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Town of Lexington Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of August 18, 2020 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), Charlie Wyman Members Absent: None Other Attendees: Stella Carr (Sustainability Director), Jeffrey Rhodin, Joe Pato (Select Board), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Mary Hutton (Mothers Out Front), Ricki Pappo (Lexington GWAC) The meeting was called to order at 6:02 pm. Todd read the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members responded that they could hear. 1. Previous minutes. The minutes of July 28, 2020, circulated previously, were approved as written. 2. Comments from residents; new business. None. 3. Sustainability Director Update. • Stella asked the committee for feedback on logos for her office and on decals for town electric vehicles (beginning with the two Leafs the town is acquiring). Discussion followed. • Stella asked for feedback on the proposed vehicle replacement policy, and asked for volunteers to help hone the policy for formal adoption. Todd and Celis offered to help, and Mark agreed to provide guidance on appropriate language. • August is Water Quality Month, and the town is participating in a national water conservation campaign; committee members were encouraged to visit the website, take the pledge, and encourage friends to do the same. • Ten minutes are reserved on the Select Board's agenda Monday evening for presentation and discussion of town comments on the state's Solid Waste Master Plan; Stella and Cindy will coordinate. DPW is pulling together some numbers to contribute to those comments; they may not have them ready by Monday, but can provide them soon after so that the Town Manager can incorporate them into the letter. See the Director's monthly report (circulated previously) for additional details. 4. Update on Micro-Grid proposal for the Stop&Shop/Walgreens area. Mark described what a micro-grid is and explained that Eversource has offered to build a micro-grid for the town, 1.