Agenda

Date: October 28, 2024
Members: Warwick Arden, Charles Maimone, Alyson Wilson
Subcommittee Representatives: Alicia Knight, Allen Boyette, Barbara Moses, Bill Davis, Cameron Smith, Dana Harris, Doug Morton, Lisa Johnson, Patrick Deaton, Sumayya Jones-Humienny
Guests: Donna McGalliard, Pete Fraccaroli

Approval of the Minutes: W. Arden (1 min.)

Consent Agenda Approval: N/A

Project Execution Subcommittee Items: C. Smith (20 mins)

1. Execution Updates:
   1. Electrical Distribution Upgrade (Power forward) – needs additional funding
   2. CC Substation Reconstruction – no bids received
   3. CVM Equine Hospital – additional funding being pursued for CUP Expansion
   4. Research Support Facility – new site selection options and budget concerns (see item 3d below)
   5. Mann Hall Renovation – additional funding being pursued
   6. 111 Lampe Renovation – additional funding being pursued
   7. Small Ruminants Education Unit (SREU) and Metabolism Education Unit (MEU) Relocations

Campus Planning Subcommittee Items

1. Delegated Authority Determinations: N/A
2. Action Items: L. Johnson (30 mins)
   1. CED and CHASS Psych Displacement from Poe CTI 2nd and 3rd Floor New Lease, Space Request #24-21: A. Knight (5 mins)
3. Planning Updates:
   1. Wolfline Bus Operations and Maintenance Facility Study (Transportation Campus Development Submission): A. Knight (3 mins)
   2. CONFIDENTIAL: RFP for UL Battery Abuse Facility Follow-up (Info Item 24.08): A. Knight (1 min)
   3. Nuclear Research Reactor Feasibility Study (#202314002): D. Morton (15 mins)

Other Business

Next Meeting:
Monday, November 25, 2024, 1:30 PM – 3:o0 PM

CONSENT AGENDA

1. N/A

DELEGATED AUTHORITY APPROVALS

1. N/A

Minutes

Monday, October 28, 2024
Holladay Hall, Conference Room 18
2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Attendance and Distribution

Members present: Warwick Arden (virtual), Charles Maimone, Alyson Wilson
Subcommittee Representatives present: Lisa Van Roekel (for Alicia Knight), Allen Boyette, Barbara Moses, Bill Davis, Cameron Smith, Dana Harris, Doug Morton, Lisa Johnson, Patrick Deaton, Sumayya Jones-Humienny
Guests: N/A

Approval of the Minutes
The minutes of the September 23, 2024, meeting were approved and have been posted.

Approval of the Consent Agenda Approval: N/A

Project Execution Subcommittee Info Items

1. Project Status Updates: See attached “2024-10-28-CamDevCmte-Minutes-and-Presentation.pdf” C. Smith presented for additional information.
   1. Electrical Distribution Upgrade (Power Forward)
      1. With one more year of construction, an additional $2.5M is needed to complete the project. Impacts to parking are only temporary for staging and underground switchgear being replaced. No parking is removed long term, and all spaces will be refurbished with construction completion.
   2.  CC Substation Reconstruction
      1. This project repairs the damage from a fire. A meeting will be held to understand why no bids were received and to notify potential bidders the project will be rebid in the first quarter of 2025.
   3. CVM Equine Hospital
      1. Of the $120M budget, $100M is allocated to the hospital, which is within budget, and $20M is allocated to the Centennial Biomedical Campus (CBC) central utility plant (CUP), which needs an additional $7.5M for the expansion required to support the CVM Equine Hospital addition and renovation project. Facilities will request the $7.5M from the State Capital and Infrastructure Funds (SCIF) contingency “flex” funds from the Office of State Budget Management (OSBM). These funds are then managed within the UNC System Office.
   4. Research Support Facility
      1. Due to impacts to the Lonnie Poole golf course maintenance facility operations, Facilities is reviewing a new site selection option at the south end of Trailwood Drive.
   5. Mann Hall Renovation Phase 3
      1. To address the high cost of eSports’ and the research labs’ programmatic needs as well as stormwater control, telecommunications, and audio-visual infrastructure needs, this project requires an additional $10M. This request was submitted on the 2025-27 Biennial Six Year Capital Plan for FY 2025-26, but Facilities will also pursue SCIF contingency flex funds to garner a better chance of obtaining the funds needed to complete the project.
   6. 111 Lampe Renovation
      1. With the UNC System Office’s agreement, Facilities is pursuing $15M of additional funding on the 2025-27 Biennial Six Year Capital Plan for FYs 2026-28 to address the Psychology Department’s programmatic needs. (They are currently displaced from Poe Hall and utilizing various spaces across campus.
   7. Small Ruminants Education Unit (SREU) and Metabolism Education Unit (MEU) Relocations
      1. C. Smith met with Megan Jacob, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and the Senior Associate Dean of Administration for CALS, and Todd See, Animal Science Department Head and Professor for CALS, to inform them they need to fundraise for any amount over the $10M the Office of Finance and Administration committed to relocate these programs from their current Trenton Road site on SAS Property (near Reedy Creek) to Lake Wheeler before the ten-year lease ends in 2031.
      2. The $10M will only cover the relocation of the SREU program as designed.
      3. The total estimated budget is $30M for both programs’ relocations and it replaces 22 existing buildings (~67,000 GSF) with 9 buildings (~51,000 GSF) designed to meet the housing and care standards set by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
      4. If CALS cannot fundraise for the additional $20M needed, then the program(s) will have to be reduced/cut.
      5. The animal waste lagoon on SREU’s 32-acre site has not been used in five years.
      6. The animal waste lagoon on MEU’s 32-acres site is still in use and will require time to self-heal; otherwise, the cost to remediate it is $800,000 in today’s dollars.
      7. C. Smith inquired whether CALS could borrow money for the relocations. C. Maimone had discussed the debt capacity with D. Harris. He requested CALS produce a financial plan or commitment.
      8. C. Maimone also requested the source documents for the relocation requirements.

Campus Planning Subcommittee Info Items – see the associated “2024-09-23-CamDevCmte-Minutes-and-Presentation.pdf” Campus Planning Committee presentation for additional information.

1. Delegated Authority Determinations: N/A
2. Action Items:
   1. CED and CHASS Psych Displacement from Poe CTI 2nd and 3rd Floor New Strategic Lease, Space Request #24-21
      1. Recommended Priorities for Appropriated and Non-appropriated Needs:
         1. The sublease for this space expires in August of 2025. The university intends to continue to house employees displaced from Poe Hall in this location; therefore, a new lease for a duration of five years with options to renew is needed to allow time for proposed Poe Hall remediation plans to be carried out.
         2. The Committee approved this request.
3. Planning Updates:
   1. Wolfline Bus Operations and Maintenance Facility Study (Transportation Campus Development Submission)
      1. L. Van Roekel note the current contract for Wolfline’s off-campus site for bus operations and maintenance is expiring. The current landowner will not renew the lease because of plans to develop that property. Real Estate and Development has identified a proximate location to campus for another contractual bus operations and maintenance facility. This project is self-funded through parking fees.
   2. CONFIDENTIAL: RFP for UL Battery Abuse Facility, (Info Item 24.08)
      1. L. Van Roekel updated the Committee that the proposal for an on-campus site was not selected.
   3. Nuclear Research Reactor Feasibility Study (#202314002) – see the associated “2024-09-23-CamDevCmte-Minutes-and-Presentation.pdf” [pdf slide presentation] D. Morton presented for additional information.
      1. D. Morton explained Kostadin Ivanov, Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Alyson Wilson, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, and Julie Smith, Vice Chancellor for External Affairs, Partnerships and Economic Development, and he have been involved in the study that Hatch Associates Consultants is performing with $3M of state appropriated funding. They have been involving stakeholders as well.
      2. The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act authorized $390M to fund up to four US universities to build advanced nuclear reactors on their campuses.
      3. Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR) technology is emerging as the likely reactor technology. In addition to strengthening the research test reactor (RTR) sustainability, SFR technology is compatible with the potential molten salt loop (MSL).
      4. The combined ~16-acre site under consideration is at the south end of Centennial Campus at Trailwood Dr. There are two stormwater ponds classified as wetlands; however, these appeared to remain dry during Hurricane Debby in August of 2024. This area is slated for industrial types of development on the 2023 Physical Master Plan. The proposed site assessment layout requires more refinement for the reactor building.
      5. The study will be submitted to the state legislators in January of 2025. Other reactors are being built with this proven technology in coordination with national research labs, but this effort will need additional funding because the federal government funds will not cover all costs. Industry partners are also engaged in discussions.
      6. D. Morton noted this is likely a ten-year plus effort. A. Wilson added that more design is needed to compete for the funding. The MSL can provide co-generative power from the heat generated by the reactor to potentially power an independent electric grid.
      7. D. Morton mentioned the AI power crisis identified by Marc Hoit, VC for OIT, that may benefit from a data center located adjacent to the advanced nuclear reactor and MSL to address long-term data and power needs.
      8. This advanced nuclear technology is for research and testing but can also be monetized to support the operating costs.

Other Business

1. N/A

Next Meeting: Monday, November 23, 2024, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Meeting Adjourned: 3:00 PM