SCC and ROC
Merger
Members Present: Dustin Leftridge, Paul Williamson, Phil Condon, Mike Panisko, Jessie Davie, Curtis
Noonan, Lisa Swallow,
Others Present: Robert Duringer, Vicki Watson, Christina Voyles, Hugh Jesse, Laura Howe
UM Flat house project
Transportation
Conference
CTA Architects
& DEQ
President Dennison asked for a presentation on sustainable projects underway at the UM. A copy of the presentation, “Sustainability at The University of Montana,” was passed out to the committee. President
Dennison asked that it be sent to Governor Schweitzer, highlighting the fact that the UM has already been utilizing the 20/10 expectations.
Location identified; Hugh Jesse will give the tenants notice when the house is needed. Dean Goode from the
COT is looking at the structure academically; COT students will do the actual work.
Friday, October 31 st will be a transportation conference. This will involve various groups from the community
(public transportation, the mayor, etc.) to gather the community’s perspective on transportation needs.
CTA architects and The Department of Environment Quality (DEQ) visited the UM last week regarding
“performance contracting.” (DEQ has limited funding as they support projects state wide). Apparently performance contracting isn’t legal (yet) for higher education buildings, so the CTA is working to change laws at the legislative level. In preparation for this, the UM hired the CTA to identify our top 15 least energy efficient buildings. The estimate costs to improve energy efficiency will be compiled, the data made available when legislature meet next year, with the hope this will secure funding.
Sustainable
Coordinator
Position and the recycling committee
“Griz Green”
Change in
Policy
Oct 21 st meeting with local delegation
Final interviews for Sustainable Coordinator are next week. Considering the Recycling Coordinator will report to the Sustainable Coordinator, it has been proposed that the recycling committee become a sub-committee of the SCC. The purpose for this is to keep the Sustainable Coordinator’s responsibilities in one place. No decision yet, but the new Sustainable Coordinator will be asked for their opinion on this move once they are in place.
Griz Green was formerly the UM’s term for following LEED standards. Now LEED09 has regionalized the standards, which are considered more viable for UM purposes. The Native American Center will be built to
LEED09 standards. There was discussion as to whether the building will be to LEED09 “compliance” vs.
“certification” as being certified increases cost. Phil said the SCC had recommended to President Dennison that a full LEED09 certification be sought; as there are benefits to being LEED09 certified which are worth the extra cost.
The purpose is to get local delegates behind the COT. Both Lisa Swallow and Vicki Watson felt it would be beneficial if SCC members meet with legislators on Oct 21 agreed this could be beneficial. st to discuss CTA funding (mentioned above). It was

FY10 & FY11 energy pricing
In Summary
Lock into very good pricing for the next three years via our new natural gas contract for FY10 & FY11 (have one year left on contract now).
Robert Duringer felt this past summer a great deal of progress has been made between the UM and the SCC on various action items.
Paul shared two proclamations, one from the 110
Both declared October 3 rd th congress and the other from the City of Missoula.
as a day where the Missoula Community can learn that alternative fuels will produce benefits such as environmentally friendly practices, reducing reliance on foreign oil, promote public adoption of cleaner energy, aiding cleaner transportation, and finally that the UM’s SCC is hosting this event.
Brochures were given to the committee to pass out to faculty/staff/students for the event. Help is needed to man a table in the Mall from 1pm-4pm in 30min – 1hr slots (Vicki will ask her 101class to contact Paul directly).
Phil will send out an email to the committee regarding the schedule for next week’s interviews, as well as candidate resumes. SCC members invited to come to the forums:
• Oct 7th, Tuesday 11am – 12noon – UC330
• Oct 8th, Wednesday 11am – 12noon UC Theatre
• Oct 9th, Thursday 11am – 12noon – UC Theatre
• Oct 10th, Friday conference call may be 12.30 –yet to be determined.
Please email any feedback on candidates to Dustin, who will put together a recommendation for the interview panel by Monday October 13 th .
Dean Comer (new Dean for the College of Arts & Sciences as of January 1, 2009) has accepted the invitation to serve on the SCC as Perry Brown’s replacement. Perry will continue to serve until January when Dean Comer takes over.
There was also discussion on members who’ve “unofficially” left; Dustin suggested approaching them and asking how committed they feel, and would they prefer the SCC find a replacement. The group agreed and Dustin will approach the absent members for their feedback.
Mike Panisko asked about who will replace Emily Peters, it was agreed this would be decided once the
Sustainability Coordinator is in place.

It was discussed that until the new Sustainable Coordinator is in place, it will be difficult to move forward on action items as the SCC isn’t able to make campus wide decisions and needs support from other groups/departments.
In relation to one of ACUPCC’s major tangible actions related to campus investments, Phil brought up the fact that the UM was given a “B-“ for our efforts in sustainable practices by The Sustainable
Endowments Institute, largely due to lack of sustainability priorities in investment and lack of transparency in investment. Dustin suggested talking with Laura from the Foundation. Lisa Swallow suggested bringing in Suzy Estep to speak about socially responsible investing.
There was discussion on offsetting carbon emissions when traveling; Jessie Davie mentioned resistance among various departments when she’d discussed travel issues in the past. Jessie agreed to research what other schools are doing in the way of encouraging and pursuing carbon offsets.
Lisa mentioned a Mr. Keegan from a local company working on bundling carbon offsets. It was agreed
Suzy Estep and Mr. Keegan will be invited to present at the next SCC meeting, on how the SCC can move forward in pursuit of carbon offsets at the UM.
Dustin agreed to invite Laura from the Foundation. It was also suggested the Sustainable Coordinators be asked about this issue during their interview process next week.
ACTION ITEMS:
1 – Campus Action Webinar (10/15/08 11am – 12.30pm $75 for ASHEE members) re: campus action green house planning. Would give the SCC perspective on what needs to be done next year.
Jessie agreed to work with Mark LoParco on this, for promotions, advertizing, etc.
2- SCC Annual Report Approval
Dustin asked the group to look at the report for feedback (had been previously emailed to the committee.) This is going to President Dennison, and a final copy will be posted on the website.
Next Meeting, Wednesday November 5, 2008 in UC 326