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Sustainable Lexington Committee
Minutes of Meeting of April 25, 2017
A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC)was held on April 25, 2017 at
Cary Hall. A quorum of five was present.
Members Present: Mark Sandeen, Marcia Gens, Todd Rhodes, Rick Reibstein,
Dan Voss
Members Absent: None
Other Attendees: Joe Pato
The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm.
Community Choice Aggregation (M. Sandeen)
• We expect to get Community Choice prices on May 17th and need to start our
community outreach efforts to lead up to a launch on July 1.
Upcoming Events (M. Sandeen)
• Hartwell Solar Installation ribbon-cutting is on May 18th at 8:30am.
• Bike, Walk and Bus Week: May 19th at 6:30am.
■ Topics: Community Choice, Better Buildings, Lexington Energy Challenge
• Discovery Day: May 27th. Four Tables;
■ 1) SLC: Better Buildings (Sustainable Policy), Solar
■ 2) Mothers Out Front: Net-Zero, Gas Leaks
■ 3) HomeWorks: Signups for Home Energy Assessments
■ 4) Peregrine Energy: Community Choice
Lexington Energy Challenge (T. Rhodes)
• Home Energy Workshop planned for May 3.
• Letters went out to residents.
• School program starting at Bridge, Estabrook, at Hastings.
Sustainable Building Policy (M. Sandeen)
• J. Pato will speak with C. Valente to see if he has any questions. Then he'll check
with S. Barry to put the policy on the BOS agenda for a vote.
Quiet Communities (R. Reibstein)
• Plan to set up a Task Force including; Rick, Dan, and others to be identified by Dave
Pinsonneault.
Gas Leak Plug Pilot Program (M. Sandeen)
• A list of 20 leaks has been developed by National Grid. 17 are major and 3 are
random/small.
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• The plan is to fix 13 from the list and use three different sensors to assess the
accuracy of the different sensor technologies.
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