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March 9th, 2026

2:30 – 4:00 pmKerr Hall 212Join Zoom (opens in new tab)

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Present: Mel, Marshall, Nicholas, Cheryl, Trey, Vir, Laila, Lyra, Arielle, Sezona, Aims, Maya

  1. [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. [2:33 - 2:35] Approval of the Agenda and Minutes

    1. Approval of Agenda
    2. Approval of March 2, 2026 Minutes
      1. Agenda and minutes are passed by unanimous consent.

  3. [2:35 - 2:40] Public Comment

    1. No public comment.

  4. [2:40 - 2:45] Announcements

    1. Spring Quarter Meeting Time - When to Meet

  5. [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 :)

  6. [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!)
        1. Graduate Studies Audit Report
        2. EOP Audit Report
        3. Child Care Services (CCS) Audit Report
    1. Outreach
      1. Next quarter's focus will be on planning the Student Fee Summit
        1. Focus on elections and promoting the Measures on the ballot
        2. Outreach Email - Google Docs Outreach email to be sent to student organizations on campus. Looking for feedback!
  1. [3:05 - 3:10] Potentially SFAC Watching a portion of the UC Regents Meeting: March 17th, 2026
    1. Idea of a watch party with lunch/refreshments.
      1. Significant interest from the group, Mel will coordinate and organize with Lucy.
  2. [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. [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 develops 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 a recommendation for the Chancellor: Document with ideas that were collected at the March 2nd meeting
    3. Agenda (Metrics for TAPS)
      1. Nicholas advocates for the council to recommend taps to maintain its $3.00 yearly increase, as it appears TAPS has upheld it end of the deal, by purchasing new buses, building new stations, and upholding its end of the deal.
      2. Nicholas notes that COVID and other supply chain issues may be the cause of delay in bus Delivery.
      3. Lisa notes that in 2021, TAPS refunded one million dollars to student which may have adversely affected their budget planning.
      4. Laila suggests that we recommend a lower fee increase, alongside measurable metrics for taps to meet to regain its $3.00 Fee increase.
      5. Maya states that she is not supportive of increasing the fee due to mismanagement by TAPS of the existing fee.
      6. John states that we should not recommend funding due to a lack of performance.
      7. The increase is $3 per year. Lisa says that the original purpose of the referendum was to pay for the electric buses and the infrastructure for those buses.
      8. Sofia: My previous point by asking about the EV bus was just a lack of follow-up from TAPS, which makes it hard to recommend them to increase because of the little support from them
      9. Nicholas: Seems like this increase in $3 of the TAPS student fee was voted for by students of the past on the condition that electrical buses were purchased as well as an electrifying dock that could charge those buses. Because TAPS has done these things, I'd recommend that we uphold the promise of past students.
      10. Marshall summarizes the conversation regarding the increase: Yes, No, partial increase with conditions.
        1. Both Full unconditional yes and no are eliminated from the conversation. The focus is full increase with stipulation, or partial increase with stipulation.
        2. The conversation shifts towards what metrics we want to set for taps to reach.
      11. Ideas for Goals for Taps to meet:
        1. 10% increase in ridership
        2. Increased staffing of bus drivers (15% to recover what was lost)
        3. Increase in service hours during peak times of transportation (when students are actually waiting at bus stops)
        4. Installing new buses
        5. Buy one new electric bus
        6. Increase outreach for TAPS app (10% increase) → would need more information
      12. Information to request from TAPS:
        1. How many people use the Taps app? How many people download the app? Weekly new/different app users. Can you measure an increase for next year → maybe 10% increase?
        2. Ridership by bus class/length (capacity per hour)
        3. Types of buses used during specific times in the day
        4. Bus schedule?
        5. Ridership hours and number of bus drivers per hour (how much each individual bus driver is working and at what times), and how many service hours per hour
        6. Where Taps is spending the most amount of their money (distribution)
        7. APC updated ridership
  1. [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
  2. [3:45 - 3:55] Debrief Visit with Chancellor Larive
  3. [4:00] Adjournment
    1. Good luck with finals!
    2. Have a restful and safe spring break!

Upcoming Guests/Topics:

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

Meeting and Committee Member Resources:

  1. SFAC Roster
  2. Orientation Materials
  3. Agendas and Minutes
  4. Tracking Sheet for Campus-Based Fees: Ongoing Discussion
  5. Google Folder
  6. Summer 26 Fee Levels