Minutes

Facilities Meeting
>February 20, 2007 11:06
>John and Beth Moran
>Jess- lighting on campus
> Science Center facing Gompers
>Jess- Wynnewood
> Mice, infestation
> John- food on counters, open food containers
> They can set traps and bait etc but leaving food out makes it worse
> Mention in The Voice
>Jess- LaFarge dumping recycling into trash can complaint
> Beth- tell housekeepers to keep them separate
>Jess- washers and dryers going well, people just not reporting it
> John and Beth- YAY
>Kyle- who do we send reports too?
>John- number on walls for facilities and email
>Jess-???We???re not mind readers??? sign
>Jess- trashcan outside Lancaster
> John- we don???t own it, more difficult to get trashcan, will bring it
up
>Kyle- Sourin is hot! Heat control? Sourin has it and it???s just not
>used, publicize it
>Jess- John and Beth need anything from us?
>John- bike racks on campus, survey was to be done about number of bike
>racks, amount of use, etc
>Jess- we can make one for next caf?? day
>John- we???re still waiting for survey, if we know what students what
and
>where they want the bike racks we can set it up for them more to their
>specifications, ask the bikers where they want bike racks? Xavier,
>Campion, LaFarge and Sourin have them now but still get complaints
>about not enough
>Jess- ATM west campus, merion gardens, ashwood, etc, Beth is looking
>into it
>Water fountain issue solved in merion, looking into it in sourin
>Kyle- Steph said people don???t like fence separating Gompers
>John- can???t do much about it because it belongs to city of
>Philadelphia, could be unsafe if we add bushes or something-used as
>hiding place
>Jess- clean up trash from Gompers
> John- grounds crew spends 2 hours cleaning up every day, we can help
>by throwing out trash ourselves
> Jess- trashcan on playground?
> John- yes they have one, but neighborhood kids go there too so
there???s
>only so much to be done
>Jess- SJU flower arrangements on hill behind bleachers where new statue
>is
> John- was there before, now taken out, Fr. Phil met with him about
>raising up statue and adding flowers around it, something pretty will
>happen on hill, looking to begin area improvement this spring. This is
>an ugly time of year
>Jess- started work on Maguire campus?
> John and Beth- No, it???s not ours yet
>Kyle- recycling?
> Beth- there???s a recycle email that goes to three people and a
>recycling committee
> Kyle- received no response, want to meet with them
> Beth- will contact them and ask if Kyle can sit in on meeting or if
>they can meet with us
>Kyle- paper towel dispensers in sourin?
> Beth- will look into it
>Kyle- is Kimberly Clark most economical?
> Beth- looking into it
>John- grounds crew recycles 40 tons of leaves a year
>Kyle- grounds crew uses little to no pesticides and chemicals
>John- yes! We use a lot of chicken poop. Campus is prettier than
>Swarthmore and Notre Dame!
>Kyle- evergreens in flower pots by library woo
> John- yes, we try to make it look nice, those pots are removed in
>winter so they don???t crack
>Jess- email us if you have an updates or questions
>John- lighting, will bring info to lighting specialist, Bob Rossi
>Beth- ATM will be brought up to proper person, probably won???t receive
>info that soon
>Bob???s here!!!
>John- concern with mice in Wynnewood
>Bob- yes we do have a problem with that. Barry hall the mice were made
>pets and fed GROSS. Mice go for donuts not poison. Someone emailed
>about a mouse in last 48 hours
>Jess- article in The Voice about keeping food in containers etc to help
>prevent mice
>John- please send facilities a copy
>Jess- any questions or thoughts Bob?
>Bob- no, res life seems to be more proactive, students damage at end of
>semester is much improved
>John- trashcan outside Lancaster?
>Jess- maybe suggest to Lancaster people
>Kim- both entrances get a trashcan?
>John- would be nice, but only problem is maintain it MEETING ADJOURNED 11:39 Talk about snow and weathermeeting numba 2