SR 176-003 RISE Board Accountability Directive

Whereas, The Rise Board is supposed to be using the student and Chancellor allotted monies to make this campus as sustainable as possible;

Whereas, The SRC “Solar Panel PV Project” is a GROSS misallocation of the student sustainability fee;

Whereas, This project needs to halt immediately and focus on much more sustainable projects that will ACTUALLY save this university money, such as providing funding for switching windows on campus to be more “winter friendly;”

Whereas, The total cost of these solar panels is projected to be approximately $337,936.00 with a savings of ONLY approximately $180,000 over the next THREE DECADES and based on the projections of the RISE Board, these savings will be approximately $6,000 a year;

Whereas, The SRC is going to go through serious remodeling in the next three decades, meaning these panels will have to be taken down and will possibly be damaged in the process, making them useless; and

Whereas, This isn’t about politics or partisanship, but rather common sense. Solar Panels are NOT sustainable and thus need to be stopped immediately on behalf of the students; Now therefore be it

Resolved, That the RISE Board immediately halt any further negotiation or planning of any solar panels on the SRC.