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Medford Energy Committee (MEC)Meeting Minutes ( 12/6/2010)
6pmCity Hall Room 201
In Attendance: Fred Laskey, Alicia Hunt, Jonathon Hunt, Curtis
Tuden, Brett Sullivan, Susan Altman, BobPain, J.R. Sigel, Richard
Cormio, Jeff GoldsmithAbsent: Jawad Benazzi, Elisabeth
KrautscheidGuest: Emily Ann Celano, Harvard student
1) Review of minutes from previous meeting on 11/8/10Motion to
Pass (Fred Laskey)Seconded (Rich Cormio)Motion Passes
2) Discussion of Medford Holiday Event and committees future
involvementEvent Planners offered MEC a table to participate next
year. Consensus wasmade that we should and would like to be
involved.
Ideas: Hand out energy efficient light bulbs or low-flow water
devices,perhaps sell LED holiday lights at cost?
Discussion of LED light decorations and ability to convert more
decorations to
LED (costs ~$1/bulb) Any such projects should be coordinated
through Bill Mahoney atthe Voke.
*To be discussed and organized at later meetings
3) Discussion of Medford Climate Action Plan (CAP)We need to
decide if this document is an internal or external document. The
current
documented is designed for use within the government, it is not
designed as something to be distributed toresidents. We are leaning
towards an internal document, but this is not decided.
Section I - Introduction: Assessing the bulk of introduction and
whether the focus should be oncauses and affects of global climate
change, past legislation on the subject (both nationally and
locally),and/or what the MECs involvement should be.
- After discussion, the committee agreed that before any final
assessment of 2001 CAPthe MEC should create a mission statement
that shows the direction and priorities of our committee. This
mission statement will be the added to the agenda for our next
meeting.
Sections II-VII: Many topics were discussed. Most related to
addressing the statement in 2001CAP, Municipal Emissions Reduction
Target = 20% below 1998 emission levels, as well as
addressingstatement, Community Emissions Reduction Target = 10%
below 1998 emission levels.
- Focus will be on gaining an accurate measure of the citys 2010
emission levels in orderto judge what has been accomplished and
what has not. Also, conduct a re-evaluation of how past
emissionlevel figures were gathered and what would be the
appropriate unit of measurement. Special considerationof how
construction of new schools has effected emissions and creating
ideas on how to assess and increaseat home energy efficiency.
Distribution of documents relating to energy usage will be made
available uponrequest.
4) Discussion of activities of other municipal energy
groups.
Focus on collaboration with a focus on spearheading events
throughout the year. Also, make it apoint to become familiar with
similar groups in other Massachusetts cities.
5) Disposition and maintenance of past and future web pages
relating to the MECIt was agreed that proper use of internet
material is important for organization, education,
community access, and networking. Ideas will be discussed at
future meetings after the completion of thecommittee mission
statement.
6) Review action items- Brett will research and circulate
mission statements from other groups for review
