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Sustainable Lexington Committee
Minutes of Meeting of June 26, 2018
A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held at Cary Hall. A
quorum of five was present.
Members Present: Mark Sandeen, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes, Dan Voss
Members Absent: Marcia Gens
Other Attendees:
• Charlie Wyman
• Joe Pato, Board of Selectmen
• Kris Spriano
The meeting was called to order at 7:15 pm.
1. Quiet Communities (R. Reibstein)
1.1. The Noise Advisory Committee is considering a bylaw in early 2019.
1.2. Rick identified that the DPW is still considering pilot use of electric equipment.
2. Public Outreach Events (M. Sandeen)
2.1. Environmental Candidates Night will be at Cary Library Wednesday night
2.1.1. SLC is sponsoring the program with GWAC and the Sierra Club
2.2. Discovery Day/Bike, Walk, and Bus Week
2.2.1. Bike Walk and Bus was okay: not a lot of attendees, but some good
conversations and there was a lot of interest in the electric vehicles.
2.2.2. Discovery Day was good as usual—30 HEA sign-ups by Homeworks, they
would have had more with two people instead of one. There was a lot of
interest in the electric vehicles and electric lawnmower.
2.2.3. Other outreach ideas?
■ Recycling training—particularly for people new to the area.
• Arlington has a good set of educational recycling videos.
2.3. Farmers Market
2.3.1. It was very quiet there recently. Not well attended.
3. Selectmen and School Committee Next Steps (M. Sandeen)
3.1. Sustainability Director: In general, the BOS supports the idea of having a
director. The Board is in support of meeting the goals associated with a
Sustainability Director, but it's up to the Town Manager to determine how to
resource that activity.
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3.2. Topics to bring before the Board of Selectmen
3.2.1. Building Policy
3.2.2. Sustainable Action Plan
3.2.3. Getting to Net Zero
3.2.4. Board of Health Recommendations
4. Sustainability & Climate Action Plan (M. Sandeen)
4.1. Carl Valente has requested that the plan include an approach for assessing the
costs of sustainability projects. The thought is to establish a checklist of issues to
assess/monetize and to use a set of scenarios to compare choices. He has asked
that we provide that to him in the next few weeks.
5. Better Buildings (T. Rhodes)
5.1. We are working on an update to the MOU with HomeWorks to guide our
relationship for the next year.
6. EV Charging Stations (M. Sandeen)
6.1. Shire received $200k to put in charging stations.
6.2. EverSource has money to put in the infrastructure for the stations and is looking
for us to let them know where we want new the stations.
6.3. Plan to go to the BOS meeting to get moving on the immediate opportunity and
then develop a broader plan for the whole town.
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