• 2:00 PM: Virtual participants sign on
  • Welcome
  • Recap of BioHome3D tour
• 2:05 PM: Review of existing programs to advance energy efficiency and carbon reduction in existing buildings 
• 3:05 PM: Funding analysis
• 3:20 PM: Discussion
• 3:45 PM: Break
• 4:00 PM: Discussion
• 4:15 PM: Discussion of additional considerations
• 4:45 PM: Targets
• 5:00 PM: Adjourn

• 2:00 PM: Tour of Porter Station apartment building (30 min) – FOR IN PERSON PARTICIPANTS ONLY
• 2:30 PM: Virtual participants sign on
  • Welcome
  • Set shared definitions around building codes, stretch codes
• 2:45 PM: Case study: AVESTA Housing projects and data
• 3:20 PM: Break
• 3:35 PM: Update on the current landscape of building codes in Maine 
• 4:15 PM: Discussion
• 5:00 PM: Adjourn

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• 2:00 PM: Welcome & Introductions
• 2:30 PM: Review of existing programs and stakeholder processes related to buildings 
• 2:45 PM: Outline priority conversations for the BIH working group 
• 3:30 PM: Break
• 3:45 PM: UMaine Mitchell Center presentation on priority population engagement plan
• 4:10 PM: Review of financing mechanisms available, gaps and potential new mechanisms
• 4:50 PM: Next steps and adjourn 

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9:00a.m. to 9:10a.m. -- Welcome, agenda overview, insights/observations from first meeting

9:10a.m. to 9:25a.m. -- Interaction exercise

9:25a.m. to 9:45a.m. -- Review of meeting one outcomes

9:45a.m. to 10:00a.m. -- Strategy planning

10:00a.m. to 10:45a.m. -- Strategy brainstorming by affinity group

10:45a.m. to 11:00a.m. -- Break

11:00a.m. to 11:10a.m. -- Public comment

11:10a.m. to 11:45a.m. -- Read out + gallery walk

11:45a.m. to 12:00p.m. -- To-dos, next meeting logistics, wrap up

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9:00a.m. to 9:10a.m. -- Welcome and agenda review

9:10a.m. to 9:50a.m. -- Update on BPL staff work on carbon sequestration and/or storage enhancements

9:50a.m. to 10:05a.m. -- Open space current use taxation program revisions update

10:05a.m. to 11:30a.m. -- Discussion of initial draft recommendations

11:30a.m. to 11:40a.m. -- Public comments

11:40a.m. to 11:50a.m. -- Work between meetings discussion

11:50a.m. to 12:00p.m. -- Final thoughts

12:00p.m. -- Adjourn

9:00a.m. to 9:10a.m. -- Welcome

9:10a.m. to 9:20a.m. -- Overview of "conserved land" definition and implications

9:20a.m. to 9:50a.m. -- Discussion of findings/recommendations: farmland

9:50a.m. to 10:20a.m. -- Discussion of findings/recommendations: funding/systems

10:20a.m. to 10:30a.m. -- Break

10:30a.m. to 11:30a.m. -- Discussion of findings/recommendations: priorities

11:30a.m. to 11:40a.m. -- Public comments

11:40a.m. to 12:00p.m. -- Wrap up, prepare for next meeting

12:00p.m. -- Adjourn

9:00a.m. to 9:20a.m. -- Welcome

9:20a.m. to 9:45a.m. -- Presentation/discussion on Land Acquisition Priorities Advisory Commission report

9:45a.m. to 10:30a.m. -- Panel discussion on forest and wetlands conservation

10:30a.m. to 10:40a.m. -- Break

10:40a.m. to 11:00a.m. -- Panel discussion continued

11:00a.m. to 11:30a.m. -- Question and answer session

11:30a.m. to 11:40a.m. -- Public comment

11:40a.m. to 12:00p.m. -- Planning next steps