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Sustainable Lexington Committee
Minutes of Meeting of March 29, 2011
A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held on March 29, 2011
in Cary Hall. A quorum of three was present.
Members Present: Mark Sandeen, Chair
Risk Abrams, Todd Rhodes
Members Absent: Ken Moraff
The meeting was called to order at 8:15 pm.
Minutes from the March 1, 2011 meeting were approved.
Mr. Sandeen updated the committee on activities related to the Sagewell (IR imaging)
project:
• Ian Finlayson (Massachusetts DOER)has funding for IR imaging. DOER is
looking for an endorsement from the down. The Selectmen are scheduled to
discuss whether to approve the project at next Monday's meeting.
• DOER may provide Sagewell with enough funding to take images of 4,000 to
5,000 homes. They may also be able to do all 11,000 homes.
• Sagewell is currently being funded by DOER to complete a similar program in
Springfield.
The committee discussed how to structure a program to gain the greatest value from the
use of these images. Key issues to resolve include how the involved parties (Town of
Lexington, the SLC Committee, Sagewell, DOER) will manage:
• Ownership of the data collected
• Control of the data and privacy
• Administration of the program
The committee discussed the value of treating this project as a campaign in order to
effectively communicate to the town and get residents to take action as a result of the
information they receive. Topics discussed include:
• Using white papers, articles, and email notifications to alert residents about the
program.
• How to communicate the information to residents:
o Send the images as a postcard or in an envelope?
o From whom should the IR image be sent?
• Include a step in the process where residents can sign a release to share their
utility usage data(NStar, National Grid) so that it will be possible to track
improvement.
o Iblogix may have contacts at the utilities that could help identify how this
could be done.
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• Consider other sources of support.A
o Contact Rep. Markey's office.
The meeting adjourned at 9:15 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Todd Rhodes, Scribe
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