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South Burlington Energy Committee
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Meeting Minutes
December 13, 2018
Committee members present: Andrew Chalnick, Don Cummings, Keith Epstein, Linda McGinnis, Marcy Murray, Tim Perrin, Sam Swanson, Patty Tashiro Committee members absent: Fred Kosnitsky, Karen McKenny No community members were present.
Meeting called to order by Chair Linda McGinnis at 6:34pm. Keith Epstein moved that we accept the November 15th meeting minutes with changes that Linda emailed
prior to the meeting, Sam Swanson seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Button Up Vermont.
Keith reported that 5 Button Up Bingo cards were submitted, and 3 random winners were chosen from the 5. Karen is delivering the prizes: Ecobee smart thermostats. Keith and Karen will communicate with Fred to get an article in The Other Paper about Button Up Day and Button Up Bingo. EV Charging Stations. Linda reported that the applications were submitted on time. There were a lot of applications, so ours may not be approved. We can apply again in the next round if one or both of them are not approved. Project Updates. We discussed and decided to start using Google Docs for submitting project updates to team members before the meetings. This will help keep everyone informed and keep meetings productive. Patty volunteered to keep the project updates organized. Interim Zoning.
Linda communicated with city council and staff that SBEC would like to participate in the Interim Zoning process to ensure our interests are represented and our skills and experiences are utilized. Sam and Andrew volunteered to join one IZ committee each, representing the Energy Committee.
South Burlington Climate Action Plan. We discussed plans for meeting with City Council on December 17th and City Manager Kevin Dorn on
December 18th. We also discussed our strategy for updating City Council about energy efficiency progress in January 2019. Next Meeting. January 10th, 6:30 pm, South Burlington Police Station’s 2nd floor conference room at 19 Gregory Drive (middle entrance). Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 9:07 p.m.