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Sustainable Lexington Committee
Minutes of Meeting of September 2, 2014
A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held on September 2,
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
The meeting was called to order at 7:25 pm.
Community Choice Aggregation (M. Sandeen)
• Natick MA is in the process of establishing a Community Choice Aggregation
program.
• The Task Force (M. Sandeen, H. Manz, and P. Chernick) has not meet since the last
SLC meeting.
Solar Energy Task Force (D. Voss)
• The PPA has been signed and the application has been sent to DOER.
• The management of the project has transitioned to Shawn Newell, Asst. Dir.
Public Facilities, working with Ameresco.
• We are waiting for a schedule from Ameresco to begin the installation
• Hartwell Avenue opportunity
• There are two vendors considering the opportunity (Brightfields Development
and American Capital Energy).
• As part of the assessment, we need to consider the opportunity cost of
displacing current/alternative uses of the site.
• There are 12 acres on the site. Options include:
■ 1MW installation—which would not affect current composting
activities
■ 3MW installation—which would reduce area for composting
Solarize Lexington (M. Sandeen)
• The team plans to present the results of the effort to the Selectmen on Monday (9/8):
o At least 1.136 MW will be installed on residential roofs.
0 160 residents participated in the program.
Climate Action Plan (T. Rhodes, S. Rosner)
• The team will provide an updated plan for review at the next meeting.
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The meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Todd Rhodes, Scribe
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