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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Materials Storage Facility1 in order that an application for an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) permit could be submitted in the fall of 1990. T h e 87th General Assembly appropriated $3,174,400 from the Capital Development Fund to construct a special materials storage facility, including equipment, at the Urbana campus. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Capital Development Board be requested to employ the firm of Severns, Reid & Associates, Inc., Champaign, for the special materials storage facility project. T h e professional fee will be negotiated by the Capital Development Board in accordance with its procedures. Funds for the employment of the professional firm have been appropriated to the Capital Development Board for Fiscal Year 1992.

On motion of Mr. Boyle, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Reese, Mrs. Shepherd; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar, Mr. Wolff. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Caporusso, Mr. Mitchell; no, none.)

Employment of Architects and Engineers, Capital Development Board Projects, Chicago and Urbana

(21) T h e 86th General Assembly appropriated funds for two years of Build Illinois R&R projects in Fiscal Year 1991; and in September and October 1990, the Board of Trustees approved recommendations to request the Capital Development Board to employ architects a n d / o r engineers for a portion of these Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campus projects. T h e Capital Development Board has requested that the University recommend the architectural a n d / o r engineering firms to be employed for the balance of the projects at this time, even though the date for the release of funds has not been announced. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends, subject to the release of funds, that the Board of Trustees request the Capital Development Board to employ architects and engineers as indicated below for capital projects for FY 1991 at the Urbana and Chicago campuses. T h e professional fee for each firm employed will be negotiated by the Capital Development Board in accordance with its procedures. Project Urbana Library — replace south center elevator and plan fourth floor Undergrad. Library — plaza deck replacement Mechanical Engineering Building — auto systems lab Bevier Hall — elevator and tunnel installation Remodel Armory for OIR Law Building ventilation C o r r e c t r e e n t r y p r o b l e m s and safety showers

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Fiscal Year 1992 Project Budget $ 225 000 1 115 000 445 000 550 000 800 000 480 000 300 000

Professional Firm Recommended Unteed, Scaggs, Nelson, Ltd., Champaign Severns, Reid & Associates, Inc., Champaign BLDD Architects, Decatur Phillips Swager Associates, Peoria Rettberg-Gruber, Champaign R. G. Burkhardt & Associates, Chicago S & R Engineering, Urbana

T h e facility is designed for handling and storage of chemical supplies and chemical waste.