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Vote Yes On Measure 35

Measure 35:  Student Health Center Green Building Fee

$5.20
fee per quarter will be used for the LEED Silver Certification of the expansion
of the Cowell Student Health Center.  
The fee will begin once the certification is complete and continue for
15 years.  The Cowell Student Health
Center Seismic facility will become the 1st LEED Certified facility on campus.

 Why the fee is needed:

- The initial funds for the
expansion of the Cowell Student Health Center were originally passed by Measure
18, but did not anticipate the costs of A LEED Silver certification. This
measure is intended to provide for these costs.

-To
decrease the environmental impact of the Cowell Health Center expansion by
reducing electricity and water usage, construction waste, and chemical waste.
-To make the Cowell Health Center a more sanitary facility that helps promote
health.
-To make the Cowell Health Center a modern facility with 21st century
innovation.
-By paying for LEED silver certification, we make a statement to the
administration that it is in the student’s interests to make other buildings on
campus officially green.
-An onsite LEED certified building education facility will help promote
awareness of the importance of building green and educate people in the techniques
used to accomplish this.

Who will benefit:
-The undergraduate and graduate students of UCSC that access the Cowell Health
Center due to the environmentally safer facility.
-The faculty and staff of the Cowell Health Center due to the improved everyday
environment.
-The City of Santa Cruz because of a reduced usage of water sources due to the
Cowell Health Center and any other buildings that are LEED certified as a
result of this proposition. 

-The environment due to reduced impact.

Definition of LEED:  stands for Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design and is a Green Building Rating System that encourages and
accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development
practices through universally understood and accepted tools and performance
criteria.