Revised
11-11-07
University Environment
Committee
10/25/07
Presiding: Charles
Hodson
Regular members in
attendance: M. Glascoff, J. Twark, D. Lawrence, C. Hodson, M. Montgomery
Ex officio members in
attendance: B. Koch, P. Cox, M. Schmidt, T. Atkinson
The meeting was called
to order at 3:30 pm.
Actions of Meeting
1. Approval of minutes of 9/27/07
Action taken: The
minutes were approved.
2. Report on ECU master plan (Bill Bagnell)
The master plan for
the main campus was completed in 2000 and the master plan for the Health
Sciences campus was completed in 2001.
The master plan and strategic plan are not aligned and the master plan
needs to be updated. The chancellor
wants an updated master plan for the whole campus rather than multiple master
plans for different parts of the university.
Ideally, the master plan should be “a physical manifestation
of the strategic plan.” At the moment,
however, buildings are being constructed that are not in the master plan, like
the dental school and new family medicine center. Moreover, the 2001 master plan didn’t address
parking and traffic circulation issues.
All issues should be considered in the updated master plan.
The planning process
has started for Academic Building A, which will house the
Twelve current
buildings need full renovation.
Renovation plans will take into account energy efficiency and green
design principles. ECU will design all
new buildings to meet the silver LEED green building certification (platinum is
the highest LEED certification).
There will be a
steering committee for the updated master plan.
All units will be represented and the process will be open and transparent. The UEC will have the opportunity to give
input.
The first steps in
revising the master plan are facilities assessment and updating the map. The next step is to assess program
priorities, growth, and the location of program functions.
Discussion:
Twark noted that the
UEC’s main priorities in the master plan process are energy efficiency and
green space, especially forested space.
Twark noted that College Hill’s green space should be preserved and so
this is not a good location for Academic Building A.
Hodson asked about the
planned West Campus student center.
Bagnell responded that $100K has been set aside for programming for the
student center, to include consideration of dining, recreation, advising space,
and public services.
There was discussion
of the 8-block warehouse area. The
buildings are not useable or energy efficient in their current form, but some are historic.
Preservation of facades may be possible.
Atkinson presented a
packet of information on steps that Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill have taken to
reduce their climate footprint. She
asked whether ECU is a member of the Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
Koch responded that budget cuts make it hard for ECU to join AASHE
although the university is interested in the organization’s work. Schmidt responded that if ECU wants to be
considered a serious research university on par with others in the state, it
should be taking the same steps that they are.
Bagnell noted that the climate commitments represent a major financial
commitment and should be carefully studied.
There was an extended
discussion of bike lanes and bike use.
2. Meeting time
Hodson proposed
changing the regular meeting time to 3:00 to accommodate members’
schedules.
Action taken: The new
meeting time was approved.
There was a motion to
adjourn and the meeting was adjourned at 4:45 pm.
Next meeting:
11/15/07, 3:00 pm
Items to be discussed: