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Sustainable Lexington Committee
Minutes of Meeting of July 22, 2014
A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held on July 22, 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: Toby Armstrong, Steve Kaufman, Joe Pato
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm.
Community Choice Aggregation (M. Sandeen)
• Mr. Sandeen met with Mothers Out Front and they would like to support the
aggregation effort in Lexington and in other towns in the Commonwealth.
• The next steps are to:
• Get approval from the Selectmen
• Prepare an RFP to select a broker
• Gain approval from Town Meeting to proceed
• Approve or reject bid offer from selected broker(4 hour window)
• Mr. Sandeen will meet with Paul Chernick and Hank Manz to prepare a letter to the
Selectmen.
• The team expects to meet with the Selectmen in September.
Solarize Lexington (M. Sandeen)
• Solarize Lexington has signed up residents has close to 1 MW of installations
planned.
• The installations are currently in progress.
House Bill 4185 —Net Metering and Solar Power (M. Sandeen)
• The Board of Selectmen have sent a letter to the Commonwealth with
recommendations relative to the proposed bill.
• Mr. Sandeen met Representative Kaufman's and Senator Barrett's staff to discuss the
importance of net metering to meet the Commonwealth's solar goals.
Solar Energy Task Force (D. Voss)
• 1.1 MW of PV panels are planned for installation on Lexington schools and the
library.
• The agreement with Ameresco was finalized last Friday (7/18/2014) and the Task
Force is meeting with the Selectmen on Monday. The Town Manager has given
authority to proceed.
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• The panels will be purchased and installed this fall and installation should be
complete by the end of the year.
• Ameresco is planning to install monitors with performance data and provide
educational materials and training at schools for students and residents.
• The task force is also assessing the opportunity for solar at the Composting Facility.
The task force is considering a 500kW canopy over the hazardous waste collection
area and a 1 MW ground system.
Climate Action Plan (T. Rhodes, S. Rosner)
• The committee reviewed a draft of the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan.
Recommended edits included:
• Add Economics to the project evaluation criteria.
• Reword "3 year goal" to "3 year objective".
• Create an index to identify top projects.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Todd Rhodes, Scribe
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