F&S requested $30,266 funding from the SSC for the Campus Bicycle Shop for fiscal year 2014. The funding was awarded, contingent on not requesting additional funding in future years.
According to the funding award letter, "Because SSC grants are intended as seed or bridge funding, this grant was approved with the understanding that this project will not seek SSC funding in future years."
Professor Bob Pahre plans to work on a Native Landscaping Signage Network" for the SSC Land Working Group. The sign at the Red Oak Rain Garden is one model.
Morgan Johnston sent the draft phase one report to Student Sustainability Committee representatives for their comments and feedback. It was sent to students Teresa Tousignant, Nishant Makhijani, and Marika Nell. It was also sent to Brian Deal, McKenzie Beverage, and Stephanie Lage as SSC advisors.
Teresa Tousignant will be the Student Sustainability Committee's representative for this project during spring 2013.
The final report for the Bike Sharing Feasibility Study was submitted to SSC. The study recommends the following three tiered approach to bicycle sharing on the Urbana-Champaign campus:
The Student Sustainability Committee met with F&S and exchanged letters and draft letters before finalizing the funding approval for the Solar Farm. Some of the related files are attached here.
Due to the Board of Trustees meeting schedule, the SSC has agreed to do a straw-poll about the funding of the Solar Farm project at their upcoming meeting on Oct. 26, 2012. They requested a full proposal be submitted this week, for review by committee members this coming week. The submitted proposal and associated calculations are attached here.
In February 2012, The Bike Project submitted a funding request to SSC for $39,872. In March 2012, the SSC approved this funding.
During summer 2012, the University and The Bike Project revised their Facility Use Agreement to clarify their collaborative working relationship. The SSC sent a clarification letter regarding this update and subsequently completed a revised award letter.
Jack Dempsey and Morgan Johnston from F&S met with Marika Nell (chair) and Mckenzie Beverage (program advisor) from the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC). This meeting was to give an overview of the Solar Farm project, and the anticipated funding needs.
Staff attended the SSC end of the year picnic at the Sustainable Student Farm.
The SSC supported “Weatherization” project is coming to its conclusion. The six RSO teams that participated in this program have submitted their reports to the Weatherization intern, and the F&S Maintenance Division has identified the costs of the recommended improvements. These will be summarized and implemented after the Spring 2012 semester.
Staff met with the SSC “F&S/SSC Process” subcommittee, and developed a workable plan for how to coordinate SSC projects with campus procedures. The process flowchart met all needs, and looks like a great solution for the future.
The SSC developed a new process for facilitating detailed discussions by the committee. They formed groups to cover standing topics, ad hoc topics, and project topics. The groups are: Executive, Finance, Bylaws, Marketing, Funding Guidelines, Strategic Plan, Ethics/Code of conduct, F&S/SSC Process, Energy, Food/Waste, Water, Land, Education, and Transportation. OS staff are represented on eight of these subgroups.
The SSC Weatherization student leader met with the Building Maintenance team at F&S to review the student team reports for the small houses they assessed last fall. Building Maintenance will develop cost estimates for the identified needs, so the students can prioritize the available funding ($50,000 from F&S).
Energy Services requested clarification about the submittal process for SSC funding of energy projects. SSC’s Program Advisor met with the Energy Services team and F&S contacts to explain the process.
Bicycle Intern Patrick Clark is developing the full proposal for bike parking to submit to SSC in February. This proposal will include three phases to replace all donut-hole bike parking areas with the campus standards rack. It will also include a request to fund additional Bike Fix-It stations on campus.
SSC voted to extend the deadline for a pre-existing Bike Sharing Grant, which awarded $10,000, to November 30, 2012.
As mentioned, the SSC awarded $250,000 toward the compost facility, pending the F-SCRAP grant.
Staff participated in the six-hour SSC retreat on a weekend in January. This event was very helpful in establishing strong working relationships within the SSC and developing priorities for process improvements during the spring.
Staff also participated in the brainstorming session related to the Sustainable Student Farm. It was a very informative discussion and interesting to learn about their past experiences and plans for moving forward with changes in their mission and operations.
SSC allocated $100,000 to the Illini Union Revolving Loan Pool.
| COA_CD | FY_CD | OL_DETL_POST_PERD | OL_DETL_BUDG_PERD | FIN_FUND_CD | ORG_CD | FIN_ACCT_CD | FIN_PGM_CD | FIN_ACTV_CD | FIN_ACTV_TITLE |
| 1 | 2012 | 07 | 629514 | 236000 | 411005 | 191200 | 236IUS | Illini Union Sustainability |
During the summer of 2011, the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) Chair, Suhail Barot, and the F&S Sustainability Coordinator, Morgan Johnston, worked with the Utilities and Energy Services Division of F&S to develop an energy conservation fund. Discussions included topics such as:
One comment made by the Director of Utilities and Energy Services, Kent Reifsteck, was that this is a "fund for departments to access to allow them to implement energy conservation measures in order to take advantage of the Energy Incentive Program." The incentive program was next step#2 from the Utilities Stewarding Excellence report.
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SSC confirmed funding of $15,000 for composting feasibility study 5/9/11. Study approved 5/12/11 by Chancellor’s Capital Review Committee (CCRC) with Fall 2011 completion target. Proposal requested from Retainer A/E Foth Engineering, which was also the A/E on the previous composting project before it was cancelled.
In Fall 2010, The Bike Project requested $7,500 in funding from SSC for 50% of a half-time shop manager. The SSC approved this request.
