Sustainability, Energy and Resiliency Committee (SERC) Regular Meeting

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - 6:30pm
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Sustainability, Energy, and Resiliency Committee (SERC) Meeting

NOTICE OF MEETING

You are hereby notified that the Salem Sustainability, Energy, and Resiliency Committee will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 6:30 PM via remote participation with instructions posted to www.salem.com in accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and Governor Baker’s Emergency Order dated March 12, 2020.

Important Announcement:

Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this public meeting of the City of Salem Sustainability, Energy, and Resiliency Committee is being conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible.

Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation by members of the public and/or parties with a right and/or requirement to attend this meeting can be found on the city’s website, at www.salem.com, and on the committee web page, at www.salem.com/sustainability-energy-and-resiliency-committee-serc.

For this meeting, members of the public who wish to watch, listen or provide comment during the meeting may do so in the following manner:

Remote Participation Instructions:

The meeting will be opened at 6:15 P.M. to allow members of the public to test their audio. During portions of the meeting in which public comment is permitted, members of the public who have “raised their hand” in Zoom will be called on to offer comments.  In order to raise a hand, members of the public using the Zoom computer of phone application may click the “Raise Hand” button; members of the public dialing in may press “*9” to raise their hand to speak.

No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means. In the event that we are unable to do so, despite best efforts, we will post on the city’s website an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate this challenging situation for our community and the world.

Meeting Agenda

May 26, 2021 – 6:30 P.M.

Remote Participation

  • Introductions
  • Public Comment (limited to one minute per person, must be limited to current discussion/within SERC jurisdiction)
  • Review & Approve Meeting Minutes – April 28, 2021
  • Redesign of Salem-Beverly Water Use billing statement (John Hayes)
  • Climate Change in the News (John Hayes)
  • Tackling Urban Heat in Selected LEED Cities (John Hayes)
  • City Projects
    • Forest River Update (Jenna Ide)
    • General Municipal Update (Jenna Ide, Esmeralda Bisono, Stacy Kilb)
  • Green Futures Act & 100% Clean Act. Additional information can be found here  and here.  (Jeff Cohen)
  • (7:30PM) Guest Speaker: Barbara Warren, Salem Sound Coastwatch  Executive Director & MassBays National Estuary Regional Coordinator, Greening the Gateway Cities Program  (EOEEA DCR)
  • New Business
    • IRWA Wayne Castonguay – speaker invitation
  • Upcoming Events
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at 6:30 P.M. Via Zoom
  • Adjournment