Fee Transparency Project

[2:30 - 2:33] Welcome and Introductions
1. Members' introductions: Name, Pronouns, Year, Major, and Space.
2. Order: Cowell, Stevenson, Crown, Merrill, Kresge, Porter, Oakes, RCC, C9, JRL, Graduate Students, SAB, Provost, SUA, Lisa, Sezona, Lucy
[2:33 - 2:35] Approval of the Agenda and Minutes
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of March 2, 2026 Minutes
[2:35 - 2:40] Public Comment
[2:40 - 2:45] Announcements
1. Spring Quarter Meeting Time - When to Meet
[2:45 - 2:55] SFAC Chair/Vice-Chair Reports
1. Chair
  1. TODO
2. Vice-Chair
  1. Happy Week 10!!!
  2. CSF is April 11th and 12th (please mark it in your calendars)
  3. One on one with Mel!
    1. Anyone who is interested in the Vice Chair role, please reach out! Or if you just want to say hi :)
[2:55 - 3:05] Subcommittee Reports
1. Audit
  1. Revising Audit Reports
  2. One interview remaining – Child Care Services
  3. Cleaning up our processes + formalizing steps in our documents
    1. For example, sending a “thank you” note after the interview is complete
  4. Reports (currently drafts – feel free to give feedback!)
2. Outreach
  1. Next quarters focus will be planning the Student Fee Summit
    1. Focus it around elections and promoting the Measures on the ballot
    2. Outreach Email - Google DocsOutreach email to be sent to student organizations on campus. Looking for feedback!
[3:05 - 3:10] Potentially SFAC Watching a portion of the UC Regents Meeting: March 17th, 2026
1. Idea of watch party with lunch/refreshments
[3:10 - 3:20] Discussion: Consolidated Shared Services Assessment

Background: This item was introduced at the meeting on 2/23/26 and involves the new campus policy and procedures related to assessing campus departments and student funds to pay for services that are provided centrally. Marshall brought forward the topic for discussion and asked if SFAC would like to issue a statement in response to the assessment program. At the 3/2/26 meeting, the group voted to issue the statement. Today there is an opportunity for a final review of the statement.

1. https://planning.ucsc.edu/models-assessments/administration-service-assessments/
2. SFAC Response

[3:20 - 3:35] TAPS: Discussion on Measure 73 Recommendation

Background: At the February 23rd SFAC meeting, Executive Director of TAPS, Dan Henderson visited with SFAC for the annual presentation that is required by Measure 73. Measure 73 states that each winter quarter, TAPS will present information to SFAC (ridership data, budget, etc.). After this presentation, the SFAC developments a recommendation for the chancellor related to whether the fee escalation that was voted in by students in Measure 73 should be implemented for the following year. For 2026-2027, the fee increase would be $3.00 per student per quarter, or a total of $9.00). The full language for the referendum can be found here, scroll down to Measure 73.

1. FOLDER with materials provided by Dan, including slide deck
2. Develop recommendation for the Chancellor: Document with ideas that were collected at the March 2nd meeting
3. Agenda (Metrics for TAPS)

[3:35 - 3:45] Updates and Next Steps
1. Funding Call Review - updates from each group
2. Referendum pro and con statements - updates from each group
  1. Reminder they are due this Friday March 13th
  2. Sign up to meet with Lucy, Thursday or Friday
[3:45 - 3:55] Debrief Visit with Chancellor Larive
[4:00] Adjournment
1. Good luck with finals!
2. Have a restful and safe spring break!

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

Spring CSF Meeting: April 11th -12th
University Registrar Tchad Sanger: Records Fee (late spring 2026)

Meeting and Committee Member Resources:

SFAC Roster
Orientation Materials
Agendas and Minutes
Tracking Sheet for Campus Based Fees ongoing discussion
Google Folder
Summer 26 Fee Levels