December 1, 2020 President's Sustainability Advisory Council Agenda and Meeting notes

December 1, 2020 Minutes

President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee
December 1, 2020 Zoom Meeting 2-3:30 p.m.
Agenda & Meeting Notes

Important Links

• Sustainable SSU Website
• Shared PSAC Folder
• PSAC Charter
• PSAC Membership
• Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitment (PCLC)
• PCLC Gantt Chart

2:00-2:10 Introductions & Announcements

- David Chun, CIO

2:10-2:15 Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitment

• Greenhouse Gas Monitoring (due April 5, 2021) & Zero Carbon Assessment - due April 5, 2022 - SSU Facilities update (Megan Varnadore) - RFP submitted to procurement for Greenhouse Gas Monitoring hoping for beginning of January to get started on that work
• Regional Resilience Plan - due April 5, 2021 working group has been working on the planning effort led by Judy Ford. met with community members from Northbay Forward Resilience needs are on campus and as a community.
• Climate Action Plan Outline DRAFT - in revision by working groups

2:15-3:00 Regional Resilience Assessment

• Process & Key Results (Judith Ford) Any comments need to be to Judith by Friday 12/4/2020
• Next Steps with Regional Resilience Working Group (Claudia Luke)
  • Take the four things (pages 16-20) as a campus and community together and find out what we can do
  • Partner with the county - Emergency Climate Action Plan - interested in being more active
  • Northbay Forward - Judith has been holding this group together/guiding. Sounding board / discussion group. Identity and following - bring in as part of the Regional Resilience working group.
    • Continue Northbay Forward as discussion vehicle
    • Bring in Latino/x community members
• Please send your ideas for community members to Claudia Luke
• Claudia Luke to take on chairing the Regional Resilience WG
• Julia Gonzalez and Kirsten Tellez to Co-Chair Strategy, Communication & Advancement Working Group.

3:00-3:30 Working Group Reports:

1. Zero Impact: Megan Varnadore (Chair), Jen Barnett, Nancy Keller, Calee Spinney, Cody Smith, Kat Johnson, David Chun
   • Goals
     • Fall 2020: Complete RFP process for carbon neutral vendor - submitted 11/30/2020
     • Spring 2021
       • Complete Background and Accomplishments sections in Climate Action Plan template
       • Complete Carbon Reduction & Resiliency Goals in Climate Action Plan
     • Work with carbon neutral vendor to complete assessment by April 2021
   • Report
     • Solar Project - moving forward - developing scope of work with CO - Battery and solar project to merge - microgrid/ hopeful to have done by end of July 2021
     • GHG Assessment and CAP - pending RFP
     • 3-Stream Recycling Interior and Exterior - waste diversion should be at 70-80% we are currently at only 25%. Launching education/re-education program. Hoping to bring 3-Stream recycling inside, currently outside. Goal for 2021 increase diversion to at least 60%
     • CSU Sustainability Procurement Policy - Final draft sent to Procurement (?)
     • STARS report - working on updating
2. Academic & Student Life: Mark Perri (Chair), Adele Santana, Justine Law, Nadiya Parekh, Merith Weisman, Mike Dominguez, *tbd* (student), Kevin Fang
   • Goals
     • Fall 2020 Goals
       • Keep updated list of workshops on website (Alicia Hodenfield and Marian Mejia) Oct. 2020
       • Sustainability Minor: Set PLOs Oct. 2020
       • Videos on Sustainability at Home: SAC taking over Nov. 2020
       • Climate Action Plan draft: Nov. 2020
       • Recruit a Student for our WG: Dec. 2020
     • Spring 2021 Goals
       • Sustainability Minor:
       • Set SLOs, Sustainability Minor: Enrollment Projection, Talk to Interdisciplinary Consultant Jan. 2021
       • Choose eligible classes May 2021
       • Finalize Capstone Course (Internships / Campus as a Living Lab?) May 2021
       • Recruit Faculty to Post Research / Instructional Presentations on Website Mar. 2021
       • Earth Week: Faculty Resources, Sustainability Career Fair (Merith) Apr. 2021
   • Report
     • Looking to record and post faculty research projects for Earth Week
     • Sustainability listserv reemploy
3. Regional Resilience: Claudia Luke (Chair), Judy Ford (Resilience Planning Lead), Barbara Frohlech, Kindra Kautz, *tbd* (student), North Bay Forward
   • Goals
     • Fall 2020 - draft Regional Resilience Assessment
     • Spring 2021 - Submit Regional Resilience Assessment to Second Nature April 2021, Community Engaged Action Plan
   • Report (Agenda Item Above)
4. Strategy, Communication & Advancement: Julia Gonzalez (Co-Chair), Kirsten Tellez (Co-Chair), Madison Annala, Marian Mejia. Damien Wilson, Sandy Destiny, Andy Shepherd, Alicia Hodenfield
   • Goals
     • Fall 2020: Draft Pledge, Resolve Social Media Access Issues, Recruit Earth Week Committee
     • Spring 2021: Finalize Sustainability Pledge - Feb 2021, Virtual Earth Week - April 19-23, 2021
   • Report
     • Sustainability Pledge - Updated version
     • Virtual Earth Week (April 19-23, 2021) - Gathering Ideas
     • Social Media and Website (Alicia and Marian)

Members Present:

Barbara Frohlech, Calee Spinney, Claudia Luke, Jenifer Barnett, Justine Law, Kimberly Kaido-Alvarez, Kindra Kautz, Kirsten Tellez, Madison Annala, Mark Perri, Megan Varnadore, Nadiya Parekh, Nancy Keller, Cody Smith, Michael Dominguez, Merith Weisman, Katryna Johnson, Adele Santana

Additional Attendees:

Alicia Hodenfield, Tyson Hill, Kevin Fang , Dana Twedell

Members Absent: