| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.26 |
| Liaison | Lacey Raak |
| Submission Date | Sept. 8, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
California State University, Monterey Bay
OP-10: Landscape Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.50 / 2.00 |
Michael
Lerch Assistant Director of Energy Facilities Services & Operations |
Figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds::
| Area | |
| Total campus area | 1,377 Acres |
| Footprint of the institution's buildings | 19.26 Acres |
| Area of undeveloped land, excluding any protected areas | 1,228.60 Acres |
Area of managed grounds that is::
| Area | |
| Managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan | 0 Acres |
| Managed in accordance with a sustainable landscape management program that includes an IPM plan and otherwise meets the criteria outlined | 129.14 Acres |
| Managed organically, third party certified and/or protected | 0 Acres |
A copy of the IPM plan:
The IPM plan :
The Campus employs a contract with a landscape management plan. The Scope of Work with the Contractor requires an Integrated Pest Management Specialist: The IPM Specialist is responsible for employing all natural, non-toxic means of controlling pests before resorting to toxic controls. All use of chemical pesticides, and the type, SDS, quantity, and where it is used must be provided to the Facilities Manager.
A brief summary of the institution’s approach to sustainable landscape management:
A Landscape Management Plan for CSUMB was developed by Bellinger Foster Steinmetz Landscape Architecture in 2008. The Plan outlines details for incorporating sustainability into landscape management, delineates ultimate landscape maintenance zones, provides suggestions for zone-based plant palettes, enhanced entrance and monument concepts, and details on high-priority landscape maintenance. The Existing Landscape Types map shows currently planted and maintained areas by type. The Campus employs a contract with a landscape management plan. The SOW (Scope of Work) strives to align the University’s landscape services with those key provisions of the Strategic Plan. Landscape services for the University are strongly managed by a Contractor that is environmentally preferable, sustainable, flexible, and able to expand and adjust to meet the needs of a growing university. They must also be in line with the CSUMB Climate Action Plan (http://sustainability.csumb.edu/campus-sustainability-committee) goals and measures. Throughout the Scope of Work, there will be references to where a Landscape Services Contractor will assist the University to meet the goals dictated in the Climate Action Plan.
A brief description of how the institution protects and uses existing vegetation, uses native and ecologically appropriate plants, and controls and manages invasive species:
The Contractor will participate in a twice-annual meetings with key stakeholders that benefit the CSUMB campus Sustainability Goals (define from CAP and other docs), once in January and again in late June. The meetings will outline a plan each quarter to utilize and incorporate the following stakeholder resources:
• Input on measures that benefit rainwater catchment/treatment and/or utilization
• Native plant restoration through Return of the Natives or other native nurseries
• Local and student employment to enhance campus affordability and local employment (sustainability)
• Feasible and within budget special projects to enhance the campus and greater environs as proposed by CSUMB faculty, staff, and student groups.
• Knowledge of local native plants and invasive species management
• Use of native plants grown in CSUMB nurseries where feasible
• Milkweed protection and propagation through Bullets to Butterflies.
The Planning Department and FSO, together with the Contractor, will convene the pertinent stakeholders twice a year to generate and implement a plan for that year. The California Invasive Plant Council (http://www.cal-ipc.org/) guidelines on invasive plant management will be followed to control and, if possible, eradicate invasive species. Specifically, view Invasive Plants of California’s Wildlands at http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/management/ipcw/index.php. Ice plant is a particular problem at the CSUMB campus.
CSUMB aims to attempt to eradicate invasive species and replace them with California natives and the Contractor will make every attempt toward this goal.
A brief description of the institution’s landscape materials management and waste minimization policies and practices:
The contractor guarantese that all landscape employees keep the recyclable material, compost, green/yard waste and e-waste separate from the waste stream. Under no circumstance is it acceptable for the contents of recyclable, compostable, or yard waste to be placed in the inappropriate dumpster.
A brief description of the institution’s organic soils management practices:
soils are good
A brief description of the institution’s use of environmentally preferable materials in landscaping and grounds management:
CSUMB specifies the use of native plants only on the grounds. Power maintenance equipment is powered without the use of gasoline wherever feasible and meets emission levels in the U.S. EPA’s Emission Standards for New Non-road Spark-Ignition Engines. Most of the equipment used by the contractor is electric.
A brief description of how the institution restores and/or maintains the integrity of the natural hydrology of the campus:
Since all runoff is collected in percolation ponds onsite, there is no runoff from campus.
A brief description of how the institution reduces the environmental impacts of snow and ice removal (if applicable):
NA
A brief description of any certified and/or protected areas:
Adjacent to CSUMB is the Fort Ord National Monument and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. A comprehensive, multi-species Former Fort Ord Habitat Conservation Plan is being developed under the oversight of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority. For the details and current status, please check their site at http://fora.org/habitat.html
Is the institution recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation's Tree Campus USA program (if applicable)?:
The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable landscape management programs and practices is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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