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Home My WebLink About2014-10-28-SLC-min Town of Lexington Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of October 28, 2014 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held on October 28, 2014 at the Hadley Building. A quorum of four was present. Members Present: Mark Sandeen, Chair Todd Rhodes, Sheryl Rosner, Dan Voss Members Absent: Rick Reibstein Other Attendees: Joe Pato, Greg OÈBrien, Judith Glicksen The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm. (T. Rhodes) Meeting Minutes Meeting minutes were approved for July 22, September 2, and September 30. (M. Sandeen) Community Choice Aggregation Mr. Sandeen identified that the sub-committee presented to the Selectmen on September 17 to request agreement to take a warrant article to Town Meeting in the spring. J. Pato recommended getting support from the Appropriations Committee along with support from the Sustainable Lexington Committee and the sub- team (with Paul Chernak from the Energy Committee) (M. Sandeen) Solar Task Force Rooftop Complete except for the high school DOER had contract questions Ã once those are resolve the project will move forward The system is scheduled to go live in December Compost Facility There was a meeting today with the vendor (Brightfields, DPW, the police, D. Voss and M. Sandeen. They are finalizing the MOU. Need to start permitting in December to keep spot in the queue for the SRECs. Need a letter of intent to get the application for connection Ã so the task force needs to meet with the Selectmen. Plan to meet with the Selectmen on November 17; then the letter of intent can be prepared in December. (M. Sandeen) Letter for Environmental Massachusetts The committee recommended that the Board of Selectment send the letter prepared by Environmental Massachusetts to the Governor elect. Page 1 of 2 (T. Rhodes) Next Step Living Community Solar Mr. Rhodes presented an opportunity being offered by Next Step Living (NSL). The concept is that NSL would establish a solar installation and sell panels to residents who are unable to put solar on their own roofs. Mr. Sandeen identified that the town of Harvard has home rule that Lexington would need to adopt and have a warrant article to implement community solar and waive the taxes on the installation. Mr. Pato identified that Hascom is considering 17 solar site Ã four of which are in Lexington. (M. Sandeen) Better Buildings The task force needs to establish standards for new buildings and retrofits. The task force includes Paul Pinelli (former Permanent Buldings Committee (PBC) and LEED Silver advocate from 10 years ago) and John Himmel from (PBC) is not available may be able to be a supporting member. (T. Rhodes) Air Source Heat Pump Mr. Rhodes provided background on the air source heat pump program. Mr. Sandeen identified that other towns did Solarize on their own so there is precedent for a town to conduct such a program. Heat pump incentives (Alterative Energy Credits, AEC) are coming in the spring from DOER. Climate Action Plan Assignments for the climate action plan are: Energy: D. Voss Buildings: M. Sandeen Transportation: T. Rhodes Emergency Preparedness: S. Rosner Water: Greg OÈBrien Public Health: R. Reibstein The meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm Respectfully Submitted, Todd Rhodes, Scribe Page 2 of 2