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Town of Lexington Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of July 8, 2019 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held in in the Hudson Room of Cary Hall. A quorum of five was present. Members Present: Celis Brisbin, Marcia Gens, Todd Rhodes, Dan Voss, Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Rick Reibstein Other Attendees: Paul Chernick, Ricki Pappo, Judy Otto, Charles Hornig (Planning Board), Bob Pressman, Steve Senna(National Development), Michele Lambert(Lambert Sustainability) The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm. 1. Presentation by representatives from National Development on the Project Descriptions and Sustainability Goals for the Bridges and Waterstone Development projects on Watertown Street. • Dan set the scene with some background and history on Sustainable Lexington. Steve Senna then reviewed the history of the site and described the project team, the nature of project, and the commitments made to the Selectmen, Town Meeting, Belmont Country Club, and neighbors. These place strong constraints on what they can change, but while they are two years into planning and design, it is early in the design of their systems and they are open to doing what they can. Michelle Lambert walked the committee through the sustainability design process and reviewed where they are on various topics. • The initial assessment for solar and geothermal is not promising, but they are continuing to look at it. They asked if the committee could share information about the geothermal system at Hastings, and any other information that could assist them in evaluating options. • There was discussion about the importance of incorporating red list issues, which are not well covered by LEED, into the design process. • Dan asked about their resiliency planning and ability to withstand an extended period without power. Mr. Senna responded that they've looked at various options and will rely on diesel generators with a 48-hour supply on site and reliance on contracts for resupply. • Celis said that he would like to see their energy modeling and recommended that National Development investigate available funding for sustainable systems and hoped they could go beyond LEED silver to produce a model result. Mr. Senna replied that they can't afford all they would like to do, are constrained by commitments made to other 1.