Just one day after the Healy Pub proposal got the nod from the GUSA Student Activities Fee Endowment Committee, comments by the administration have brought the project’s feasibility into question.

“It is very unlikely that the university would support moving forward with this proposal,” Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson wrote in an email Wednesday. “As I’ve told the student leaders involved, the university has a well-developed plan to create a new Student Center in the lower level of New South — that is our priority, and that space will certainly include student gathering space.”

The Georgetown University Student Activities Fund Endowment Committee voted to back the Healy Pub and Georgetown Energy solar panel proposals as their primary recommendations at its final meeting Tuesday, following two months of debate.

The plan to install solar panels on 43 university-owned townhouses would receive $170,000, while the remainder of the $3.4 million fund would be spent on the Healy Pub project, according to the committee’s suggestions.

The members also voted on a plan for alternatives in case either of the primary proposals proves to be infeasible. The secondary recommendations back the Social Innovation and Public Service Fund, the New South Student Center proposal, renovations to the second floor of Lauinger Library and an omnibus space fund.

For committee members, the likelihood of the Healy Pub proposal has long been a concern. During debates, many voiced concern about the possibility of securing administrative approval.

“University support for the Healy proposal would always be difficult to achieve, and that was made clear to the Endowment Commission throughout the process,” said Colton Malkerson, committee vice-chair and Georgetown University Student Association Finance and Appropriations Committee chair.

The committee ultimately decided to support the proposal because they said it received strong student support.

“It’s not our place to say no,” committee member Kathleen McCullough (SFS ’12) said before the final vote Tuesday, echoing the sentiments of many of her fellow commissioners.

Their final report has been passed on to the Fin/App committee, which is responsible for creating working groups to develop detailed plans for the implementation of each recommendation. Each group would likely include the project’s advocates, relevant university administrators, alumni and GUSA members. Current SAFE committee members will also be invited to participate. After approval by the GUSA senate, the final proposals will be put to a student body vote via referendum.

“The next step in the process is for the working groups to develop the recommendations to give the administration more tangible facts to go on,” Committee Chair Andrew Curtis (MSB ’11) said. “After all, these proposals have only circulated for a month.”

Chris Pigott (COL ’12), the leader of the on-campus campaign in support of the Healy Pub proposal, said Wednesday that he was aware of the possibility that the university would not support the project.

Committee leaders said they still hope that students will be able to work with the university to move the process forward. They continued to stress the importance of redefining the proposal to deemphasize the pub aspect in order to facilitate approval by the administration.

“We deserve a fair trial,” Pigott said regarding the administrative disapproval. “They have to ultimately come forward and say why. The students deserve to hear it straight from the administration.”

According to the final recommendations of the committee, if the solar energy project turns out to be infeasible, the funds allocated to it would go to an omnibus space fund that could provide money for smaller renovation projects.

“As someone who works with space problems on a daily basis, it would make a huge difference to have a few student spaces renovated,” said McCullough, who represented the General Program Board on the committee.

If the Healy Pub proposal proves infeasible, $1.25 million would go to the SIPS fund and $1.75 million would go to the New South Student Center proposal.

The New South Student Center, described by Olson as the university’s priority, is a plan for a student space in the lower level of New South Hall included in the 2010 Campus Plan. Allocating the remaining money either to the Lauinger library renovation or the omnibus space fund would be left up to the Fin/App working groups’ discretion or student referendum.

While committee members said they liked the fact the library project would produce concrete results within the next couple of years, many questioned whether it was an appropriate use of the money.

“I’d like to have children and grandchildren one day,” committee member Matt Morris (SFS ’14) said. “And I don’t want to have to tell them that I gave that much money to Lauinger Library.”