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Town of Lexington <br /> Sustainable Lexington Committee <br /> Minutes of Meeting of March 29, 2011 <br /> A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held on March 29, 2011 <br /> in Cary Hall. A quorum of three was present. <br /> Members Present: Mark Sandeen, Chair <br /> Risk Abrams, Todd Rhodes <br /> Members Absent: Ken Moraff <br /> The meeting was called to order at 8:15 pm. <br /> Minutes from the March 1, 2011 meeting were approved. <br /> Mr. Sandeen updated the committee on activities related to the Sagewell (IR imaging) <br /> project: <br /> • Ian Finlayson (Massachusetts DOER)has funding for IR imaging. DOER is <br /> looking for an endorsement from the down. The Selectmen are scheduled to <br /> discuss whether to approve the project at next Monday's meeting. <br /> • DOER may provide Sagewell with enough funding to take images of 4,000 to <br /> 5,000 homes. They may also be able to do all 11,000 homes. <br /> • Sagewell is currently being funded by DOER to complete a similar program in <br /> Springfield. <br /> The committee discussed how to structure a program to gain the greatest value from the <br /> use of these images. Key issues to resolve include how the involved parties (Town of <br /> Lexington, the SLC Committee, Sagewell, DOER) will manage: <br /> • Ownership of the data collected <br /> • Control of the data and privacy <br /> • Administration of the program <br /> The committee discussed the value of treating this project as a campaign in order to <br /> effectively communicate to the town and get residents to take action as a result of the <br /> information they receive. Topics discussed include: <br /> • Using white papers, articles, and email notifications to alert residents about the <br /> program. <br /> • How to communicate the information to residents: <br /> o Send the images as a postcard or in an envelope? <br /> o From whom should the IR image be sent? <br /> • Include a step in the process where residents can sign a release to share their <br /> utility usage data(NStar, National Grid) so that it will be possible to track <br /> improvement. <br /> o Iblogix may have contacts at the utilities that could help identify how this <br /> could be done. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />