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TOWN OF HOPKINTON
~ SUSTAINABILITY GREEN COMMITTEE <”HSGC”> ~
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD TUESDAY 4/9/137:30PM
In attendance:Frank D’Urso, Andy Boyce, Nancy Dourney, Laura Connolly, Ken Parker,
Aubrey Doyle
Guests: Michael Mace – HHS Student
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Acceptance of Minutes
• Minutes from 2.26.13 and 3.26.13 approved unanimously – Nancy abstained from
both as she wasn’t at meeting.
3. Green Up/Shred day planning
• April 27, 9 AM
• Shred truck confirmed
• Dumpsters will be at Whitehall, Sandy Beach and the ones behind the Middle
School will be emptied.
• Need to hear back from Christianne re reverse 911.
• Andy to get more gloves and trash bags.
• Best Buy likely to come by and take back computers.
4. Solar Farm Outreach Debrief
• Outside proposal due to be made to BOS 4.23.13
• Zoning bylaw will go before our article, needs to pass before our article proceeds
• If zoning bylaw fails, believe we should withdraw our article.
• Laura – reach out to specific folks in town with a flier presenting the project
benefits
• Did a presentation last night at HCAM – will be aired starting this week. Peter and
I plan to take a picture of the area on Fruit Street tomorrow.
• At Town Meeting will have ~5 minutes to present – get down to ~ 5 slides and talk
to these.
• Create bullets with key points
• One more presentation – perform a walkthrough of Fruit Street, target May 4, 1
PM.
• Pre-walk on Saturday, April 20, 1 PM.
5. Old Business
• Marathon Day
• Planning on having a booth
• Frank, Ken and Laura will be there
• Margo checking on table and tent
• Print out the one-pager for the solar presentation – spend up to $30 on
copies
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6. New Business
• Heard from a developer putting in a zero energy development off Hayden Rowe,
wants to review with us.
• Middle School teacher looking to set up some composting, told them to come to
our next meeting.
• Andy also got an email about a guest speaker in Upton talking about edible
perennial gardening – John Root, Friday April 12, 7 PM, at Upton Town Hall.
7. Adjourn
• Meeting adjourned 8:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted to committee for review and revision,
Aubrey Doyle, Secretary