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NASC Meeting Minutes
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 7:00p
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Town Hall 2 Floor Conference Room
I. Meeting was called to order
II. Bryan Sheckman assigned as meeting scribe
III. Last month’s meeting’s minutes were approved
IV. Attendees:
Bryan Sheckman Adrienne Goldman
Leslie Kulpinski Joanna O’Connell
Pranali Ashara Andy Mitchell
Kim Pass Jessica Pimentel
Carol Disney Alvin Pimentel
Kristi Cunningham Marla Chae (GLTS)
Julie Ross
V. Current Business
A. Greater Lawrence Technical High School: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts
and Mathematics (STEAM) presentation
1. Question: How do we power the future?
a. Replace fossil fuels (diesel) with biofuel: algae (chlorella)
2. This high school team won a $10,000 grant in the Lexus EcoChallenge, air and
climate category
a. Contact: cflreggies.org; CFL reggies on Instagram and YouTube
b. Have worked with a group called Pueblo Verde
c. Extracted 5 ml of oil from algae so far
d. Will hear in early April if they have won another $30,000 in a
competition that’s down to 8 teams
3. NASC members asked several questions of the team; all were very impressed
and wanted to know how we can support their efforts
B. Plastic Bag Ban
1. Important note: much of what was discussed and voted on below was
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superseded by a subsequent virtual meeting held on March 17.
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2. March 23 is last day to submit articles for the town meeting warrant
3. Need to put FAQ’s on our website and Facebook page
4. Town Manager has decided that the Board of Health will enforce this
5. A vote was held to have the bylaw placed on the Town Meeting Warrant
a. Adrienne Goldman moved to recommend to the Board of Selectmen
that the Single Use Plastic Bag Bylaw be included on the 2020 Annual
Town Meeting warrant.
b. The motion was seconded
c. Andy Mitchell asked if there was any further discussion \[all discussion
was held prior to this vote process\]
d. Andy Mitchell called for a vote
e. The vote was carried, with the committee voting unanimously to have
the bylaw placed on the Warrant.
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6. Discussion of how to campaign during March 31 election: “say yes to reusable
bags” was considered, along with a few other options
7. Distribution of reusable bags with sponsors: roughly $2.40 per bag; would like to
print around 1,000 bags; need local sponsors, corporate sponsors don’t seem to
be biting at this
a. Need to streamline the process of collecting from local sponsors to use
to be able to purchase the bags
C. Open Meeting Law (OML) refresher
1. Please don’t use our group email (nasustain@northandoverma.gov) to conduct
“virtual meetings” \[although under the current pandemic conditions, virtual
meetings are the current norm, and there is some flexibility here\]
2. Andy will do a trial of the use of sustainabilityemails@northandoverma.gov to
see who it actually goes to
D. Most other business was tabled for a later meeting
E. Internal/Administrative
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1. Upcoming 2020 meetings: May 5, June 2
VI. Adjourn