March 10th, 2020

Present: May Alvarez, Chase Hayes, Fiona Weigant, Adam Selcov, Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Elliot Lewis, Brent Insua, Lisa Bishop, Isaac Karth, Yuhao Chen, Venkatesh Nagubandi, Veronica Mitry, Lucy Rojas, Esther Chung, Brynna Downey

1. Approval of Agenda and Minutes
2. Announcements and Updates
   1. Refreshments and Recognitions
   2. Announcements
      1. Undergrad committee member winter stipends will be paid on April 1st paycheck. Grad student committee member stipends will be paid via direct payment (same process as fall quarter).
   3. CSF
      1. Next CSF: April 3 at UCOP, April 4 at UC Merced- anyone interested in attending?
         1. Chase, Brent, and Isaac are interested.
3. Campus Based Fees - Discussion and Voting on SFAC Statements
   1. Student Success Hub Facilities Fee
      1. Draft Statement (thanks Adam!): The Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC) supports this fee as it will give a permanent home to some of the most utilized groups on campus. While there are some concerns about it not being enacted until 2024, we acknowledge that all referendum impact future students and this is no different.
         1. Fiona - define “groups”
         2. Insert services “such as CAPS, COVE, Slug Support”
         3. Change “groups” to “services”
         4. Final ballot language: “The Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC) supports this fee as it will give a permanent home to some of the most utilized services on campus: CAPS, COVE, and Slug Support. While there are some concerns about it not being enacted until 2024, we acknowledge that all referendum impact future students and this is no different.
            1. With the changes, Eliot motions to approve the statement, Brent seconds. No objections.
   2. Campus Sustainability Office Fee - Measure 45 Amendment
      1. Draft Statement (thanks Brent!): The Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC) broadly supports this fee increase and extension because it will allow for the Sustainability Office to continue operations and increase student leadership in sustainability achievements in and outside of UC Santa Cruz campus.
         1. Adam would like to take out “increase” and place “support this fee extension”
         2. Fiona disagrees we need to include the increase
         3. Lisa finds a middle ground of having it say something similar to “we support this fee extension and minor increase”
         4. Adam asks why the word “broadly” is in the statement
         5. Chase says remove the broadly for clarity
         6. Lydia asks if we should just say supports?
         7. Final ballot language: “The Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC) supports the extension and subsequent increases because it will allow for the Sustainability Office to continue operations and increase student leadership in sustainability achievements in and outside of the UC Santa Cruz campus. We acknowledge that if this fee is not passed the services will go away.”
            1. Motioned to approve by Adam, second by May. No objections.
4. Funding Call
   1. Materials and Resources
      1. Numbered Folders
      2. Rating spreadsheet
   2. Final Allocation Recommendations
      1. Lydia and Lisa note that the committee allocated $700,000 from $2.7 million in requests.
      2. Roll-call vote
         1. Cowell - Yes
         2. Stevenson - Yes
         3. Crown - Yes
         4. Merrill - Yes
         5. Porter - Yes
         6. Kresge - Yes
         7. Oakes - Yes
         8. RCC - Yes
         9. College 9 - Yes
         10. College 10 - Yes
         11. GSA - Yes
         12. GSC - Yes
         13. Staff Advisory - Yes
         14. Provost - Not Present
             1. The Final Allocation Recommendations are approved. Yes 11, No 0, Not Present 2.
   3. Recommendation Letter to VP Padgett
      1. Final Review and Vote
         1. Reserve amount is adjusted in the letter. Reserve is at 4.5% for emergency requests. $31,698.76.
         2. Elliot motions to approve the letter. Esther seconds the motion. No objections. Motion passes.
5. Chair and Vice Chair Elections
   1. Brent has been nominated for Vice Chair
      1. Brent is approved as Vice Chair for spring quarter, by a vote of 9 yes’s and one abstention
   2. Chase has been nominated for Chair
      1. Chase is approved as Chair for spring quarter, by a vote of 9 yes’s and one abstention.
6. Old Business
   1. Upon convening in the spring we will work on establishing projects for spring.
7. Adjournment

Next meeting: Spring Quarter TBD