Hello Campus Tree Advisory Committee,

Tomorrow is the Arbor Day Celebration on the Main Quad at 11:30.  The signed proclamation is attached here.  Please also welcome our newest committee member, Maggie Thomas, a student volunteer. 

We are working to spread the word about the event tomorrow, so please remind your friends and coworkers to attend.  Please join us if you are able! 

Thanks,

Morgan

Link to benefits from Trees: http://www.treesaregood.com/treecare/resources/benefits_trees.pdf

Thank you Email and invitation:

Mayors:

Thank you for your staffs help in preparing for our first Arbor Day on campus.  Mike Brunk, in Urbana, has been very helpful with coordinating the joint proclamation with Urbana, Champaign, and UIUC.  We intend to hold a celebration on April 24 at 11:30 on the Main Quad by the Henry Administration Building.  Mike DeLorenzo will read the proclamation, our staff will share a short explanation about the benefits of trees, students from Uni High will be there supporting the event, and then our Grounds division will plant a new tree.  There will also be a trivia contest for the attendees, and we will hand out white pine saplings.   

I know your schedules are very busy but I hope that you will be able to stop by during our celebration, and we would be happy to share information about your Arbor Day events as well.

Thanks;

Al Stratman

Executive Director, Facilities & Services

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1501 S. Oak Street, 135C PPSB, M/C 800

Champaign, IL 61820-6905

(217) 333-2500

Hi Morgan,

Country Arbors let me know this morning that they cannot find a specimen chinkapin oak.  However, they do have very nice heritage oaks, so that is what we will be planting.

I’ve attached what I’ll be talking about on Friday.

Ryan

 Ryan B. Welch

This project is complete.  The bins and the process were supposed to return to the pre-project status as of April 15.  That means the round bins can be taken away. 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership has officially recognized the University of Illinois as a Green Power Partner for purchasing electricity from clean, renewable sources - see attached news release.

The total electricity charged by Ameren to campus for the Building Research Council went down by 13,760 kWh/year from FY13 to FY14, which is in some part due to the solar array - see file.

During Earth Month 2014, Reach Studios in Lancing Michigan contacted the university sustainability staff about our successful storm drain murals project.  They are seeking to do a similar project in Michigan, and requested our advice.  Eliana Brown responded with lessons learned and encouragement for their similar project.

The iCAP Working Group (iWG) met on April 2, 2015, to discuss and start the assessment of the SWATeam recommendation PWR001 Zero Waste Coordinator. Their official comment on the recommendation was:

"We recommend that the PWR SWATeam consider whether it would be advisable to split this into two recommendations: one for F&S (focused on recycling and waste handling), and one for OBFS (focused on purchasing)."

The recommendation was, subsequently, returned to the PWR SWATeam on April 14th, 2015.

See attached the iWG assessment of the PWR001 Zero Waste Coordinator.

See the supplanted SWATeam recommendation PWR004 Purchasing Coordinator here.

See the supplanted SWATeam recommendation PWR005 Zero Waste Coordinator here.

See the SWATeam recommendation PWR001 Zero Waste Coordinator here.

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Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 1:03 PM
To: Roedl, James M
Subject: Quad Day Registration Confirmation

This is to confirm that we have received your 2015 Quad Day registration. However, this does not guarantee you a spot for Quad Day until a balance check has been done on your credit card or RSO account.
If you have any questions, please email quad-day@illinois.edu.

Organization Name: The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign
Organization Type: Non-Profit, Community Organizations
Primary Name: James Roedl
Primary Phone: 217-244-1196
Primary Email: jmroedl illinois.edu
Second Contact Name:
Second Contact Email:
Payment Type: CreditCard
Payment Amount: $28.00

see file

Arbor Day Celebration Plan

MBJ 4/3/2015

Arbor Day Celebration: In support of designating the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Tree Campus USA through the Arbor Day Foundation, the Chancellor is proclaiming Friday April 24, 2015 as a day of celebration.  An Arbor Day Celebration will occur on the Main Quad at 11:30, with the planting of a new tree near the Henry Administration Building.  Please join Associate Chancellor Mike DeLorenzo to hear the proclamation, watch the tree planting process, and participate in a fun trivia game to earn a personal tree sapling.

Location of the Event:  The tree location is circled in orange on the aerial image below.  The area for the celebration is designated in orange as #8 on the map image below, in front of the Henry Administration Building.

Schedule of the Celebration:  There will be a hole pre-dug for the tree on Friday morning.  The hole will be fenced off to prevent the danger of falling.  Everything for placing the tree (equipment, tree, soil) will be placed near the tree location by 11:15.  A podium, sound system, and table for the trivia game will be in place and arranged by 11:15.  The official event agenda will occur from 11:30-12:30.  Take down of the event items will occur early afternoon.

Agenda for the Celebration:  The agenda includes a welcome, proclamation, speech, tree planting, and trivia game.

• Welcome by Carl Wegel 5-10 minutes
• Proclamation by Mike DeLorenzo 5-10 minutes
• Speech about trees by Brent Lewis/Ryan Welch 10 minutes
• Placing of the tree into the hole by Grounds crew 15-30 minutes
• trivia game facilitated by volunteers with prizes (hopefully seedlings) during the tree placement and through remainder of the hour

Publicity for the Celebration: The event will be listed on the Earth Week calendar of events from SECS and iSEE.  F&S will send out a press release and an e-week.  Invitations will be sent to sustainability groups and appropriate academic departments.  Al Stratman will invite people to the event, during the Earth Day master plan presentation.

We are scheduled to place the new recycling barrels on the Quad next week on Thursday, April 9.

Bart (ISTC) talked to Ron (Grounds) about reversing the bins on the Ikenberry project after one week.  The project actually started the morning of April 1 so  it would be great to have the bin placement reversed on the morning of April 8th. This means moving the traditional bins to the current location of Housing’s recycling station and vice versa.  On the morning of April 15th everything can be returned to normal.

Dear iCAP Working Group Members,

As a reminder, we will be meeting this Thursday at 1:30 (and also next Thursday, 4/9, at 1:30).

This week we will discuss the timeline for completing our work on the iCAP, and then turn our attention to the 7 attached formal recommendations we've received from the Transportation and Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling SWATeams.  Please review these in advance of the meeting, so that we can discuss them most efficiently.  If you will not be able to join us due to a schedule conflict, please email me in advance if you have any particular concerns.

Next week (4/9), we'll be joined by Kent Reifsteck and Mike Larson from F&S, and also Scott Willenbrock from the Energy Generation SWATeam, so that we can discuss what the iCAP should say about charting a pathway for clean energy for our campus.

Thanks,

Ben

Professor Benjamin J. McCall

Associate Director for Campus Sustainability Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus-sustainability@illinois.edu

see file

Several recommendations were discussed from the Transportation SWATeam and the Puchasing, Waste, and Recycling SWATeam.