Sustainability at Lake Superior College

Meeting Agenda 3/2/2018

March 2^nd, 2018 9:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

Sustainability and S’Mores this afternoon, 2:00, at the Bagley Center

Weed Em Out: Invasives Workshop an invasive plants early detection workshop– March 27^th,  9am-3:00, EPA

Duluth CISMA Stewardship Network – introductory conversation for local colleges and universities (March 7^th or 14th, tbd)

New Business

S-building landscape discussion with Shoreview Natives

MREA PV Development for Institutions Course: quick update on lessons so far

Earth Day (April 19^th) presentation/theme ideas

• Theme: Food for Thought: The ecological impact of your everyday decisions
• Food update (Danielle, Kristi, Connie)
• Campus clean up-anyone want to take the lead on organizing/leading this? Do we need to provide incentive?

Garden/Grounds planning

• Meeting with Shoreview Natives (update from Theresa, Danielle)
• Tree planting, May 4th
• Garden Club/Sustainability Council partnership on garden mentorship

Boreal Natives $200 site maintenance (motion needed)

Prescribed burn in native seeded areas, Boreal (quote for $500) or ERTC?

Summer groundskeeping and trails manger student employee needed

Old Business

Bikeway discussion follow-up (Nate, Dave…)

Facilities Comprehensive Plan forum (any interesting/pertinent take-aways?)

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• Green Office Challenge
  • Participants so far, follow-up/outreach
• Smart strips update

Trex recycling challenge update

Grounds (Danielle)

Budget

FY 18 budget balance: $6,771.00

Encumbrances to date:

• Amazon (smart strips): $275
• Amazon (pruners, compost bags for campus): $87.67
• RSPT annual membership: $330
• Menards: -300
  • Atrium soil, potting soil, landscape tools
• Mileage reimbursement: MPCA site supervisor training: -160.50
• Mileage B3 luncheon: -167.99
• B3 luncheon registration: -27.37
• AASHE annual membership: -280
• Print/postage: -36.47

Review/revise FY18 potential budget items

• Smart strips
• Energy-related requests/ideas?
• Bottle filling station for Atrium?
• Picnic table under H catwalk, or Student Life area?
• Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans, exclosures
• Sustainability kiosk: pamphlet holder, plastic bag bin
• workshops?

Next Meeting

Friday, April 6^th, 9:00