<div dir="ltr"><div><i><font face="arial, sans-serif">The following message is being sent on behalf of Todd Moravec, Interim Vice President for Administration and Finance</font></i></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear University Community,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e8c79789-7fff-1e36-d2f3-a69cab9cad3e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Last night, the repair of a pinhole leak in the high-temperature hot water line commenced at around 7 PM and successfully concluded by approximately 9:30 PM. Following the completion of the welding process, a committed team from Facilities and Operations promptly started to refill the line with water, which supplies heating services to the residence halls and buildings along Rugar Street.  More than 12,000 gallons of water was required to fill the line. By the early hours of Wednesday morning (3/6/2024), the line was fully pressurized and operational. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">At around 4 AM this morning, the heating plant commenced the gradual restoration of heat to individual residence halls and buildings along Rugar Street, ensuring a systematic and thorough approach to the process. Heating services were restored to all but three buildings along Rugar Street as of 8 AM this morning. All of the buildings are expected to be online by noon today. Slight temperature swings may occur as temperatures reach programmed levels.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Our Facilities and Operations team will continue to closely monitor the heating system throughout the day.  At this point, the next </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/offices-divisions/administration-finance/facilities-construction-services/heating-updates.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">campus update</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> is scheduled to be released no later than 5PM later today, but we will send a </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/offices-divisions/administration-finance/facilities-construction-services/heating-updates.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">campus update</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> earlier if there is a major setback or change in circumstances.</span></p></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thank you.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Todd Moravec</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Interim Vice President, Administration and Finance<br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div>