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Environmental Initiatives Committee
Regular Meeting Minutes
DATE:May 7, 2020
TIME:6:30 PM
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting ID: 943 9361 7478 (Password: l@heic)
1.Roll Call - Committee members in attendance: Peter Evans, Pat Lang, Aileen Lee,
Srini Srinivasan, Jolie Wu. Town Council Liaison: Michelle Wu. Members of the
public: Steve Schmidt
2.Approval of Minutes – Prior meeting minutes not available for review
3.Committee chair rotation – Aileen Lee nominated Jolie Wu and Srini Srinivasan to
serve as co-chairs; Peter Evans seconded the nomination. The committee voted
unanimously to approve the new co-chairs
4.Updates on ongoing EIC initiatives:
SVCEA community choice aggregation – No update from SVCEA. Discussed
concerns raised by some community members about perception that terms of
service have changed (e.g. reduce solar feed in tariff rates), which may actually
be the result of broader shifts in the market. Discussed possibility of having
SVCEA outreach as part of community education initiative.
GHG plan – Discussed reaching out to town staff to ask them to provide annual
update of GHG inventory and reporting against GHG plan. Aileen to send
message to Carl Cahill.
Education initiatives – Discussed interest in having more community education
events, and the possibility that virtual events would be a good option.
Committee members to look into logistics, and potential to survey community
members for interest.
Infrastructure - - Undergrounding, Other?
o Undergrounding – Discussed reaching out to George Tyson to better
understand the basis for the $1100 per foot estimate for undergrounding
costs related to the “ice-breaker” project, and also, to look at options for
better gauging community support
o Greenwaste – Discussed whether committee should be trying to check-in
on satisfaction with the new contract now that it has been implemented
for some time.
5.Potential New Initiatives - None
6.Public comments - None
7.Adjournment