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Town of Lexington Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of October 27, 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), Joe Pato (Select Board), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Suzie Barry (Select Board), Mary Hutton (Mothers Out Front), Ricki Pappo (Lexington GWAC), Paul Gromer (Peregrine Energy), Judith Glixon, Lin Jensen, Tina McBride, Susan Foster, Charles Hornig. The meeting was called to order at 6:03 pm. Todd referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members responded that they could hear. 1. Previous minutes. The minutes of September 22 and October 20, 2020, circulated previously, were approved as written, with the exception of one correction to the attendance list at the October 20 meeting. 2. Comments from residents; new business. None. 3. Peregrine Energy Group Update. Paul Gromer of Peregrine Energy presented a brief summary of the final version of the energy inventory report. Several changes were made based on discussion at our September meeting: the report excludes from town energy use an estimate of the energy used at the two large federal facilities in town (Hanscom and Lincoln Labs), the data was upgraded with current assessor's office data, and the emissions factor used to calculate CO2 emissions from natural gas was modified to reflect gas leaks as well as gas combustion. Paul G. took questions and comments from the committee, as a result of which he agreed to make two additional changes: to break out the contribution of Class I RECs (which is about to change for the 100% Green default option), and to look at per capita(and perhaps square footage) energy use. He expects to deliver a final report by week's end. 4. Sustainability Director's Report. Stella gave a quick recap of the major points in her written report. She is working to identify projects from the Getting to Net Zero report requiring funding that can tap the funds remaining from Town Meeting's appropriation; the DPU letter is now ready to go to the Select Board;public meetings for the Hartwell Avenue Rezoning Initiative are beginning; she is recommending that(1)the Climate 1.