UA Sustainability Council || Minutes

November 9th, 2021

3:00-4:30PM

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Tuesday

1. Co-chair updates

a. Executive Director, University Arkansas Resiliency Center, vacant

b. Director of Sustainability Academic Programs, Ken McCown

c. Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management, Scott Turley

i. Scott gave an overview of an upcoming dashboard app called Energy

Cap (available in your “my apps” dashboard), a campus energy

dashboard. All the meters from buildings on campus will be connected

to the dashboard. It will show real time data and will be a huge step

for the UA once it is live. This can already be accessed by UA

employees through the app dashboard. There’s still quite a bit of

refinement to be done.

ii. The 4 megawatt Entegrity Solar Services Agreement is expected to go

before the board of trustees in January.

iii. The UA intends to put out a RFP for a 9 megawatt solar farm. Once

that is evaluated it will go in front of the board as well. This would put

the UA at 13 MW and because of the current tariff we cannot exceed

20 MW. The CHP creates a challenge to going all the way up to 20MW.

d. ASG Sustainability Director, Olivia Ervin

i. Meeting with the ASG President to discuss more transparency about

the investments the UA has in fossil fuels and are going to try and plan

to create a resolution for more transparency about investments.

ii. Working a tabling event with SAFE (Students Advocating for the

Environment) to promote Ecosia, a sustainable search engine that

plants trees and does other environmentally friendly gestures.

iii. Wrapping up the Maple Hill Garden for the year, winterizing it today

at the workday. Next Spring there are plans for continued workdays

and educational events.

iv. ASG is going draft a resolution of support for the Solar Services

Agreement going in front of the Board in January.

2. Monarch Waystations

a. The OFS has continued to identify flower beds on campus that are in rough

condition or overgrown and clean them up and plant native perennials that

are good for monarchs and other pollinators.

b. These have created beautiful and low maintenance beds all over campus, so

far we have five, and are asking for more bed suggestions. If you have one

you’d like to see transformed email sustain@uark.edu with a picture and

location.

3. Campus speed limits

a. As part as a safety push, speed limits around campus are going to be reduced

to 20 mph. This went into effect Nov 6 as a city-wide ordinance passed by

the Fayetteville City Council.

b. Until the physical speed limit signs around campus are changed, there will be

no enforcement. Speed limit signs should come before spring semester.

c. The main reason the speed limit change is for safety reasons, ASG passed a

resolution in February 2021 supporting a speed limit reduction to 20mph or

less after a fatal incident with a pedestrian and motor vehicle.

4. E-scooter update

a. During the fall semester the two e-scooter companies are averaging 2500

trips per day, each operating with 500 scooters each, so it is a lot of trips

people are taking.

b. The trips people are taking are averaging 10 minutes and 2 miles with an

average cost of about $3 per ride.

c. The UA is actively working with the scooter companies to better report

crashed and injuries due to e-scooters. The scooter companies are being

proactive about safety and etiquette and have sent out 1600 warnings since

the semester started and 67 of those users were fined $10. The scooter

companies also operate on a three-strike policy, so if you get three strikes

you are banned from the system.

d. A major challenge for e-scoter safety is getting them off the sidewalk and into

the streets, but many streets lack the infrastructure to make a scooter rider

feel safe. Ammen Jordan is actively working to improve routes and

experiences of all commuters coming to campus.

e. Forced parking is coming and the OFS has been working closely with the two

scooter companies to identify and implement scooter corrals across campus

that will become the only available hubs to park e-scooters. This will

hopefully ease the “scooter clutter” seen on campus.

5. Fayetteville Traverse

a. The Fayetteville Traverse is a soft surface trail designed for hiking, biking,

and trail running. Most of the trail is design to accommodate all users, and all

skill levels, including hand crank bikes.

b. This is mostly a recreational trail, but many will utilize it for transportation

purposes as well.

c. The FT also has opened opportunities for ecological restorations on UA

property that the trail is being built on. The 10-acre Oak Savanna has been a

big part of the Fayetteville Traverse and now will operate as an outdoor

learning laboratory for the UA. There has already been a Ph.D. student doing

research on bluebirds and has installed 50+ bluebird boxes, as well as a seed

collection of remnant prairie species led by Native Plant expert, Jennifer Ogle.

d. The UA has also broken ground on the UREC Tennis courts behind Chick-Fil-

A which will also house a bicycle skills park, dual-slalom course, and a “cross-

country” style loop that will be part of the Fayetteville Traverse.

6. EV charging on campus

a. There are currently two EV charging station on campus, one in Harmon

Parking Garage and one in the Garland Parking Garage. The one in Harmon is

most recent and was nearly all funded by a grant from the Arkansas

Department of Environmental Quality.

b. The OFS has been pushing to have more EV charging stations installed

around campus but there has been pushback that the stations are not being

well utilized. But the current data shows significant increase in use of the two

stations.

c. The OFS has drafted an EV Charging Station plan that has identified short-,

mid-, and long-term goals for EV charging on campus. We are going to refine

the plan and circulate it to the council for vetting, and then move the plan up

the food chain to upper administration.

d. Peter Nierengarten, CoF Sustainability Director, said the city is looking into is

a EV charging station lease model from a company called Blink, so they

would install and maintain the stations and with a revenue share lease.

7. 2021 Campus Commuter Survey

a. 2021 survey has been delayed because of inconsistent data from Covid, so we

are about to send it out so we can capture some more “normal” data from

this fall semester and will follow up with another commuter survey in the

spring.

8. Working group to evaluate how to use savings from Solar Services Agreement

a. Meet Friday the 19th at 3PM

9. Last Campus Community Garden workday of the season is Wednesday at 4PM

a. Also known as Maple Hill Community Garden

10. UA Bicycle Advocacy Council Tuesday the 16th at 3PM

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• During the fall 2021 semester, users average 2,500 trips per day • Average trip :me is about 10 minutes, with an average cost of about $3 per trip, and 2

miles distance traveled • Injuries reported to Spin, Veo and UAPD remain low and include 4 in August, 6 in

September, and 4 in October. • UA football gameday ridership has ranged from 5,000-8,000 trips per day • From Aug. 23 to Oct. 24, Spin issued 1,594 e:quePe warnings.

• Out of those, 67 users have received an escalated "Strike 1" warning, which includes a $10 fine and requires users to take an in-app rules review quiz.

E-SCOOTER DATA

• “I have 15 minutes to get from the Walton Business building to the stadium! It's a 15 minute walk if I speed walk, but with traffic and cross walks I'm always late. Thanks to e-scooters I make it to class 10 minutes early and get a seat front row." — Hannah

• "I have epilepsy and am not able to drive to get to my des:na:on. E-scooters have made it possible for me to get to class and home easier and safely!" — Gabe

• "The scooters are the only form of transporta:on I have to get home when my classes end late in the evening. I feel safe commu?ng home at night. It really brings true joy to scooter home a`er a long day's work." — Lauren

• "E-scooters allow me to move around campus, between friends' apartments and mine and close entertainment without the burden of high fees like Uber; it is quick and efficient, as well as environmentally friendly. Thank you." — Nicolas

USER QUOTES

SAFETYCHALLENGE: • We have had some serious injuries of people

riding e-scooters • Most users are not wearing helmets • Some of our infrastructure needs improvement

SOLUTION: • Improve reporting • Improve infrastructure • Make streets safer • Helmet giveaways • Rider Education Campaign • Regular meetings with Campus Safety, UAPD,

and e-scooter companies

CHALLENGE: • Shared-mobility systems remove some

forms of clutter but also create clutter • Our hilly terrain and natural surfaces lead to

kickstand failure

SOLUTION: • Move to a forced-parking model on campus

in spring semester • 60+ designated parking spaces throughout

campus • Clear physical markings & in-app maps to

accurately reflect parking zones

PARKING

ETIQUETTECHALLENGE: • Micro-mobility can overburden sidewalks

that are designed to move pedestrians • Many of our users are new to alternative

transportation

SOLUTION: • This challenge isn’t unique to e-scooters.

We need to encourage the next generation of leaders to respect one another.

• Slow zone in the core of campus • Let’s make our streets safe enough for

active transportation users

Fayetteville Traverse• The Fayetteville Traverse will be a

soft-surface trail loop (~18 miles) that starts and finishes on the UA campus while incorporating:

• Oak Ridge hillside • Tsa La Gi MTB Park • ARTP • Mt Kessler • Centennial Park • Markham Hill

• The NWA Trailblazers with support from City and UA are leading this initiative

FAYETTEVILLE TRAVERSE

CENTENNIAL PARK

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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Fayetteville Traverse• The Office for Sustainability is coordinating

closely with this project and using it as an opportunity to:

• Enhance connectivity for transportation • Restore habitat

• Trash and fence removal • Invasive plant removal • Native plant propagation • Habitat creation

• Create opportunities for UA affiliates to have positive experiences in nature

Cato Springs TrailRock Terrace Lookout

Rock Plaza Interface with Greenway(Eliminates dirt creep onto greenway and invites

Soft-surface users into the trail)

Rock Plaza Interface with Greenway(Eliminates dirt creep onto greenway and invites

Soft-surface users into the trail)

3 panels of fencing removed

Large Culvert Installed

Soft Surface Trail 0.6mi (3,090ft) w/102ft of +/- vertical gain/loss

The traverse trail through U of A property adjacent to Cato Springs Rd will be a 36in wide single-tracktrail that is constructed out of native earth and is intended to be a multi-use soft-surface experience. The construction will balance fun with sustainability for all users. Integrating views with a rock terracelookout and meandering flow through savannah like terrain will undoubtedly be a unique experience and a quintessential piece of the Fayetteville Traverse.

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Trail Description: This will serve as additional connectivity for the Fayetteville Traverse as well as an important link to the Research and Technology Park campus.Surface/Tread: 26-48” wide natural-surface trail. Trail will be constructed primarily out of on-site material, however, there will be some imported soil and stone. Trail alignment on adjacent City of Fayetteville property has been approved. Length: Approximately 1.0 mi

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Mode Share Trends

RENEWABLE ENERGY• The Solar Services Agreement (SSA) tabled

by the UA Board of Trustees in the fall of 2019 will be on a 2022 BoT agenda

• This SSA will cut utility costs by millions of dollars over the next decades with no upfront cost

• The UA Sustainability Council should make a recommendation to UA leadership regarding what sustainability initiatives (RECs or otherwise) could be accomplished with the generated savings

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