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Solar Farm 2.0 RFP overview for pre-conference
Associated Project(s):F&S Executive Director Mohamed Attalla and a team of university representatives met with several potential vendors for the Solar Farm 2.0 RFP, and provided an overview of the RFP expectations.
Attached Files:Meeting Minutes for iWG March, 2019
Associated Project(s):iCAP Working Group Meeting Notes from March, 2019.
Attached Files:News items on Solar Farm 2.0 RFP
Associated Project(s):video on Illinois Homepage
Associated Project(s):Letter of Support from F&S for the Curtis Road railroad track grade separation project
Associated Project(s):F&S provided the attached letter of support for the Curtis Road railroad track grade separation project, and promising to use Solar Farm 2.0 power for the associated street lights.
Meeting Minutes for iWG February, 2019
Associated Project(s):These are the meeting minutes from February 7, 2019.
Attached Files:18F Semesterly Report - Bee Campus USA Signage
Associated Project(s):The Fall 2018 semester was used as a planning stage for the Bee Campus signage project. On November 15th, the Bee Campus USA committee met to discuss the content and design on each of the permanent signs. Additionally, we discussed locations to consider for placing the signage. During Spring 2019, I plan to have the locations of the signage approved by March. Purchasing and orders should be completed by April.
Attached Files:18F Semesterly Report - Hives for Beekeeping Club
Associated Project(s):We have bought the bees and hives, installed the bees, and built the fence around the hives. The bees were not established enough to take much honey from them so we stayed on the safe side and allowed the bees to keep all their honey for overwintering. Recently we bought two more hives and are hoping to split our current hives to have a total of 4 hives at the sustainable farm. As the bees now have foundation built up they should start producing more honey and brood than last year, and we are expecting to be able to harvest ample honey next Fall.
Attached Files:News-Gazette article
Daily Illini article
Associated Project(s):WHATS EXCITING?
Associated Project(s):Largely completed, ongoing main Very Well, Student intern keeps plants going, native prairie plants on south side of building, front and courtyard, woodland garden, northeast corner FS mows it every years, little weeding suffering from invasion of violets, thought given to aiding those plants Coming along well, over 3 years, removed invasive honey suckle, so thick you could not walk though the woods, removing other invasive plants, put out seeds and seedlings to other native plants, used as outdoor lab for variety of classes News-Gazette articles
Sustainability Council meeting Nov. 7, 2018
Associated Project(s):Attached Files:article about lawns
Associated Project(s):new planting plan
Associated Project(s):Campus Landscape Architect Brent Lewis provided the attached planting plan and the following comments on the plan, for review by Chi Omega representatives.
- We have many trees in this very small garden, who are all fighting for water and nutrient resources here. We have lost a few trees already and the cherries that are left don’t look as good as we would like them. Around each tree we will just install a mulched area. This will serve to reduce some competition from the woodland plants and the trees. You can really notice that now as we are late summer and the geraniums that should still be up have dried out and greatly dissipated. Adding mulch will also give the sense of some order when a maintained edge is present in the beds. However, this will be a good area to include some early spring ephemerals like Blue Bells or Spring Beauty as they will thrive when the moisture is there, but no longer compete when the trees are out-competing for water.
- Currently there are no shrubs in this garden. Adding them to the plan does a few things for us. For one, it adds some structure to the garden. With them, we will have a mid-level plant that serves to punctuate some areas, and to form a backdrop to other areas. They will also add some winter interest to this garden, which is currently missing. Lastly, they assist in our effort to reduce the maintenance in the garden by taking up larger amounts of space, while simultaneously keeping the weeds at bay as they shade them out.
- Another design element that is not obvious in the current design is a return to matched plantings at the sidewalk entries. In the new plan I am putting matching plants on either side of each walk. This leads the eye and the brain to connect one side of the garden to the next, thus rendering it as a more cohesive whole. Regardless of the plant used, the average person understands this and will perceive this as an intentional garden, versus the state it is in now.
- Adding to the above, I am also using plants along the main east-west walk that most anyone will know. Regardless of what is planted behind them, people will see plants that they have in their yard, and are accustomed to seeing. They may not know Baptisia or Penstemon, but they know coneflowers and hostas, which they will see first and assist them in understanding this garden as a planted space and less of a question mark (when they can’t quickly tell what is supposed to be there).
Attached Files:Capacity of distribution lines
Associated Project(s):U19005: Electrical-Medium Voltage Power Distribution Study Updates - should start in mid-September - to evaluate capacity of power distribution line connected to proposed solar farm 2.0 site.
Site Selection approved at CCRC
Associated Project(s):The Solar Farm 2.0 site selection committee's recommendation was approved by the Chancellor's Capital Review Committee.
Spring 2018 meetings summary
Associated Project(s):- The first meeting was held on 1/31/2018 with the full committee, and the agenda focused on the overall plans for 2018. The chair reviewed the responsibilities of the committee and delegated responsibilities to each committee member.
- At the 2/14/18, 3/7/18, and 3/28/18 meetings, we planned the content and display of the Bee Campus web page. All code and design were done by two student committee members.
- At the 2/21/18, 3/21/18, and 4/22/18 meetings, we planned the first annual pollinator-awareness event. It was decided that the event would be a film screening and trivia night.
- The integrated pest management plan was developed via email exchanges.
- At the 5/10/18 meeting, we planned the habitat plan and permanent signage.
Integrated Pest Management program approved
Associated Project(s):The exterior Integrated Pest Management program has been in place for several years, and recently the program was formalized and adopted by F&S Grounds. This helps meet iCAP objective 7.2 and supports the student-led efforts to achieve Bee Campus USA recognition.
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