1 Slim Bin placed at the Waste Transfer Station
P10H08575 placed in Waste Transfer Station break room
P10H08575 placed in Waste Transfer Station break room
P10H08574 placed in the Materials Research Laboratory
P10H08580 placed on the first floor- East
P10H08581 placed on the first floor- West
P10H08585 placed on basement level
P1H08584 placed on first floor
P10H08583 placed on second floor
P10H08582 placed on third floor
I'm doing some work with the USFWS on an urban pollinator habitat project and have a couple questions I'm hoping F&S can help me with (or send me in the right direction.)
Thanks,
BRODIE DUNN
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Beth, are you able to assist with item 1 in the below email from Brodie regarding obtaining a map or GIS file of UIUC properties?
Morgan, are you able to assist with item 2 in the below email from Brodie regarding upcoming capital projects?
Thanks,
James Scherer
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Helo Brodie,
I’m connecting you with the University Landscape Architect, Brent Lewis. He can assist with your inquiry about upcoming construction projects, and it is important to include him in any plans you want to pursue regarding additional plantings on university land.
Thanks,
Morgan
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Morgan and Brent,
Rest assured I haven't made any promises regarding plantings on campus (and would reach out to you both before doing so.)
The primary program partner is the City of Champaign, which I am currently in discussions with. If the project does go through, it'll target underserved neighborhoods with pollinator conservation measures meant to protect/conserve the Rusty Patch Bumble Bee, an endangered species. It is a great opportunity and beside doing the coordination for the project with municipal partners, i'm doing my best to ensure we've got the option to physically participate in the program even if the lands we might have available are outside the model's ideal range.
Brent - If we have any construction projects happening in the next two years that include major changes in landscaping, especially on the north side of campus, it would be good to hear about those. Participating in the program might end up being as simple as swapping out a few species on the planting list and doing so might give us the opportunity to be a part of a very innovative Endangered Species recovery plan.
Thanks,
BRODIE DUNN
Hi Dave,
What effort and rough costs would it take to clean off the hard water stains on filler station spouts across campus?
Thanks,
Morgan
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Pete,
What do you think about this? I will see if we have a list.
Dave
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We do have a list…I’ll have to find it and get it to you.
Thank you,
Pete
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Is this the BSW team to do this work?
Dave
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Yeah, we remove water stains from sinks and faucets. If the Plumbing shop doesn’t mind we can add it to our “to do” list.
Thank you,
Pete
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Pete,
We view this as BSW work not the Plumbing shop.
Thanks,
Dave
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Hi Dave and Pete,
Pete – were you able to get some of these water bottle fillers cleaned, per the email below?
Dave and Pete – who would be responsible for resetting the filter status indicator light on the water hydration stations? I believe the filters would be replaced through BMG, but is the indicator light something that would be reset when the filter gets replaced? And I think there could be some hydration stations out there with no filter, but that still have a filter status indicator light…
Thanks,
Morgan
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Given our staffing shortages, we have not started working on this. It should be something we can get to over the winter break if hiring continues at the current pace.
Thank you,
Pete
P10H08419 placed on Lower Level C0220 near stairs, P10H08418 placed on second floor C2220 against north brick wall, P10H08117 placed on third floor C3200 east wall/elevator landing, P10H08416 placed on fourth floor C4200 east wall/evelator landing.
P10H08422 placed on the second floor south side, P10H08421 placed on the third floor north side, and P10H08420 placed on the third floor south side.
Hi Paul,
Should we set up a calendar time to talk via Teams about the ECIP plans? I’d think it would include Jen Fraterrigo, and maybe Rob?
Thanks,
Morgan
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Hi Morgan,
During Monday’s meeting we chose to follow your advice and go with the fall schedule.
We are again having conference schedule during this week and wonder if the sustainability week can be chosen on a week other than the week of Oct 16th – the 20th?
Best
Paul
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Hi Paul,
I think the date of the Campus Sustainability Celebration can move, as long as it is within October. I'll touch base with Jen about it and confirm.
Thanks,
Morgan
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Hi Elizabeth,
I checked with Karl and the BTAF Mechanical conference for engineering is Oct 15-18th and the I2SL Sustainable Labs conference is Oct 22-25, if we can avoid these two weeks that would be terrific?
Thank you
Paul Foote
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Hello Elizabeth,
Any updates on the timing for this event?
I am looking to coordinate the ECIP awards for 2022 and 2023 during this event.
Best
Paul Foote
P10G96450 placed in the cafe, 613, on the south wall near the TV monitor.
P10G96448 placed in the vestibule outside the bottom of the stairwell, C0192.
P10G96449 placed at C100A.
P10H08415 on first floor outside 137, near lecture hall.
P10H08424 outside of room 62 in the basement and P10H0843 in 163C area where the old cafe space used to be.
P10G96447 lower lobby against the west wall.
P10G96446 C108 hallway by stairs.
P10G96445 on first floor near Pennsylvania Ave entrance.
The following is an email sent by John Marlin on May 16, 2023:
As most of you know I am retired from campus and involved in other off campus conservation activities. I will no longer be overseeing the Burrill Hall native planting.
During the pandemic, maintenance at campus native plantings by volunteers was not allowed. This coupled with very dry conditions caused deterioration of several sites including the one at Burrill Hall. F&S bought the woodland wildflowers for the planting and the Entomology Department installed them and provided some maintenance in conjunction with some students.
Department head May Berenbaum has put together an effort to revitalize the planting and has some limited funding for some maintenance of the native plants. F&S plans to make some changes in part of the area and the path is to be restored. Daniel Bush will initially work with the native plants and supervise any students.
In the past weeds removed from the site were placed by the two square concrete benches and I notified Ryan Welch who had the maintenance crew remove them. I assume a similar arrangement can be made possibly with Mr. Dalby as the contact.
This site was quite popular with people walking past and provided a good instructional resource, especially the area near the sidewalk. I hope that this will continue.
John C. Marlin
Dennis Dalby replied:
Thank you John,
It was nice meeting you today to gain some of your tips and input regarding the planting and upkeep of this area. I’ve been working with Ryan Welch and SIB to get this area brought back up to its current level and look forward to its improved upkeep with the discussions that we had today. We’ll be working with Ryan to have a wood chip path added once again and will add a few small plants of our own within the areas that we (MCB) will maintain. SIB will maintain the areas of the native plants. It will look and function much better once all is in place.
Thanks again for stopping by to share your experience,
Dennis
P10G96444 placed near Room 364.
P10G96441 placed on ground floor, P10G96443 placed on second floor, P10G96442 placed on third floor.