Fee Transparency Project

[3:30 - 3:33] 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
[3:33 - 3:35] Approval of the Agenda and Minutes
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of April 7, 2026 Minutes
[3:35 - 3:40] Public Comment
[3:40 - 3:45] Announcements
1. Absentee comment form
2. Request from Stevenson Cowell College community garden regarding an extension of their 25-26 SFAC award
  1. Request [Link Forthcoming]
3. Graduation Stoles
  1. Should we continue to order them by singular graduates every year, or should we create “The SFAC Stole” and do a bulk order?
4. CSF debrief
  1. Notes
  2. Add notes to this doc: Talking Points
SFAC Chair/Vice-Chair Reports
1. Chair
  1. Meeting with Travis (DOS) and Randy (IRAPS) for pro/con statements on spring ballot
    1. Waiting on mockup from Randy
    2. Soon will start drafting amended elections policy language
  2. Future meeting with GSA president in May
  3. Meeting with VC Akirah
  4. Meeting with UCOP AVP Cain Diez and UCOP budget and planning office
    1. Send questions you wanted answered
  5. Going to Athletics and Recreation RFAC meeting today
  6. First Misc/Course Fee Committee Date on Friday
  7. Finishing reductions recommendations
2. Vice-Chair
  1. Happy Week 3
  2. Thank you to everyone who helped out during/attended CSF!
    1. Genuinely one of the best events I had the honor of planning and I couldn’t have done anything this weekend without you!
    2. The biggest thanks to Lucy, I definitely couldn’t have done anything without her. Everything ran so smoothly and it felt great to have that constant support if we needed anything last minute for the meeting so thank you Lucy for making time this weekend!
Subcommittee Reports
1. Audit
  1. Round 1 almost complete, Round 2 to be underway soon (and will finish this quarter)
  2. The Audit Committee agreed that producing more reports will be the best way for us to improve, not spending significant time on each individual report.
  3. Full turnout yesterday! Let’s keep it up!
2. Outreach
  1. We will be meeting 11am-12pm every Friday this quarter!
    1. 04/17/26 Outreach meeting will be in person Iveta Cafe located in the Quarry
      1. I would like to not have a zoom option going forward, please let Mel know if this would affect you
    2. We will continue to plan the Student Fee Summit
[3:45 - 4:00] Discussion - Student Fee Summit [Presented by Mel]
1. Summary: Outreach Committee met last Friday to add to the planning for the Student Fee Summit, Mel will run through the planning document to explain what planning has been done so far, and wants suggestions on what could be added to the event so the Outreach Committee can start formalizing our plans.
  1. If you are not in the Outreach committee and would like a role in the student fee summit please let Mel know she will find something for you!
2. Items:
  1. Event working document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MZAbh5K9t2hS_0S6AInljAKkkDXT_8XoKiOtbRgkw_M/edit?usp=sharing
[4:00 - 4:35] Administrative Records Fee - Presentation from the Registrar’s Office
1. Summary: Last year the Miscellaneous and Course Fee Committee recommended to the Chancellor the adoption of an Administrative Records Fee; SFAC was consulted and issued a recommendation to the Miscellaneous and Course Fee Committee. The fee was adopted. The fee is a one-time fee paid by all students when they enter UCSC; students have access to unlimited transcripts, and other administrative records across their lifetime. When recommending this fee, SFAC issued a recommendation that the University Registrar visit with SFAC at the end of the first year, to review actual revenue collected, the utilization of the fee, etc. This is the first of those annual meetings.
2. SFAC’s 2025 Recommendation (full letter)
  1. Regular Engagement with SFAC: We value Mr. Sanger’s openness to returning annually to meet with SFAC to discuss the fee’s performance, share updates, and receive student input. We recommend making this an annual practice to ensure continued transparency and collaboration.
3. Guests: University Registrar Tchad Sanger and Finance Manager Ken Maranta
[4:35 - 4:40] Discussion: SFAC Chair/Vice-Chair report
[4:40 - 5:00] Discussion/Vote: TAPS: Discussion on Measure 73 Recommendation
1. 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 developed 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.
2. Summary: Finalizing goals we want TAPS to meet from last meeting's discussions. Previous goals will be amended based on responses from the Director of TAPS. These goals are intended to be finalized to give enough time to discuss with TAPS. Vote will be on approving the proposed goals and allowing SFAC leadership to start discussions with TAPS.
3. Items:
4. Vote: Initial proposed Measure 73 Recommendation
[5:00] Adjournment

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students Garrett Naiman: April 21st @ 3:30 pm. Consultation regarding campus based fee that fund the Student Volunteer Center
Tour of Kresge College Renovation Project: May 12th @ 3:30 (Meet at Kresge by parking lot 143/145, closest to R12 and R13). Must wear pants, and closed toe, hard toe shoes Tennis shoes are ok, but hiking boots are better).

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