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Meeting Minutes
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
6:30 pm
120 Washington St.
Salem, Ma
In Attendance: Adam Segal, Rick Nye, Nick Lewis
Members not in attendance: Cindy Keegan (Chair), Rob DeRosier (V. Chair), Jeff Brandt, John Hayes, Jenna Ide, Jeff Barz-Snell
City Staff: Paul Marquis (Salem Energy Manager & RETF/ City Liaison)
Public: None
There were not enough members present to constitute a quorum; no formal votes were taken at the meeting
- Paul Marquis updated members present on the status of the Green Communities Program (GCP) grant application. He explained that MA DOER had decided to deliver the Green Communities grant program as a formula grant, rather than as a competitive grant. Under the formula grant criteria, Salem is entitled to $245,000. Marquis further explained that given the limited funding available, and priorities in the Mayor’s and Energy Manager’s offices, the submitted grant application included requests for $145,000 for energy performance contract buy-down; $50,000 for LED streetlight retrofits; $25,000 for a bike share program; and $25,000 for a home weatherization program. The streetlight retrofit would cover about 40% of the City-owned streetlights (without utility incentives that might become available), and the weatherization program
would be modeled after the community cooperative ‘weatherization party’ program pioneered in the Northeast by Cambridge’s Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET). Marquis noted that the President of HEET had been enlisted to speak at the upcoming Living Green Fair to try to promote interest in the proposed program.
- Task Force members stressed the idea that the RETF should highlight the City’s Green Community status at the upcoming Living Green & Renewable Energy Fair on 6/19/10. Marquis agreed to create a poster to draw attention to this.
- The Task Force members present agreed that now that the warm weather is upon us, and the fact that there were only six months left in the data collection period, it was imperative to print and post the informational posters for the Winter Island met tower that members had previously agreed was a priority. Paul Marquis agreed to check with Cindy Keegan (not present) re: the status of the printing.
- Members discussed details and staffing for the Living Green Fair. Mr. Nye and Mr. Segal would be present to help with set-up and staffing, and John Hayes has committed to the Fair for the entire day.
Meeting Minutes recorded by Paul Marquis
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm
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