In December 2010, the News-Gazette published an article regarding the meeting between the university officials and the city of Urbana representatives. In this meeting, the university officials would take questions, concerns, and comments about the wind turbine from the people.
In December 2010, Eileen Borgia wrote a letter to the Board of Trustees (BOT) requesting a greater degree of engagement in the wind turbine project. She also informed them about an info session to be held sometime before December 25, 2010.
In December 2010, the News-Gazette published the article "Time is tight for wind turbine plan in Urbana".
In December 2010, the News-Gazette published the article "Wind turbine plan brings more debate to Urbana council".
Small-scale food waste pilot project continuing at the Illinois Sustainable Technologies Center.
On November 30, 2010, the university received the project proposal from Arends Brothers LLC, an Illinois based company, for the installation of wind turbine at the South Farms location.
The bid opening date changed to November 30th, 2010.
Attached is our agreement. Ken and I will sign off on it this morning and forward it back to Jenny for the additional signatures. Dean Henson
A news article published by the Daily Illini "University wind turbines cause concern for Urbana" <https://web.archive.org/web/20101206070314/http://media.www.dailyillini....
In November 2010, the News-Gazette published the article "Urbana council, residents hit UI over wind turbine plans".
Responding to the ordinance presented by the City of Urbana in September 2010, the university said in an official statement, "The University of Illinois is not subject to city codes and ordinances" and "The real property the University owns, it holds as trustee for the State of Illinois, the beneficial owner, and is not subject to the jurisdiction of the city. As such, the University would not be subject to the proposed new wind turbine zoning ordinance and would resist any attempt to apply the ordinance to the University.”
Rather than requiring Facilities & Services to submit a proposal for the program, we have created a Memorandum of Understanding, based on our conversations. Please review the attached memorandum and let me know if you have any comments or concerns.
We are looking to present this memorandum to the SSC for vote on Friday, November 12th in order to move forward quickly enough to start the program in the Spring semester.
The remaining piece needed is a formal letter of support for the program from Facilities & Services, indicating a commitment to implement cost effective recommendations and identifying who would supervise the student intern. To complete the memorandum, we will also need the names, emails, and phone numbers of the primary, secondary, and financial officer contacts.
In November 2010, the Daily Illini published an article describing the revival of wind turbine project at the University of Illinois. -- "Campus revives wind turbine project" -- https://web.archive.org/web/20101206070651/http://www.dailyillini.com/no...
On October 31, 2010, the Daily Illini published an article about the prospect of wind project going forward. SECS shared that this week the University has taken the first big step towards getting a wind turbine. -- "After years of waiting, wind changing for turbine".
Prior to the first Energy Liaison on-site presentation, Andy met with the two library staff that will be staffing the booth and talked about content and logistics. They selected a great location, just inside the West entrance to the Upper Level with a prime display location. They also pulled a book display which relates to energy and sustainability for the Lower Level. They are excited about the display and already have talked about moving it around their organization to continue to promote conservation! The date and time for the display is 10-2 on October 29 in the Undergrad Library.
ABC News Channel 15 streamed a video on October 29, 2010, about the wind turbine project (included in the Top 15 stories) on the campus of the university -- https://web.archive.org/web/20101201233936/http://wicd15.com/newsroom/to...
In the last week of October 2010, the request for proposal (RFP) for wind turbine was issued specifying that the proposals will be accepted until 2:00 pm on November 23,2010.
Request for Proposal
Attached is a proposed plan for the student weatherization program we have been discussing. The plan has been put together based off our conversations and research of similar initiatives at other universities.
In October 2010, the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) wrote a letter to the Office of Sustainability at the U of I recommending that the wind turbine project receive $500,000 in funding with following conditions:
1) That all funds provided by the SSC be returned in full if the project is postponed, cancelled or placed on hold.
2) That all funds provided by the SSC for be expended by December 31 st, 2011 and that a final report of all work completed and accounting of funds spent be provided to us by that date as well.
