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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 10

Acquisition and Condemnation of Certain Land, Chicago

(15) T h e master plan for the east side of the Chicago campus anticipates the acquisition of property south of Roosevelt Road for auxiliary facilities. Pursuant to previous authorization of the board, and under the direction of the vice president for business and finance, the University has acquired approximately 110 parcels of land in this area. Negotiations are currently underway for additional parcels of land in this area. T h e University will recommend the acquisition of land at prices within the appraised fair market value or when authorized according to a judgment resulting from condemnation proceedings. It is now recommended that the Board of Trustees confirm its previous authorization to the vice president for business and finance to acquire the property south of Roosevelt as discussed with the board at its meeting of January 1988 and as subsequently outlined in the master plan approved by the board at its meeting of May 1990 and to ratify the above acquisitions. Further, it is recommended that the following resolution be adopted authorizing the university counsel to take such action as may be necessary to acquire privately owned land through the power of eminent domain should negotiations fail or if the University is unable to identify and negotiate with the owner(s). T h e area covered by this latter authorization is set forth in the attached map. 1 (A copy of the map is filed with the secretary of the board for record.) Finally, it is recommended that the Executive Committee be authorized to take such further action as may be necessary to effectuate this resolution. I concur.

Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property, Chicago, Illinois

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 legally described property situated in the County of Cook, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: Lots 13 and 14 in Barron's Subdivision of Block 1 of Brand's Addition to Chicago, being the East lh of the North East !4 of Section 20, Township 39 North, Range 14 East, of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. Lot 1 in Davidson's Subdivision of the West lA of Block 10, in Brand's Addition to Chicago, being the East V2 of the North East lA of Section 20, Township 39 North, Range 14 East, of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. Lot 11 in Davidson's Subdivision of the West V of Block 10, in Brand's 2 Addition to Chicago, being the East V2 of the North East XA of Section 20, Township 39 North, Range 14 East, of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. Lot 14 in Davidson's Subdivision of the West V2 of Block 10, in Brand's Addition to Chicago, being the East V2 of the North East lA of Section 20, Township 39 North, Range 14 East, of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. Lots 33 and 34 in Barron's Subdivision of Block 14 in Brand's Addition to Chicago, in the East V2 of the North East lA of Section 20, Township 39 North, Range 14 East, of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. N Lots 28 and 30 in the Subdivision of Block 12 in Brand's Addition to

1 Specifically excluded from both authorizations is certain property located at the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and South Newberry Avenue owned by the Catholic Bishop of Chicago and utilized for church purposes.