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55' West a distance of 381.13 feet, thence South 42° 59' West a distance of 667.71 feet, thence South 55° 55' West a distance of 832.81 feet, thence South 46° 50' West a distance of 273.31 feet, thence South 43° 10' East a distance of 30.00 feet, thence North 46° 50' East a distance of 270.93 feet, thence North 55° 55' East a distance of 833.33 feet, thence North 42° 59' East a distance of 672.44 feet, thence North 37° 55' East a distance of 400.80 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; said area containing 1.50 acres, more or less.

On motion of Mrs. Calder, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Hahn, Ms. Reese, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Wolff; no, none; absent, Dr. Bacon, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Kelly; no, none.)

Acquisition by Condemnation, 1337 South Sangamon, Chicago

(25) In the area of the University's land acquisition program south of Roosevelt Road, only one parcel of property in the block bounded by Maxwell, Peoria, 14th, and Sangamon Streets is not owned by the University. T h e property at 1337 South Sangamon Street, Chicago, is improved with an older (abandoned) building of no value on a 2,400 square foot parcel of land. Public records indicate that the record owner is the Mt. Zion Church (not-for-profit) which was involuntarily dissolved by the Secretary of State. Attempts to locate the property owner have been unsuccessful. T h e property can be acquired through the exercise of the University's power of eminent domain in a condemnation proceeding. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends adoption of the following resolution authorizing acquisition of the property at 1337 South Sangamon, Chicago, through condemnation proceedings; or, if the owner can be located, authorization for settlement of the condemnation suit if the acquisition can be completed at a price supported by University appraisal. Unrestricted private gift funds have been allocated for the acquisition of the property. (The University's appraiser has estimated the value of the property to be between approximately $4,800 and $8,000.)

Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property at 1337 South Sangamon, Chicago

Be It, and It Is Hereby, Resolved, Found, and Declared by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic, of the State of Illinois, that the following-described property situated in the County of Cook, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: Land parcel described as follows: Lot 29 in the Subdivision of Block 13 in Brand's Addition to Chicago in the East half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 39 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian; situated in the City of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois, is needed supported Chicago's University by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and by the State of Illinois for use as a part of the University of Illinois at Master Plan to provide educational purposes in the east campus of the of Illinois and for other educational purposes conducted and to be