May 18, 2011 Agenda & Minutes 04/13/2011
Sustainable Hanover Committee Agenda, May 18, 2011 Meeting Town Hall, Conference Room 8 - 9:30am. May Agenda: 8:00: Approve April Minutes 8:05 - 8:20: Upcoming Events:
8:30 - 8:45: Update on Planning Tool (Chris S.) 8:45 - 9:15: Presentation by Dartmouth Students on Powershift Conference in DC 9:15 - 9:30: Structural Questions to consider (Summarize for June discussion). 1 Comment April 6, 2011 / Hanover, NH Town Hall, 8:00-10:00am Attendees: Lyn Swett Miller (Chair), Larry Litten (Vice-Chair), Mary Ann Cadwallader, Chris Soderquist, Rosi Kerr (Director of Sustainability at Dartmouth) Chris Kennedy. Susan Edwards (susanedwards67@gmail.com) (Recycling & Waste Subcommittee), Brian Walsh (Selectman), Marjorie Rogalski, Peter Kulbacki (Public Works)
Guests: Teresa Oden (toden@carleton.edu) and Kelly McGlinchey (Dartmouth Sustainability Intern),
Minutes Approved: for Meetings in January and February. Action Items: Kiosk Creation: Lyn will talk with the designer about the base, a removable pamphlet holder and a case to transport the kiosk in
February 26 Workshop Wrap-up: Despite the small turn-out, we road-tested Larry’s workshop on composting and Chris Kennedy’s on weatherization. Julia Griffin gave an introduction to the Town’s work on sustainability and Rosi Kerr talked about Dartmouth’s sustainability initiatives. Chris S. worked with a small group on his project that enables individuals and communities to plot sustainability goals. The transportation sub-committee (Bike/Ped. Committee) had a meeting rather than give their workshop. We didn’t do the consumer workshop. The content for the event was right, but the timing was poor— middle of ski season on a beautiful day. Sadly, too many people left during the lunch break for the visioning session to be possible.
The following dates were suggested for a 2012 Workshop, March 31 or April 7 (Easter is April 8). In 2012 gas and oil will most likely be over $4.00 a gallon and we may have a large audience to show what can be done to reduce energy use.
Kiosk Design Decision: The kiosk will be 6 feet high. It will have 2 panels of display space about 2’by 3’ on each of 3 sides. Posters will be latched in, not tacked. The 3 linked panels will sit on a triangular base. An info. sheet holder could be included on the bottom panel.
2011 Plan for Action will focus on residential sustainability and will continue to include these components: -EDUCATION--Our kiosk with the theme of assuring another 250 years coordinated with our website. We took time to thank Lyn for her vision and work on this. Brian mentioned how proud the Town is of this, and Rosi congratulated us on it.
2012 SDAT partnership -ENERGY--data gathering as residents try RePower at Home and My Energy Plan now on the website. -WASTE/RECYCLING--Yard Sale, September 10 (Susan Edwards) -TRANSPORTATION--Bike/Ped Committee’s Safe Route to Schools (Joanna Whitcomb) -FOOD/AGRICULTURE—educating residents on composting and rethinking lawns and gardens. This might include tours of exemplary gardens, water gardens, lawns and workshops in composting etc. (Larry Litten) -LAND--
Here is a summary of some logistical issues:
Discussion about Structure (Leadership, Meeting times, Composition of meetings): How do we make this all happen? Lyn is stepping down in June. Larry will stay on one more year.
Larry expressed his concern about our difficulty in growing the committee, about burn out, and about inclusion of Hanover’s business community, schools, and churches under our umbrella. Is our meeting time keeping us from including these sectors of the community? Should we work to be more like the Conservation Commission and the Planning Board with strong citizen committees meeting at night and have a paid Town employee to coordinate Town efforts (looking to find sustainability in every aspect of what the Town does), and an implied policy-making mandate?
Brian spoke to these questions; first, to the difficulty of getting people with children to serve on groups that meet at night. He said that the Town already devoted a man-year to being sustainable. He reminded us that the State government controls building codes and taxation. Further, he felt it wasn’t the Town’s role to legislate sustainability in a top down manner. Sustainable Hanover’s job, then, would seem to be one of education and persuasion of citizens to adopt sustainable practices and to spread the word, as well as one of coordination of citizens’ efforts.
In these years of ‘forming’ Sustainable Hanover, we’ve discussed acting as a steering committee for all those working on sustainability in Hanover, advocating for best practices in the Town’s use of energy, and educating other Hanover residents through a website, an annual celebration, a kiosk, etc. The Natural Step program set up several subcommittees that would have needed a steering committee to provide coordination if they’d thrived. When they didn’t with the exception of the Bike/Ped group and the new Recycling of Waste Committee, the Committee stepped up to enlarge the group interested in sustainability. We need to continue our efforts to engage our citizens in sustainability.
Committee members feel a tremendous urgency to see sustainable practices adopted throughout Hanover and at times feel discouraged with what appears to be slow progress despite our efforts. It is hard to know which of our efforts may bear fruit. Should we look for grant money to hire someone to advocate and coordinate the Town’s efforts to become more sustainable, knowing that we would have to take over this work when the grant money ran out? Someone suggested that our name, Sustainable Hanover, might lead the public to think that the Town is addressing the issue and doesn’t need citizens to get busy to make Hanover more sustainable.
Rosi suggested we look for models on the web that address the challenges of coordination and communication we’ve articulated. She thought that a Dartmouth intern could go to each group in town involved in sustainability and report back so we’d have a better overall picture of the efforts being made, could facilitate sharing and consequently avoid duplication of effort.
In our search for effective ways to educate and communicate, to coordinate and build a constituency and to act and record results; we need to appreciate all the work that we’ve already done. Thank you, Lyn, for your leadership and for getting the website up and going. Your example has encouraged us to act and brought expertise to the Committee. These past 2 years, we’ve learned a lot from our publicity efforts at the Farmers’ Market, involved others in our work at the Yard Sale and Naked Table, partnered more often with Dartmouth. Joanna Whitcomb and Rosi Kerr’s attendance at our meetings has contributed greatly to this and to our information base as well.
Earth Day/Week at Dartmouth: Rosi invited us to have a presence, Saturday, April 23rd at the block party near the Green that will conclude the Earth Week celebrations at Dartmouth (read more about them on Dartmouth’s website). The event will begin after 11:00 and go until 4:00 and have free food and fun activities, ending with a concert by the Novac band behind Colis. VINS and the Montshire will be there as the event is meant to involve both the college and Town.
We didn’t want to miss out on this even though it’s happening during school vacation and some of us will be out of town. Lyn will contact Kelly McGlinchey about personing our kiosk. (Rosie offered to pay Kelly.) Lyn will give Rosie our contacts at the schools so students can be invited before they go on vacation, making the event inclusive of a continuum of students. Rosie thought the Green Bus possibly could visit the schools and publicize the event.
Larry will organize us to get the kiosk to the site on April 23rd. We want it to advertise our website and to publicize the Yard Sale, September 10. The 5 College Book Sale would like to be able to post a sign on it as well.
Marjorie announced the NAARA workshop, June 6, 7: It will present the state of composting in the US on day one and on Tuesday will give workshops for schools. Marjorie will make sure that Susan Edwards has the information.
New Recycling of Waste Committee: Susan Edwards, Joyce Knoll, Teresa Oden, and Carolyn Frye (Norwich) are the members of this new committee which is working with the Town on its recycling program, on the Yard Sale in September and on other opportunities to recycle. Betsy Smith would be the logical Town employee to meet with Recycling.
Planning Model update: Chris Soderquist is developing a planning tool to aid people in seeing the results of actions they might take to live more sustainably. Graphs are used to show the effect of each action chosen. The tool will facilitate individuals’ choices of what to do by indicating what action will make the most difference and will be useful for schools to use in teaching about sustainability.
Respectfully submitted, Mary Ann Cadwallader, recorderAgenda:
ii. Web Site iii. 2012 Workshop April (Annual Event?)
Hanover Committee Minutes February 16, 2011 8:15 – 9:30, Town Hall Board Room Attendees: Lyn Swett Miller, Chair, Larry Litten, Co-Chair, Chris Kennedy, Peter Kulbacki Absent: Mary Ann Cadwallader, Joanna Whitcomb, Chris Soderquist, Andrea Caruso Guests: Hannah Kennedy January Minutes: We did not approve, as we did not have a quorum. Action:
Brian suggested that Julia focus on the following for her welcome: 6 years ago – analysis – Where energy was used, then look at Frank Austin’s summary – we have a decision-making structure – annual budget & capital decisions based on sustainability – maintenance. Built into the thinking and it is saving money.. feedback – grants, ongoing thinking… people don’t even think about it. 4 yrs ago bond issue for sewage plant.
- Need more people engaged – taking responsibility: call to action… Pass sign-up sheet around – Circulate during lunch – Commitments – Peer pressure… [clip-board] Hannah – Children’s activities: Summary of Plan: Neighborhood mapping activity, including the creation of a large ‘mural’ of the ideal Hanover. Chris & Lyn will do the Home (consider Energy Audit as contingency of sale on a new home). How can Hanover take the lead? Changing perspective on real estate – Energy Audits for sales of homes. Why are things not achieving the results they should be? Sub-meter: Heating, water, lighting & plug loads, Handouts for each presentations – Action Items & Vocabulary Hannah K. asked: Can we create a mind-map? Pick your ending and see how to get there, so that a person does not feel overwhelmed… 2 –3 actions in each category. Brian W suggested: Card stock & fold in half booklet with key information Chris K asked: How can we create a database for sharing information about who is doing what? Network produce and need? Neighborhood Dartlist.com – like a craigs list – swap stuff Hanoverswaplist.com – Lyme, listserve… Valley Food council?? Yard sale… Question: Web of connectivity… Action… think about networking… Guiding questions: How can we promote neighborhood networking? Physical, virtual networks.. What level of granularity? What outcomes can we have? Information not for information sake – We are all doing this… Surplus to the Haven…Community dinner at the Lutheran Church… AT hikers…What are the destinations for surplus??? Freezer or give away ------------------------- Background Material/Communications Here is an update on the event: 1. The Co-op gave us a gift certificate of $50 for food for the event. 2. The bicycle blenders will be there 3. Andrea & Hannah Kennedy are organizing a fabulous children's event 4. RePower at Home has let go its field staff, so Karen Kelly will not be joining us. 5. Kiosk: Lyn is meeting with woodworker Richard Naple who helps at the Dartmouth woodshop on 2/23 to discuss kiosk creation in time for June 1 Farmers Market. 6. There will not be someone there from SAU 70 - we will merge the school's stuff into Julia's preeze Action items to discuss tomorrow: 1. Visuals - Town of Hanover maps for push-pins; Town of Hanover maps for kids 2. Food & drink / Smoothies - what prices? 3. Registration logistics - what is on paper? What do we have on a laptop? 4. Laptops for Repower at Home sign-up 5. Help from Dartmouth students? 6. Help from High School Students 7. PR - Press Release (I will send this out later today) 8. Transaction Ad (I will send this out later today) 9. Contacting organizations to have information available on tables (very informal in nature) Main tasks: 1. Powerpoint Presentation - Intro - Julia (Lyn will create) 2. Powerpoint Presentation - Closing - Lyn 3. Handouts for presentations January 19, 2011 SHC Minutes 03/26/2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:00am-9:30am / Town Hall, Selectmen’s Room Next Meetings: February 2nd and 16th Present: Lyn Swett Miller (Chair), Larry Litten (Vice-Chair), Brian Walsh (Selectman), Mary Ann Cadwallader, Chris Soderquist, Peter Kulbacki (Public Works), Andrea Caruso, Marjorie Rogalski. Guest: Rosi Kerr, Director of Sustainability at Dartmouth Minutes Approved: for December Action Items:
Action Items follow:
Welcome Rosi Kerr, Director of Sustainability at Dartmouth: Rosi has been working since the middle of November with all interested parties at Dartmouth on a sustainability strategic planning process. The zero waste initiative at Dartmouth has had a high learning curve but continues with administrative support. She plans to attend our meetings to further the ways that Dartmouth and Hanover can support each other in the area of sustainability. Larry, Lyn and Julia met with Rosi Kerr last week. She suggested Town and College funding for a communication director for sustainability. Julia is helping with the job description and the search for grant funding for the Town’s share. Brian reminded us of the Town’s tax dilemma. A pilot demonstrating the cost savings aspect of sustainable practice might bring taxpayers support for funding when grant funding inevitably ran out, but grant applications shouldn’t take Town funding for granted. Sustainable Hanover’s Part in 250th Fourth of July Celebration Sunday, the 3rd and Monday the 4th ) : Larry suggested the theme—Let’s assure another 250th. This could be a theme for our kiosk, each bin of recyclables could secure a future birthday… At the least we should work to make the event itself sustainable by requiring venders to use recyclables and the event planners to provide recycling. Larry will talk with Bill Young, who is chairing the event, about this. Someone needs to investigate whether a permitting process that addresses recyclable waste we suggested earlier has been put in place. There’s another teachable moment here as well if we ‘get the grit out front’. We could make 3 piles on the Green—recyclables, compost, and trash—and see how much bigger we could make the recyclables and compost piles than the trash pile. Rosi would find Dartmouth students to monitor the piles. Further, Lyn is working with a middle school girl on a fashion show using recyclables and used clothes (in connection with her Bat Mitzvah). Lyn will talk with the young woman about whether she’s interested in making a float for a Queen of Recycling… Zero Waste Pilot in a Public Facility: Larry suggested having a sustainability coordinator in each Town building for the purpose of gathering data, cheerleading for and perhaps enforcing waste stream reduction and recycling. Larry will meet with Frank Austin and Mike Chase on waste. Marjorie, Peter, Julia and Larry are pursuing this idea with someone at Thayer. To make the choice and show progress we have to understand our current waste stream and need more data. Todd at NE Waste has been asked again about our waste stream and Betsy McClain is prepared to add data. Chris Kennedy’s progress on buildings energy performance ratings for public buildings and residences might be used. Larry could make a survey for Town employees that the Sus. Coordinator in each building could collect or an online Survey Monkey could be used. If someone is in place to guide the process, a paper survey was preferred by the Committee. Further discussion of this will be a future agenda item. Brian suggested successive 3 month pilots at different sites with a coordinator at each site. Choice of the first site and coordinator would best be done by Peter K. Public Works and places where patrons generate most of the waste, like the Howe Library, would not be representative and should not be first. The place chosen should be one with a person who would like to coordinate and would have a salesman, rather than an enforcer mentality. Information on the process as well as the waste stream is important as we pilot. Peter, Frank, Julia, and Larry should meet if there are budgetary concerns. DHMC has a new program, the Green Medicine Initiative, which is working on lowering operating room waste. If felt apropos, Larry will look into this by contacting John Leigh. Streetlight Update: National Grid is offering the possibility of turning off streetlights after a certain hour each night, which would meet Hanover’s needs. The cost for the mechanism and its installation is $150 a light which could be amortized over time by the savings in electricity (40%) but National Grid wants the money paid all at once upon installation. This and the fact that they only offer high pressure sodium lights when LED lights save more energy is reason for a letter campaign protesting their policy. These letters should arrive at the following address (Debra A. Howland, Executive Director and Secretary, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission; 21 S. Fruit Street, Suite 10 Concord, NH 03301) by Wednesday, however, to be considered at the PUC hearing that day. Lyn will send notes to people in the Sierra Club to get out the word. Kiosk & Website Update: Lyn will talk with the Dartmouth wood working shop about design and building of the kiosk. Sustainable Hanover’s website will include a summary of our activities as done for an annual report. Rosi offered Darthmouth computer students’ help to improve our site but not to maintain it. We are awaiting word from Cory Stevens about our space on the Town’s new website and how the Town plans to maintain the site. Sustainable Hanover Model & Simulation: Chris Soderquist has received funding from the Sustainability Institute in Hartland, VT to develop a graphically-based simulation tool that can aid local communities like Hanover in understanding the relationship between sustainability goals and quality of life indicators. It will include a needs assessment and allow strategies and actions to be plugged into the simulation to see their effectiveness in meeting the identified needs. Hanover will be the community model for the simulation allowing us to benefit from Chris’s expertise in developing community-agreed upon goals (like our ‘0 Waste’ goal) and strategies and actions to meet them. He will help us put up a ‘dashboard’ on line showing what we want and with strategies to encourage public debate and action. Collaboration with Dartmouth College will occur through involvement by Steve Peterson and Anne Kapusinski, both of whom teach related subjects at Dartmouth. Chris will begin assessing needs through interviews with Town staff and knowledgeable citizens. He will invite a small group of 15 strategic thinkers to work together in the break-out session time at our February event to review the initial structure for a Hanover model & simulation. Our Committee would help get the data needed. Chris plans to have a simulation prototype ready by June. Brian spoke to a concern that the Committee’s energy not be diverted away from actions planned. Chris agreed and said this was a pilot, an academic exercise, that would compliment our action agenda. Agenda Items for Future Meetings: -Zero Waste Pilot needs more discussion -250th Fourth of July Celebration—Larry -Earth Day (talk with Dartmouth) or Vital Communities -Or May celebration or use of Kiosk—a Dartmouth intern is interested in working with us to organize something on either Earth Day or in May (We will see about having the Dartmouth student focus on Earth Day and keep Town Meeting day quiet in terms of our work). Respectfully yours, Mary Ann Cadwallader, secretary December 15, 2010 SHC Minutes 03/26/2011
Wednesday, December 15 at 8:00am-9:30am / Town Hall, Selectmen’s Room Next Meeting: January 19, 2011 HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! Present: Lyn Swett Miller (Chair), Larry Litten (Vice-Chair), Brian Walsh (Selectman), Mary Ann Cadwallader, Joanna Whitcomb (Dartmouth), Chris Kennedy, Peter Kulbacki (Public Works). Absent: Chris Soderquist, Marjorie Rogalski Guests: Andrea Caruso, Bill Bittinger Guest speaker: Karen Kelly from Alliance for Climate Protection, working on Repower America — Repower at Home. Action Items:
Peter K. re. Town Energy Use: Frank Austin’s report summarizing the Town’s efforts to decrease its footprint is data rich and makes the point that many projects take many years to accomplish. The Town is committed and has already saved money improving its buildings’ energy efficiency. The Town is looking for funding to make a visual presentation that could include Sustainable Hanover and Dartmouth’s successes as well as the successes and data reported by Frank. It will need to include key stories and honor the importance of capturing data that charts progress along the way as decreasing our carbon footprint will be a long term process. The Town’s approach for their buildings will be to meter each building, decide on its temperature, and use such things as motion detectors to save. It won’t be an individual choice. Larry plans to meet with Frank on waste. Dartmouth, too, will have some interesting data as a student has been doing a hands-on investigation (as in dumpster diving) of how the single stream recycling is working there. Larry will contact Gina Pollock about findings at Dartmouth. Joanna W. talked about Dartmouth’s Energy Use: Dartmouth is monitoring energy use in every building in real time. They can measure the effect of an open window. They’ve installed screens in the dorms that go green or show polar bears drowning according to energy use. They’re seeing lowered energy use as they encourage collaborative and competitive action among users to conserve.energy. They’ll be concentrating on the 25% of building stock that consumes 75% of the heating/cooling bill as they retrofit Dartmouth trustees have committed 12 million to greening Dartmouth. (Steve Shadford.is the go-to person for more information.) Discussion about Motivation: Discussion followed about how to motivate and involve the average building owner; one of our jobs at the February and April events. One of our visitors reminded us that most people are motivated by love, greed, and fear—children’s future, money, and climatic consequences. Someone else reminded us that 82% of the revenues for foreign oil come from New England. We need to celebrate the Town’s progress and get more citizens involved in action and recording their data. Repower at Home: To this end, Karen Kelly from Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower American/Repower at Home, an energy conservation program being piloted in New Hampshire and Washington, DC, came to talk with us. Repower America’s goal is to mobilize the grassroots for change in climate legislation. Initially, they pushed Congress to force polluters to pay for damages. In her work for Repower at Home Karen approaches institutions (she gave a school example) and sets up collaborative ways for individuals within the institution to compete to lower the carbon footprint of their household. The first step is signing a pledge to save energy (‘A clean energy future starts with me. I pledge to save energy in my home and set the trend in my community’) which precipitates an invitation to the website, <repowerathome.com>. An icon there gives a list of actions that a participant can pledge to do. Opposite each action is the resultant energy savings. e.g. The first action listed, to eliminate the use of vampire power, would save approximately 873 lbs. of coal yearly in the average household. It’s expected that success in lowering household energy use, will empower folks to look for the next thing to do at home and at their place of work. The process therefore is organic and depends on a bump from collaborative action and success. We discussed using the tools on the website and how some modifications to the data feedback there would allow people using programs that measure in ‘kilowatts’ or ‘money’ (like Clean Air/Cool Planet, Carbon Challenge, Do Your Part Climate.Org) rather than in ‘lbs. of coal’ to make better use of it. We encouraged her to have a handout that listed 6-10 actions, rather than 4. Both of these changes would be useful if she were to give the Building Efficiency workshop sessions at our February event, which she agreed to do. Given the growing number of climate websites, Sustainable Hanover may need to recommend some websites and beginning actions so that the community will speak the same language, can work together on some actions and celebrate the results of collaboration. A common language when discussing data and action is not only needed in our community but regionally. Bill Bittinger spoke to this and the part Vital Communities played in facilitating a Municipal Energy Action Plan for Lebanon which produced a poster size graphic. What about a MEAP for each town and then for the region? This Municipal Benchmark, then, would allow towns to measure their progress against an average and could encourage sharing of best practices. A common language for data and financial reporting among the region’s towns would be helpful. February 26th Event: Peter Kulbacki will send Lyn Frank Austin’s talk to Lyn. Someone needs to summarize it for ‘To Done’ part of event. Budgeting for Advertising: We agreed to include a calendar when we place an ad for our February and April events. In the end we asked for a budget that would cover 4 newspaper ads, 2 Sustainable Hanover across-the-street banners that could announce events, and materials for 6 large posters for our kiosk. Chris K. will look into the cost of materials for the kiosk posters. Respectfully submitted, Mary Ann Cadwallader Unfinished Business from previous minutes follows: February 26, 2011 Community Workshop: a. Review Goals (Celebration & Sharing; Context for Action; Developing Plans for Action in Strategic Areas) b. Data Gathering (Ad Hoc Energy Committee?) c. Implementation Process: Power Down Power Ten Families (1 Year Focus Group) d. Brainstorm attendees & key players from faith communities Action Items: -Lyn will work with Chris K. to gather data in time for the Feb workshop -Schools project – Data Gathering, Carbon Challenge. -Choose what additional data we want. • Chris Kennedy: Town Buildings Report – Write up summary by the end of December; • Chris S., Lyn: Agenda for February workshop to verify and finalize in December • Lyn will write a draft advertisement for the Power Ten families & Contact Clean Air, Cool Planet for possible funding February Event Plan December: • Identify all champions and agenda for February workshop; • Food – Ask Emily for Co-op involvement • Sign off on strategic areas… • Families – What will the children do? • Finalize events that will occur in January to stimulate interest/involvement January: • Finalize speakers/facilitators for strategic sessions; • Finalize food, etc. • Finalize advertising/marketing February: • Finalize presentations for the entire group -Patrick O’Neal – Chief parking person in the town. Question: constant circulation. Misc. topics: Issue now about peripheral lots. Parking & Transportation board. Upper Valley Transit Association is a useful part of the conversation, but they don’t have money. Dartmouth has been and could be more involved. How many tons of carbon based on dropping kids at the middle, elementary and high school? HHS students Calculate? 3. Who/Topics: a. Transportation in Hanover: Patrick O’Neal in town (Bike/ped) b. Residential Land Use: Lawns, gardens, rain gardens (Larry) c. Buildings – Why, Context: Weatherization, energy usage, heat (Bob Walker) d. Collaborative Consumption/Local economy/Consumerism/Consumption – Waste/Recycling e. Saving money / saving energy / Financial planner/Physician/Carbon Planning i. Marjorie – NPR f. Power Ten: Families: Ad in the paper – recruit to research studies – ad, high school student projects… Track for a year… (Lyn will create structure for this) ------------- Action Archive from October Meeting not reported upon in Nov. or Dec.: * Lyn and Chris S. will address website items,how we want to be represented on the Town’s new website, bar graphs showing before and after energy use of Town’s projects, recording Celebrations and Challenges. . *Chris Kennedy will compile and show the carbon-footprint reduction of the improvements made at the Waste Water Treatment Plant; * Julia Griffin will share her To Done list with Lyn. Julia is it in your purview to ask Charlie Sullivan to redo the CPC Energy Audit of the Town as a comparison? * Peter Kulbacki will get a summary from Kevin Mclean of the Waste Water project. November 17, 2010 SHC Minutes 03/26/2011
Hanover Town Hall, 8:00am – 9:30am Next Meeting: Wednesday, December 15 at 8:15, Hanover Town Hall Present: Lyn Swett Miller (Chair), Larry Litten (Vice-Chair), Chris Kennedy, Chris Soderquist, Marjorie Rogalski, Peter Kulbacki, Brian Walsh Absent: Joanna Whitcomb, Mary Ann Cadwallader Agenda: 1. Approve October Minutes (Attached) 2. Naked Table Summary (Lyn) 3. Rotary Club Presentation Summary (Lyn will share @ mtg) 4. February 26, 2011 Community Workshop: a. Review Goals (Celebration & Sharing; Context for Action; Developing Plans for Action in Strategic Areas) b. Data Gathering (Ad Hoc Energy Committee?) c. Implementation Process: Power Down Power Ten Families (1 Year Focus Group) d. Brainstorm attendees & key players from faith communities 5. Other Action Items:
ii. Transportation – more people on buses piece: We need to spend some time with Patrick O’Neal – Chief parking person in the town. Question: constant circulation. Issue now about peripheral lots. Parking & Transportation board. Upper Valley Transit Association is a useful part of the conversation, but they don’t have money. Dartmouth has been and could be more involved. iii. How many tons of carbon based on dropping kids at the middle, elementary and high school? HHS students Calculate?
Data Collection: Motivating individuals and families – Contest – people tell us how much they have done… Why measure the whole? Examples. Add up what is saved by action… Guess that number within 20%… what is the motivator?
What groups:
Master gardeners…Resources available for Biodiversity (Judy Reeve, Barbara McIlroy) Committee… Garden club… Catherine Hoyle… Structure: Timing: January: Leaders, agendas, etc. By December Larry: 4 Topic areas: Break-out groups, presentations: 15 – 20 minute presentations on each topic area and then two different break-out slots so people could attend two of the four Timing: Vision (since 2 years ago…) – 10 min: 4 themes Global Challenge 15 min Celebration – 1st steps 20 minutes - 4 themes Break-out groups each meet twice 4 areas to focus on : Each Area – 1 hour…. ------------- Action Archive from October Meeting: * Chris K., Larry, Marjorie are meeting next Wednesday, November 3 * Lyn and Chris S. will address website items 2. banner advertising success, 3. how we want to be represented on the Town’s new website, 5. bar graphs showing before and after energy use of Town’s projects. 5. recording Celebrations and Challenges. 7. continuing their work on the NEGEF grant for the kiosks. · Lyn will write a 2 page description of Sustainable Hanover following Julia’s suggestion. · Lyn will speak at Rotary on 11/10/10 · Lyn is working to get Valley News coverage and people to build tables 7 and 8 for the Naked Table event. · Chris Kennedy will compile and show the carbon-footprint reduction of the improvements made at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. * Julia Griffin will share her To Done list with Lyn. Julia is it in your purview to ask Charlie Sullivan to redo the CPC Energy Audit of the Town as a comparison? * Peter Kulbacki will get a summary from Kevin Mclean of the Waste Water project. October 27, 2010 SHC Minutes 03/26/2011
Wednesday, October 27, 8:30-9:30 / Town Hall, Selectmen’s Room Next Meeting: November 17, 2010 Attending: Lyn Miller (chairing), Larry Litten, Marjorie Rogalski, Chris Soderquist, Mary Ann Cadwallader (secretary), Peter Kulbacki (Public Works), Chris Kennedy, and Julia Griffin (Town Manager). Minutes: September 15 minutes approved. Action Items:
· Lyn will speak at Rotary on 11/10/10 · Lyn is working to get Valley News coverage and people to build tables 7 and 8 for the Naked Table event. · Chris Kennedy will compile and show the carbon-footprint reduction of the improvements made at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.
10/10/10 Events: Cedar Circle Farm event was beautifully done—good signage, hayrides. The conversation at Miriam Osofsky‘s home confirmed that there are a lot of interested people distributed among many organizations and faith groups. For example, Lori Segal is doing an energy simulation at the Roth Center this weekend. We need to clarify our message and find a messenger within each organization who can communicate about sustainability related issues. Then, we can funnel our message to these people who can bring it to their group. When just a few people continue to communicate, the perception is that those few people will take care of whatever needs to be done. Through her networking, however, Lyn has found two women to help, one at the Ray School and another with our website. Streetlight Debrief: About 80 people came to the policy meeting about turning off streetlights in specific neighborhoods around town. Three quarters of those attending argued for keeping their streetlights and about a quarter were there to listen to arguments for and against. The larger group had many questions that weren’t policy related and couldn’t be answered at the meeting. If they are to be persuaded, it appears, more cost analysis and statistics on energy savings need to be generated. Concern was expressed that the Town be prepared to give information at hearings that show their research and that Sustainable Hanover be known to be on top of the results of Town expenditures. Our job may also be to generate more personal responsibility for improving Hanover’s carbon footprint. Julia spoke of Susan Boutwell’s research for her lighting story in the Valley News. It’s a good example of the part the Valley News could play in getting the word out about other initiatives. Anant Sundaram (at Tuck) told Marjorie that he’d help her create carbon footprint materials. Because of his intense interest at the street light meeting, Marjorie will consider following up on his offer. In general, though, people think we can and will do all the work. Perhaps we need a list of what individuals can do to help the cause to pass out at meetings. Sustainability Implementation Strategies (process conversation): 1. February Meeting: We will invite folks with specific expertise to the public meeting we’re planning in February. We need an event organizer for this event. At our next meeting we should come up with a list of those to invite. (I suggest that we work on this via email before the meeting.) We will limit the discussion of how to implement our vision to 3 or 4 action ideas so there’s more depth to the discussions. We will focus the event so it’s productive to the Town. The Meeting will also update the community on the progress the Town has made. For example, Ray School’s food composting will divert 9 tons of food waste from the Lebanon Landfill this year and the waste will be used by a farmer in Vermont. 2. Banner on website: We will plan a banner or a list on Facebook or Twitter or the new Website to publicize accomplishments like the one at Ray School. To this end, Julia will share her To Done list with Lyn. 3. New Town website: Sustainable Hanover will be asked for input on the new town website being orchestrated by the Virtual Town Hall (VTH), the largest municipal website in New England. Sustainable Hanover will be noted on the main page and under Public Works. We need to decide what links we want, etc. before the planning process begins. The website will be rolled out 90 days after the end of the planning process and should be up and running next spring. How will we keep our page fresh and connect to as many people as possible? The other piece is HOW do you bring new people into the work? People can subscribe to different topics. Will there be a town mailing to introduce people to the new website? Julia would like to do only one mailing a year and so this would be a part of a bigger mailing. 4. Pilot Projects for Website—Police HQ, Hanover Coop, Waste Water Plant: Chris K. is working on Police Headquarter’s energy efficiency improvement. Bids are back for the audit which will give the estimated costs of improvements. We have a NH grant for this work. Documenting the goal-setting, process and results of this as a Town pilot project and then the renovation and expansion of the Hanover Coop as a commercial pilot project would provide a template for others. Doing the same for a residential project would also be important. Then we could point to examples of projects with documentation on Power Point or the website and say, ‘As a community we have a policy for energy efficiency and here are some models for achieving it’. No one has volunteered to assemble this information. Frank Austin is doing a presentation for ILEAD which could be used as a pilot or it could be described under the ‘Town Actions’ heading. He needs to develop energy savings statistics. This seems to be what people are asking for at public meetings. 5. Summaries of energy savings on website: Julia suggested that we have 2 types of measurements. The first would be the average energy savings per streetlight, public works vehicle with idling control, etc. on Town efforts to reduce their footprint. The second would be a series of bar graphs comparing the before and after of energy efficiency improvements made. How do we get this information into the neighborhoods? The Waste Water Treatment Plant’s story should be recorded. It was our worst offender. Julia asked Peter to get a summary from Kevin Mclean. Chris Kennedy will compile and show the carbon-footprint reduction of the improvements made at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Charlie Sullivan should redo the CPC Energy Audit of the Town as a comparison. Link on the website. Lyn wants to populate the website with information. Our job is to compile the info. and articulate what we have done and what the challenges are. Action groups should focus on what the Town should do next. She showed us an example of the Celebrations and Challenges Summaries she could link to the website. The tonnage from downtown restaurants’ recycling of food waste, the energy savings of taking our sludge to the Lebanon Landfill, rather than Maine, savings on LED fixtures on Ledyard Bridge and Main Street’s LED conversion. (Allen Street’s LEDs were put in last summer and should be counted. Ballast and bulb have to be changed with these new lights.), Julia’s ‘To Done’ list could all be summarized here. Grant funding should be noted. Lyn and Chris S. will collect and post this information. 6. Using technology for social networking: The Town might want to sponsor a workshop for the community on social networking to launch the new website. Laurie Shipulski and Bill Mlacak were mentioned in this connection. It would deal with how to navigate the website and contribute on the blog. This could be recorded by CATV and reach even more people. 7. Kiosk: New England Grassroots Education Fund (NEGEF) grant is pending. Lyn will speak with NEGEF; SHC should hear by the end of November. 8. Need for a 2 page introduction to Sustainable Hanover: Julia suggested that we introduce ourselves to Hanover residents with a thoughtful 2 page document. It would explain: here’s why we’re worried, here’s why we care, and here’s what we all can do. Peter suggested that we use the clean water movement as a model. Lyn agreed to put her hand to this. Mary Ann will work with her. Chris and Lyn have been working on how to graphically represent the rationale and target for action. 9. Lyn is speaking at the Rotary meeting, November 10. 10. The Naked Table event Nov. 13, 14: Lyn is working to get Valley News coverage. She hopes the event will build interest as the Yard Sale did. There was extra Hanover maple cut for tables that won’t be used. It was suggested that the extra be sold to interested citizens. There’s a wood shop at Dartmouth and another at Kendal where folks might be interested in buying some local maple. The high school might also have a use for it, but some funds must be raised with it. Encouraging and Calculating Residential Green Construction: In the future we must talk with town staff about ways to use the permitting process to track green construction. One way to encourage green construction is to raise permitting fees and give refunds for efficiencies. Permitting for the use of an alternative fuel like solar can be complicated but should be given a fast track so the homeowner isn’t punished for trying to be energy efficient. We could develop a checklist for the homeowner to use when talking to an alternative energy or green builder. Then, when the homeowner or contractor is getting the permits, they would have the answers. Larry, Chris K. and Marjorie are meeting next Wednesday and may discuss this further. Respectfully submitted, Mary Ann Cadwallader, Secretary September 15, 2010 SHC Minutes 10/20/2010
Sustainable Hanover Committee Minutes for sustainablehanovernh.org Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Next Meeting: October 20, 8:30-9:30 Town Hall, Selectmen’s Room
Attending: Lyn Miller (chairing), Larry Litten, Brian Walsh, Mary Ann Cadwallader (secretary), Emily Neuman, Peter Kulbacki (Public Works), and Chris Kennedy, Joanne Whitcomb. Regrets: Marjorie Rogalski, Chris Soderquist Dates to Remember: · 10/10/10: Events in White River and at Cedar Circle Farm · Initiative meetings: Called by Larry (Policy/philosophy section) and Lyn (practice and education section) before October 20. · November 13 – 14, 2010: Naked Table Project · February 2011: Community Workshop Reprise · May 2011: Pre-Town Meeting Sustainability Celebration & Call to Action
Action Items: Larry- · Call meeting of policy and philosophy section · Gather input from Emily Neuman Lyn- · Send off grant application to NEGEF · Call meeting of practice and education section · Will find out what an across-the-street banner costs and talk to the Selectmen about the status of the Town Yard Sale event. · Will talk with Chris S. about a one page graphic that connects action and impact and the timeline for the Vision Statement.
· Pursue sometime a conversation with Kevin Peterson of the NH Charitable Foundation about funding of our work by the Wellborn Foundation,which funds environmental education. Joanne-will get Dartmouth’s targets for sustainability to us. Meeting Notes: Minutes Approved: June 16, July 21, August 18, September 1 minutes approved. Lyn added the Naked Table as a Sustainable Hanover activity with the same status as the Yard Sale in the August 18 minutes. Review Yard Sale: The Yard Sale was a great success. Thank you, Brian and Susan Edwards for a job well-done. It’s our hope that some enthusiastic vendors will be on the planning committee next year. Lyn reported lots of positive comments and people who wanted to be vendors next year. About half of the vendors were Hanover residents, the rest were from other towns. We may want to figure out a way to give Hanover residents preference. Students were enjoying themselves, but international students didn’t get there until 2:00 and may have missed some opportunities. Advertising for students was done electronically. Fifty-six vendors paid a $15 table fee which raised $840. Emily reported that they spent $100 for insurance, another $40 on publicity and supplies; leaving $700. While the event was not meant as a fund-raiser, rather as a way to practice our reuse/recycling mission, Sustainable Hanover will ask the recycling group to let us use some of the proceeds. Lyn has asked for $150 from the Yard Sale proceeds to include in way of matching funds for the grant she’s writing to get funds for kiosks that advertise the work of Sustainable Hanover.
Emily felt that next year we could do a better job of connecting the event to Sustainable Hanover. She suggested keeping it simple with a big sign or banner with our name, logo, and next event.
Lyn will find out what an across-the-street banner costs, but must approach the Selectmen about the status of the event before any money is spent. Street banners can’t be used for commercial events, although Street Fest is advertised by one. The Committee felt the event, even though it makes some money that can be used to encourage Sustainability, should qualify as a community event as it teaches reuse and recycling through action. NEGEF Application Review: Lyn recorded our input. We recommended that if she had only 4 blanks to fill in for partners that SERG be one of them and that she put Local First Alliance and the Land Trust in parentheses if the program allowed it. She will send the grant in PDF form to avoid the strange errors that appeared in Larry’s copy. She will pursue a conversation with Kevin Peterson of the NH Charitable Foundation about funding of our work by the Wellborn Foundation. (See September 1 Minutes for more about this grant.)
Sustainable Hanover’s Organization: Separate meetings for the practice/education and policy/philosophy sections of Sustainable Hanover will be called before the Committee’s October meeting. Larry chairs the policy/philosophy group. Chris K. and Marjorie are its members. Lyn chairs the practice/education group. Chris S. and Mary Ann are its members. Emily will come quarterly but Larry’s group will be in close touch as her work for the Coop and knowledge encourages her to act in a research and pilot capacity. Further, Emily plans to meet with the business community (Hypertherm), Dartmouth and DHMC so they all can share what they’re all doing in the area of sustainability.
Vision Statement Review: These suggestions were made for the organizational map-- · It needs to show our unique relationship with the Town Select Board and Town Staff. E.g. Peter K. is the town staff managing us and a Select Board member sits with the Committee. · It needs a separate Energy Group despite the fact that the CPC has been dismantled. · Add specific goals and indicators of success into the document as well as a timeline. · Arrows need to go both ways. · Keep the Town box in there so don’t have to list its departments and which heads meet with which groups. · List the 3 schools. · Put the municipality and town groups closer together. · The map should make it clear that we work with residents and with the municipality so that residents can see where to jump in. · Appendix could explain the map.
These suggestions were made for the timeline-- · Need to put forth the big things that need action early on. · Graphic connecting Action and Impact needed. If you were to do X, you could get Y. · Include the indicators, like 0 waste=__tons to landfill. · Choose 2030 as target date unless it doesn’t work with idea below, then 2040.
We discussed target dates and the percentages that should be used. Reaching 50% of our 0 waste goal by 2025 was first suggested. Then, 30% reduction each decade was discussed. Because we’re talking about volunteer steps that we’re asking citizens to do, 50% may be too discouraging. It also doesn’t take into account the help from business and government mandate that has to kick in. It may become a 30-50% reduction depending upon business and government response. Lyn will talk with Chris about a one page graphic that connects action and impact and the timeline. And then a way to show a target of 30-50%.
Speaking of business and government, Dartmouth’s benchmark goal would be helpful to know. Joanne will get this to us. It seems that Dartmouth’s goals are lower than some similar institutions. It could do a couple of big things and meet its goal. Personal goals are harder because of lack of knowledge of the facts and how to proceed (This would seem to be where SH’s mandate begins.)
Sharing the Vision: After realizing that there wouldn’t be time this year to unveil the Vision, it was decided to have a celebration and discussion of the Vision Statement at the Black Center in February, close to the anniversary of the Natural Step gathering that first brought the community together to discuss sustainability. The policy and education groups need to do some planning and be sure all materials like the kiosk, reports from the groups, the To Done List, and photographs documenting our activities are ready by that date.
If we have a discussion and input in February we could play some part at Town Meeting. This, however, needs further discussion as the Selectmen could adopt the Vision Statement and Sustainable Hanover initiatives can become budget items. The Town Meeting involves a 100 people and therefore is an important place to get out the word.
It was decided that we would offer dessert before Town Meeting and use the opportunity to have conversations with anyone interested in sustainability while highlighting our initiatives and successes.
FYI:
From 9/1/10 Minutes--Julia Griffin said that, ultimately, we need to put out a resource guide for our citizens. The state appears to be getting the grants to do this and it would be our job to publicize our work and other resources.
--Sustainable Hanover could provide a forum for the working groups quarterly to create the Done list and then publish it.
From 9/1/10 Minutes--Grant Proposal for Displays: We will apply for a grant from the New England Grass Roots Fund for the funds (up to $2,500) to create two movable, triangular, free-standing kiosks that SHC can use in public places like the Town Hall, the Howe, the Black Center and the schools to inform and engage others in our work. It’s hoped that the grant will cover supplies and the work of a professional graphics designer to help us with the design and graphics for the posters advertising our work and the 6 frames that will surround the cork boards on which posters are displayed. Some of the graphics developed might be used on our website and on a bulletin board in the vestibule of the Town Hall. The possibility of the designer’s help with a new logo was not resolved as some on the committee felt we’ve already become identified with our current logo. Lyn thought that a new logo could be developed by a high school student as well. Respectfully submitted, Mary Ann Cadwallader, Secretary September 1, 2010 SHC Minutes 10/20/2010
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Grant Proposal for Displays: We will apply for a grant from the New England Grass Roots Fund for the funds (up to $2,500) to create two movable, triangular, free-standing kiosks that Sustainable Hanover can use in public places like the Town Hall, the Howe, the Black Center and the schools to inform and engage others in our work. It’s hoped that the grant will cover supplies and the work of a professional graphics designer to help us with the design and graphics for the posters advertising our work and the 6 frames that will surround the cork boards on which the posters are displayed. Some of the graphics developed might be used on our website and on a bulletin board in the vestibule of the Town Hall. The possibility of the designer’s help with a new logo was not resolved as some on the committee felt we’ve already become identified with our current logo. Lyn thought that a new logo could be developed by a high school student if needed. The proposal is due, September 15. Lyn, Larry, and Julia will work on the grant. Lyn will do a draft and get it to Larry before the 6th for his input and then she and Julia’s office will put the final touches on it and send it out. Julia will find out the name of the graphics designer who did the fine work on the parking brochures for the Chamber. Chris S. also knows someone who could be asked. Town Street Lights: Mailings to neighborhoods about street lights are going out next week. They will inform householders about the street lights slated to be removed and about the dates of 2 informational meetings. The committee hoped that the concept of ‘public funds to light public spaces’ and the research that shows personal lighting is safer than street lights would be stressed. Our effort to save National Grid some trouble came to naught as they are changing all the bulbs to high pressure sodium before they know which lights we will eliminate. . Vision (Review core principles with Julia): Lyn will be making revisions on this document as we discuss them. Sometime in October we will roll out the Vision Statement and have a conversation in the community. Julia’s observations-
Lyn spoke of the need to have goals and a structure in order to have a way to assess the relative importance of new ideas and where they fit into our work, as well as to be able to report progress being made. All of which are important for grant writing as well. Beginning today, Larry will be vice-chair, rather than co-chair of the committee, as this makes better use of Larry and Lyn’s time. Our goals are clear and now we need to invite people to do the work. Lyn will make a report/manual to introduce our vision and structure. She will send it out to all of us. At our next meeting we will review the 6 page document and work on making it shorter. The committee felt that it should reference the Town’s work with Natural Step in the document. Energy Conservation: Julia told us that Fannie and Freddie have tied up the PACE program and it’s in trouble, postponing if not ending all plans for Hanover’s participation as a demonstration site, but that Christine Walker has applied to HUD for money that could be used to hire an energy planner and help with publicity for Enfield and Hanover. If the PACE program clears its federal hurdles, our participation in it would have to be approved at a Town Meeting. It was noted that the building inspector can give the committee information on who has installed solar and we can get their feedback on costs and savings. The meeting adjourned at 9:30. Respectfully submitted, Mary Ann Cadwallader August 18, 2010 SHC Minutes 10/20/2010
Sustainable Hanover Committee Minutes for sustainablehanovernh.org Wednesday, August 18 Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 8:30-9:30 Town Hall, Selectmen’s Room Dates: Attending: Larry Litten (chairing), Mary Ann Cadwallader, Marjorie Rogalski, Emily Neuman. Regrets: Chris Kennedy, Chris Soderquist, Joanne Whitcomb, Lyn Miller Minutes: June 16 minutes need to be approved with July 21, and August 18 minutes when we have a quorum. Farmers’ Market: We agreed to simplify the message on the signs outside of the tent. For Composting, Buying Local or Energy, Land Use, Waste Reduction—Yard Sale. Need to display our Logo and Website. Action Items: · Marjorie will bring table and tent both times, chairs the first time. · Larry will help set up Aug. 25 and bring the completed signs. · Larry will dispense of the tent and table the last day, Sept. 1. · Emily and Mary Ann will be there Sept. 1. Mary Ann will bring chairs on Sept. 1. · Larry is the go-to person on signage. 1-Ideas for Buying Local Signage: Thank you for buying local Your money stays in the community. (Len has a statistic on this I think.) You’ve saved the energy involved in high-mileage food. Please join us in our other initiatives. Use Local First on Buy Local sign. 2-Ideas for Community Yard Sale Signage: Emily will send Larry a file folder labeled ‘Registrations’ filled with registration blanks, one of the signs for the event and maybe a picture of a sign that says ‘Yard Sale’. 3-Ideas for Composting Signage: Are you wasting your food waste? Your lawn would love your compost. Ask us how to compost. We’ll have handouts on the available on the front of the sign if we can and more info. on the back. 4-Ideas for Waste Reduction Signage: Think outside the box with a large picture of a red compost bin. Local recyling options exist beyond the curb. 5-Ideas for Energy Use Signage Join your neighbors in reducing your energy usage (and costs) See the back for details on the New England Carbon Challenge < > Marjorie will make slips with carbon challenge websites. 6-Ideas for Land Use Signage Larry will ask Joanna to redue Marjorie’s signs. Marjorie will get website for ‘When you fertilize your lawn, you’re not just fertilizing’ your lawn’ and send it to Larry so PDF can be used on the sign. See more on back. 7-2nd Sign on Energy Conservation: Have you claimed your energy rebates? For washers, etc. See other side. Marjorie will work with Larry on this. 8-Naked Table Use the poster developed by Charles Shackleton. Lyn will get to Larry. The Committee decided to have the Action Items of the Minutes sent to members as soon as possible. The rest of the Minutes would be sent out with the Agenda for the next meeting during the week before the meeting. Business Recycling Peter is trying to develop 2 pilot sites for single stream. Emily going to resorting facility for single stream near Boston. Maybe we should have zero sort if we’re causing trouble for local businesses. Could ask Tuck to research transfer station vs. curbside. Ask Joanne if interested in having a Bike/trails/transportation sign Marjorie will wear a sandwich board for current issues. Action Items: · Chris S. and Lyn will have the Facebook and Twitter pages ready to go by August. · In order to feed information to Facebook and Twitter, each member of the committee may need to take on an area and assure that there’s something new to post every week. All will need to read the Minutes from June and July so they can be approved in Sept. From June:
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