot: o Maggie reported the good news that about 1,900 signups have been received for the 2,000 spots. The program starts on July 1. She also reported that the Town did not win the $1 million EPA grant intended to help to grow the program to cover the full town over 3 years. Ricki asked about the availability of other grants. .2