Sustainability Council Meeting Agenda 11-8-2019
9:00-10:30
S111 Student Services Conference Room
Announcements
Eco-E will host the MN Ag Commissioner in an Emerging Farmers Summit on November 14th in S255 (Randy)
New Business
Student Senate – Collaboration for food service feedback (Grant)
New Food Service Task Force (Connie)
Eco-Ent program updates
Eco Market bags
Minnesota Power’s free Level 2 charger grant opportunity
APB on compost bins
Old Business
FY20 SC Workplan Goals – updates
- Develop proposal for north trail as pedestrian path (Dave)
- Desired Outcomes:
- consider appropriate surface for maximum usability,
- estimate total costs, development and ongoing maintenance,
- Desired Outcomes:
- account for the trail’s potential use as an access from lower main parking lots to Living Labs field site
UPDATE – Spur trail work – recap $225, 10 yards of limestone, 0.1 miles of trail, 10 volunteers, 6 hours, 12 donuts, 6 bananas
- Articulate the role of “Living Labs” at LSC
- Desired Outcomes:
- draft potential interdisciplinary collaboration/learning opportunities at new Farm Site
- develop a forest management plan for Miller Creek corridor – identifying terrestrial invasive species threats and management goals
- align goals as potential course-related field experience, both through curriculum and Sustainability Distinction
- Update campus’ sustainability and energy goals
- Desired Outcomes:
- align with state and system-wide sustainability goals, following Board of Trustees approval of new system sustainability policies,
- update LSC Sustainability webpages to reflect these new goals
- Desired Outcomes:
- Desired Outcomes:
Budget
FY 20 original budget: $8,450 – current balance $6,546.05
Encumbrances to date:
- Menards: -$300
- Dan’s Feedbin: -$150
- P-Card (Amazon): -$167.95 (Compost bags)
- AASHE dues: -$295
- P-Card (Amazon – 10 sets loppers, saws) (Landscape Restoration – 10 buckthorn dobbers and dye): -$600
- Bee-line spur trail Limestone: -$225.50
- P-card (Amazon – Cornerstone $92.95
Potential purchases
- EV install $1,500
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