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Town of Lexington Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of January 26, 2021 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held by Zoom conference. A quorum of nine was present. Members Present: Cindy Arens, Celis Brisbin, Paul Chernick, Archana Dayalu, Marcia Gens, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss (chair) Members Absent: Charlie Wyman Other Attendees: Stella Carr (Sustainability Director), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Mary Hutton (Mothers Out Front), Ricki Pappo (Lexington GWAC), Lin Jensen. The meeting was called to order at 6:08pm. Todd referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members responded that they could hear. 1. The committee approved the minutes from the December 22, 2020 and January 8, 2021 meetings. The committee also agreed to drop the standing agenda item "Meeting Norms" from future agendas —the structure of the Zoom meetings and document repository on the Town website have addressed the prior concerns. 2. Community Comments: • Lin Jensen recommend that the committee sign a letter in support of the DOER. The timing was too short for a letter to be presented to the Select Board, so the committee determined that past letters would need to be sufficient. 3. Sustainabilty Director's Report: • Met with student"Sustain Us" groups and discussed approach for involving them in SLC meetings. Sent out survey to local businesses to support the Green Business program. • Established a Zero Waste landing page on the Town's Sustainability Office webpage Working with a cross-functional group within Town staff on a Sustainable Procurement Policy. Stella with share a draft of the policy with the committee once it is ready for review. o Cindy recommended looking at policies from the State of Washington Working with the Toxic Use Reduction task force to review Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for currently purchased materials and to look for opportunities for improvement. 1.