On April 14 and 21, 2022, Sarthak and Sutapa met to discuss the progress of the Walkability audit.

Tasks decided:

1. Data analysis will begin on 22nd April for the rest of the data points collected during Phase 2 of the audit.

2. Campus high priority zones will be weighted higher than low priority zones. This will impact the overall walkability Index of the campus.

3. Deficiency categories with highest number of recorded points identified are: Sidewalk Maintenance, Crosswalk Maintenance and Accessibility. Create a list of recommendations to improve them.

4. Presentation of overall results to Transportation department by Sutapa on May 3rd, 2022, Capstone Poster presentation on May 5th 2022.

F&S published a Massmail about CLMP Public Forum on April 20, 2022. See attached the MassMail in .pdf format.

F&S Insider included an article about Campus Landscape Master Plan (CLMP) on April 20, 2022. We are organizing a Public Forum for CLMP on April 27, 2022 from 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Read the article here: https://fs.web.illinois.edu/Insider/2022/04/08/planning-the-illinois-landscape/

Please register for the CLMP Public Forum: go.illinois.edu/CLMPPublicForum

Stacy Gloss attended the Urban Stormwater Working Group meeting on 4/19/22 led by Lisa Merrifield.

Agenda item 1) An Illinois Green Infrastructure Inventory Update was provided.

Key points:

• Tracking Best Management Practices:  need to know: where, what, how much, and when
• Detailed information allows for comparison between practices
• Practices include projects like:  vegetated filter strips, grass swale, infiltration devices, permeable pavement, porous pavement, wetland detention, dry detention, settling basin, bio-swale, grass swale, wet pond, constructed wetland, green roof, weekly street sweeping, native landscaping, stormwater tree, sand filters, settling basin, WQ inlets, wet ponds, infiltration devices, concrete grid  pavement, sand filter/infiltration basin, oil/grit separator etc. Also new construction and retrofit.
• Next steps: testing data-sets with NCSA

Agenda item 2) meeting participants described their work and current projects.

Update: May 9, 2022

Stacy Gloss and Eliana Brown will attend the September MS4 meeting to describe projects related to capturing green infrastructure project locations and project information to share best practices with the local community. Campus maintains data about about green infrastructure projects on campus. A pilot project is underway to share green infrastructure project data with communities across Illinois.  Eliana Brown is involved in this effort and NCSA is developing a database platform for information sharing.

Stacy Gloss will attend the next MS4 meeting in June also.

Pictures of Storm Drain Murals, that were created to draw attention to stormwater, have been uploaded to the Storm Drain Murals Image Gallery!

https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project/442/gallery

Please see attached the final presentation for the CTAC spring 2022. We also talked about abandoned bicycles and Campus Landscape Master Plan during this meeting. Also watch the meeting recording and read the chat from during the meeting: https://uofi.box.com/s/lv1xbqlcevdp6f2dfmiep2fpx3cq2zde

WCIA published an article about the CLMP Public Forum on April 19 2022, titled "U of I seeks public input on campus redesign" - https://www.wcia.com/news/u-of-i-seeks-public-input-on-campus-redesign/

Attached is the article in .pdf format.

All, Had some intense weather mid-week that kept folks away from visiting us. A new student staffer started this week and hit the ground running. We got two quality bikes donated last week that are in-progress and one very nice near-new bike that is already on the sales floor.

TBP prices bumped up slightly last week to no Ill effect here at CBC. In fact, the first mention of the higher prices was met with “A used tire for $8? That’s a great deal!”

On Thursday, I consulted with a student from University of Connecticut about starting a bicycle cooperative space at his school. He’d heard good things about our operations from a former TBP member. Small world, too, since I grew up 20 minutes from UConn.

This week is the Campus Transportation Advisory Committee meeting and the last week for one of my student staffers.

The numbers:
Visitors: 26
Sales: $912.50
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $180
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
Tires/tubes: 2 for $21

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator

Wand TV published an article about the CLMP Public Forum on April 18, 2022, titled "Public invited to give input on U of I landscaping master plan" - https://www.wandtv.com/news/public-invited-to-give-input-on-u-of-i-lands...

Attached are the article in .pdf format as well as the Press Release.

Ali Khan and Dhruv Gambhire are now on the F&S payroll as grad hourly employees, in the Sustainability Department.  Their funding is from the Student Sustainability Committee, in support of the SSC-funded project for HVAC and Air Quality Assessment.

Attached is the 2022 annual Tree Care Plan.

Attached is the Tree Campus Advisory Committee Charge letter for 2022.