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Work Order Created For Shipping Container Estimate
Associated Project(s):Work Order #11178391 was created for Construction Service Support to provide a formal estimate for the 7 shipping containers and for the installation of a 6" rock bed with fabric. This is for the placement of shipping containers for bicycle storage in the lot immediately west of the Personnel Building along Gregory Dr. Attached is a pdf for the bicycle storage container layout and another pdf of the site layouts.
Work Order Created for Shipping Container Bike Hooks
Associated Project(s):Work Order #11178397 was created for Ironworkers to fabricate and install bike hooks to the 7 shipping containers that were purchased for bike storage. Most of the abandoned bikes will be stored on the bike hooks, in the shipping containers. The cost for this task is $14,324.48 and it is a work in-progress.
Identification of Abandoned Bicycles Complete
Associated Project(s):As of Thursday June 20th, the remaining abandoned bicycles on campus have been identified and are prepared to be collected by the Parking Department.
Update from Principal Majerus
Associated Project(s):The student club which cared for the Butterfly Garden dissolved, and a student group has not expressed interest in caring for the garden currently.
Weekly Update
Associated Project(s):All, Uneventful week to report on. Real Feel temp all week was hovering near or above triple digits. Not a lot of folks out riding in that weather. We were closed on Wednesday for Juneteenth and had shorted hours on Monday due to a conference I was attending.
Tonight is the Bike Project member’s meeting, which I’ll attend.
The numbers:
Visitors: 6
Sales: $308.50
Memberships: 6 for $180
Tires/tubes: 5 for $38Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike CenterEnergy Farm Solar Array Dashboard
Associated Project(s):Please see the included link to the live dashboard of the Energy Farms Agrivoltaic Solar Array. This link also includes data for the Geothermal and traditional HVAC at the farm.
Weekly Update
Associated Project(s):All, Apologies for the delay. Pretty uneventful week. I was out at a conference on Thursday and Friday. My staff handled shop hours on Friday without issue. Made some more headway in the abandoned bike pile but also got half dozen or so direct donations as well. So, we’ve got our work cut out for us this week in processing all those.
I spent some time last week turning bars/pulling pedals on the bikes we do have here in an effort to maximize space. We’ll spend staff time this week checking over those bikes, so they can be earmarked for the Build-a-Bike program and be much easier to identify by staff and the untrained eye.
We will be closed tomorrow for Juneteenth and reopen on Friday.
The numbers:
Visitors: 6
Sales: $366.50
Memberships: 1 for $30
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $90
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
Tires/tubes: 17 for $125Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike CenterWeekly Update: Youth Bike Summit
Associated Project(s):All, Normal week to report on. Over the weekend made some good headway on the last of the abandoned bikes, with the help of the Bike Project and Habitat for Humanity. One of our student staff members is headed to a conference in Italy for the entire month of June, so we’ll miss his insight as a Dutch bike enthusiast. Although, maybe that is redundant of me to say.
I will be attending the Youth Bike Summit in Pennsylvania from Thursday – Sunday this week. Should be a good opportunity to dive deep into bike programming of all sorts!
The numbers:
Visitors: 19
Sales: $431
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $135
Memberships: 6 for $180
Tires/tubes: 5 for $24.50
Thanks!Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike CenterUpdate from Yun Yi
Associated Project(s):Below is an update from Yun Yi:
We finally have all the wood panels ready, and we have also designed a very interesting structure to hold the panels.
We are trying to pick up the fabricated structures and bring them to campus.
I am hoping to assemble the panels soon and share the final structure in the near future.
Update from Thurman
Associated Project(s):Below is an update from Thurman Etchison on the Food Purchases from Local Sources project:
Work is always being done on this but we are nowhere our goal. It is hard to quantify as our prime vendor does not provide info on this.
Update from Thurman
Associated Project(s):The Food Literacy Project is currently on hold.
May Buyers Share Report
Associated Project(s):RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the May 2024 Buyer's Share amounts by the hour, totaling 1,549.6 Megawatt hours.
The May 2024 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.
Attached Files:DESMAN Report from Transportation iCAP Team
Associated Project(s):Please see the included report completed by the 2023-24 Transportation iCAP Team.
Aquaponics Update
Associated Project(s):Below is an update from Carter Phillips:
The aquaponics system is still running strong and providing product to be served by our students at the Bevier Café. In the last year we have been working on the Illini Urban Farmer RSO taking over production and maintenance of the system. This allows for a unique learning experience for any student interested in aquaponics and urban farming.
Air Quality Dashboard Live!
Associated Project(s):Update from Betsy
Associated Project(s):Below is an update from Betsy Richardson:
I am not on the icap resilience team committee however when the Farnsworth consultant is ready to share information with the surrounding cities MS4 leaders I will invite the consultant to the quarterly MS4 stormwater meeting (tentatively this fall or winter). I will also invite someone from the icap resilience team to the meeting, if anyone on this email knows the correct resilience team contact, please let me know. The city of Champaign, Urbana and the village of Savoy already have stormwater master plans so our hope from this collaboration is to share information and to attempt to align some of our stormwater goals.
Update from Betsy
Associated Project(s):Below is an update from Betsy Richardson:
I am on this icap committee and an SSC grant was approved in 5/23 for this study and the project is moving forward in F&S Capital with Brent Lewis as the Project Manager. The Farnsworth consulting firm has been hired to complete the study and the engineer is currently reviewing GIS data and past university studies, and gathering additional data and discussing issues with university stakeholders. After this is complete, the engineer will prepare a draft master plan and submit to the owner for review/respond to comments, prepare a pre-final master plan/respond to owner comments, and then prepare a final master plan and submit to the owner tentatively in 12/2024.
Collection of Abandoned Bicycle Tagging Complete
Associated Project(s):Last week, interns Myra Stevens and Sepideh Azizi completed the tagging portion of the Collection of Abandoned Bicycles project. The tagging process was completed by Friday, May 31st. Across campus, approximately 908 bicycles were tagged. After June 15th, the collection of bicycles still left tagged will begin.
Weekly Update: Abandoned bikes
Associated Project(s):All, Shortened week with Memorial Day. Otherwise, business as usual. Subpar donations are still trickling in, so we’re able to continue to pass those along to Habitat. Took a week break on the barn bikes but will be ramping that back up this week. I believe the tagging of abandoned bikes on campus has begun, so we’ll likely get calls/emails about that in the coming weeks.
The numbers:
Visitors: 28
Sales: $656
Memberships: 2 for $60
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $365
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $60
Tires/tubes: 5 for $55
Thanks!Jacob Benjamin
Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center