Bill # and Title: 46-46, A Joint Resolution to Facilitate an MU Sustainability Plan

Authors: Jonathan Mays, Rachel Anderson, Andrew Cafourek, Jennifer Holland, Greg Davis, Jabari Turner, Ben Datema, Brendan Webber, Jim Kelley, Chelsea Johnson, Corey Gibson, Miller Stoll

Summary: -Describes the roles of the Environmental Affairs Committee, Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator Steve Burdic, Environmental Health and Safety Director Peter Ashbrook, the Campus Facilities Departments of Energy Management, Planning, Design and Construction, and Landscape Services, Campus Dining Services, Residential Life, the Energy Conservation Task Force, and Sustain Mizzou

-Asks Provost Foster to create an ad hoc Sustainability Committee with the goal of creating a campus-wide sustainability plan

-Suggests 11 starting points for the committee

-Outlines MSA, GPC, RHA, and LBC interaction regarding the committee’s structure and progress

-Pledges to create a sustainability website within 6 months of the proposed ad hoc committee’s creation of a sustainability plan

History: 2003: First annual Campus Impacts Report compiled by the Environmental Affairs Committee, Environmental Health & Safety, and Sustain Mizzou

2004: Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator position created

2005: Residential Life begins 5-year recycling bin placement program

2006: Non-Motorized Transport Committee circulates initial text of draft MU Bicycle Plan in cooperation with the city of Columbia

What is the timeline for this implementation:

Committee created by Fall 2007
Sustainability plan developed by Fall 2008
Sustainability website created within 6 months of sustainability plan draft
(preferred sooner)

What other Bylaws or Rules Affected:
Reinforces 1.30(B), 6.30(A), 6.31(A), MSA/RHA Articles of Cooperation