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Home My Public Portal About20230710 - Sustainable Green Committee - AgendaTOWN OF HOPKINTON SUSTAINABLE GREEN COMMITTEE Monday July 10,2023 at 6:00 PM Town Hall -Lower Level Google Meet joining info Video call link:https://meet.google.com/chz-ffxe-dtb Or dial:(US)+1 574-328-1059 PIN:936 081 857# More phone numbers:https://tel.meet/chz-ffxe-dtb?pin=7408896311705 AGENDA _________________________________________________________________________ Expected Attendees:Amit Tandon,Amy Groves,Christine Coffman,Daniel Eversole,Deena Baker Nel,Diane Hayward,Don Sutherland,Geoff Rowland,Ken Parker,Linda Chuss,Mary Beth Lavoie,Nicole Simpson,Paul Gallagher,Peggy Barton Expected Late: Possible Absences: Expected Absences: Absent: 1.General business [10 mins] a.Committee member updates i.Welcome new members!Deena Baker Nel,Daniel Eversole,and Amit Tandon were appointed in June. ii.Carol Esler is interested in applying iii.Recommend an orientation or buddy system for new members.See this draft. iv.High school board member -we know of two applicants v.Reminder to complete oath of office for all who were just reappointed vi.New SGC select board liaison (Shahidul Mannan)-discuss having him to a meeting (purpose,talking points) b.Approve minutes from June 2023 c.Budget items for 2023 d.Town’s sustainability employee -status 2.Updates from committee liaisons [5 mins] a.Select Board -Shahidul Mannan b.School Committee -Amanda Fargiano c.ESBC-2 d.Parks and Rec -Laura Hanson 3.Workgroup Progress [60 mins] Goals and Progress Summary Sheet a.Zero Waste i.Recycling event successes &post-mortem discussion ii.Black Earth tour b.Outreach/Communications i.Sharing IS part of what we all should do and ask others to do.It’s as important as doing the right things. ii.Which group can each of you share the sustainable guidelines with? iii.Who do you know with an EV (for the Farmers Market,and maybe Polyarts and the EV Fair)? iv.Maybe a card/page with sustainability goals and stars on it. v.Asking a business in town to make cutlery for takeout on request only. vi.Farmers Market:EVs (would really love to have one there -no response from committee so far;we can ask a dealer to come),composting, pesticides,one giveaway (laundry sheet),sustainable events (for vendors and attendees) vii.Sustainable Event Guidelines were approved at the Select Board meeting.What that means and what’s next for that,and the guidelines in general. c.Buildings i.Nicole -Specialized Energy Code adoption process d.Climate Action i.Paul -process to calculate annual GHG inventory e.Environment i.Brendan -final presentation on carbon sequestration in forests f.Green Energy i.Municipal aggregation status g.Transportation i.Elaine directed Linda to Connor Zannini,a chemistry teacher at the HS, who worked with students to submit the $25,000 request regarding charging stations in town.Elaine said starting in July,they will be assigned a town department to work with.Connor said they “plan to submit research,cost estimates,warranty information,community collaborators (Buildings and Grounds and Finance Directors)and timeline.He said he believes Tim Perssons will lead the effort so we can reach out to Tim.Connor also agreed to share sustainability info from us with his students. 4.MA Legislative Actions [10 minus] a.Diane attended a session at the State House and belongs to related groups.She will present all the green legislation being proposed. i.List of proposed bills b.We may want to invite our state rep,James Arena-DeRosa to one of our meetings to talk about proposed green legislation we’d like to be supported.He was at the Recycling event. 5.Solar Flair Panel Issues -Follow Up a.Linda emailed Elaine who is following up with Norman.She has located some paperwork on the program. b.Ken talked to Andy Bryce who said there were others with issues.Andy did not know anything about the warranty and suggested we talk to Norman. c.One option is for one of us to contact Solar Flair just to gather and confirm information. 6.Community First Partnership Grants a.Will they exist this year?Does Hopkinton have an Environmental Justice Community? 7.Trails survey from the town and the SGC a.Would we want to weigh in with an official stance on the surface question of stone dust versus paved from a sustainability standpoint? 8.Announcements from members a. 9.Events [Reminder]-see hopgreen.org/about-us/events for details a.Farmers Market -July 16 b.Polyarts -September 9 c.EV Expo -October 1 10.Upcoming meetings a.August 7 is the next meeting -Town Hall lower level i.Expected known absences for next meeting -ensure quorum: ii.Elect officers b.Suggestions for upcoming agenda items i.Potential items ii.Annual calendar _________________________________________________________________________ The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting.Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.