Project Organization Document

Freshman Leadership Opportunity

Mentor/Mentee Contact Information:

Nick- (530) 219-8666

Describe Selected Issue:

Bike Theft on CSU Chico campus

Describe the research you need to do about this Issue:

Look into how many bikes are stolen a year on CSU Chico campus
How many designated bike racks are around campus
Check how efficiently safe and functional the bike racks are around campus
How other college campuses secure bikes on their campus
Estimated cost for new and improved bike racks
Project Parameters

Service Objective Statement (specific, formal proposal on how you would solve the
issue)
- In order to make sure CSU Chico has less bike thefts a year, I plan on developing a
system where students would have to take a course on bike safety called Bike Safety
101, if they would like to have a bike on campus.

Major Deliverables (what you would need to accomplish to solve this issue)
In order to accomplish this, I would like to sit down with campus security and faculty
who specializes in theft prevention to help me develop an academic course that will help
students understand how important bike safety is. Some other possibilities that may
help the prevent bike prevention is, Chico State can hire security guards on campus
which can be a student hired position. Put cameras/light post around the bike racks on
campus. Also, I would develop a bike license that you would have to pay for on campus
to register your bike so CSU Chico can monitor how many bikes are on campus. Lastly,
for future development I would like to make it mandatory that everyone must have a U
lock for their bike so it would make it harder for bike thieves to steal.
Resources, departments and contact people that would help you solve this
issue:
You must have at least 6.
Department or Org Contact Name Phone or email Resource
name
Associated David Buckley asithelpdesk@csuchico. He could get a
Students edu class proposed
for students to
take.
University Police John Feeney 530-898-5555 Law enforcement
on campus that
can hire students
for bike safety.
Government Michael Pratt asgovernment@csuchic President of AS
Affairs o.edu government that
could make a
motion for an
improvement on
bike safety.
FLO Holly Hockett asflo@csuchico.edu FLO can have
freshmen get
familiar with bike
safety and have
them run clinics
to get familiar
with people on
campus.
Construction Joel F. Arthur cm@csuchico.edu Parks
Management management can
Department help develop bike
(CMGT) racks that are
more secure and
install them
around campus.
Also put light
post with
cameras around
the bike racks.
Financial Services Stacie Corona scorona@csuchico.edu Can estimate the
cost of all the
new and
improved bike
rack cost, light
posts, cameras,
and develop a
pay roll for bike
security guards.
Any challenges you will need to overcome with your Proposed Solution:
- Some challenges that I would need to overcome is getting the Bike Safety 101
class, passed by student government for students to take. Also, having new bike
racks purchased and built. As well having students registering their bikes and
making it mandatory for them to have U locks. Lastly having an estimated cost
and everything being funded so the whole project can happen.
-I will strive to overcome these problems with commitment and dedication. I will
make it my sworn duty to have less bike thefts on camps and always have a
positive mind set.