===PAGE 1=== Green Community Task Force Meeting Minutes June 6, 2011 Present: Members - D.Blatt, Z. Cutting, Steven DiCampo, J. McQuaid, E. Sund, Town Liaisons - J. Breault, J. Londa 1. D. Blatt called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. 2. Presentation was made by EOSOLAMERICAS regarding a proposed 25-30 acre solar field at 651 Chase Road on a 116 acre parcel including a potential future commercial enterprise at the frontage. D.Blatt inquired if the Town could buy power from them. They are going through procedures with their engineers, Stantec, and hope to be generating power by this time next year. 3. The minutes for 5/18/2011 were reviewed and approved. 4. Borrego update- J.Londa and Z.Cutting have permission from the Town Manager to negotiate with Borrego for a lower cost of electricity and net metering. Their bid was just an initial proposal. Borrego sent a timeline for milestones. On June 24th they will update the Town on permitting and interconnection processes. Their goal is execute the contract by late June/ early July. 5. D.Blatt suggested getting an offer from EOSOLAMERICAS to purchase electricity for comparison to Borrego’s quote. Z.Cutting pointed out that with Borrego’s offer the Town will own the system after 20 years but not with EOSOLAMERICAS. 6. Recycling- D. Blatt to look for rates on a paper retriever for the Town. The schools generate (24) 96 gal. totters of single stream recyclables every week during the school year. J. McQuaid will check on terms of new contract with Casella. 7. J.Londa reported that the THMS solar project is waiting on final inspections. Through a website we will be able to monitor the energy production which should cover about 1/3 of the site’s energy use. 8. J. Londa received a variety of bid prices for the TCPassios lighting upgrade. He is trying to confirm Unitil’s commitment to the project. 9. Next meeting date set tentatively for June 27, 2011 to review the progress on the Borrego proposal. 10. Meeting adjourned at 8:42 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Joanne McQuaid, Secretary