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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990
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422 I concur. BOARD OF TRUSTEES [November 14 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.) Acquisition of Champaign County Timberland, Urbana (25) A small woodland area is needed where controlled research can be conducted by several departments in the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Agriculture. These units are involved in a broad range of ecologically-based research emphasizing impacts of forest fragmentation on species diversity, ecological stability, productivity, and phenology. Smaller woodland properties located near the campus are not common, having been cut for agriculture or developed for residential uses. T h e CCDC Foundation, a not-for-profit organization which has an interest in the conservation of land in Champaign County, has recently acquired a woodland site approximately twelve miles northeast of the campus in St. Joseph Township. T h e Foundation has offered to sell the 13.5 acre property to the University at a price approximately half of the Foundation's cost of purchase. They will convey the property to the University at a price of $18,000 provided that the University agrees that it intends to maintain the premises in a natural wooded state, keep the premises open to the public, and place a plaque on the premises in memory of CCDC Foundation donors. T h e intended users are willing to accept these conditions which they believe will not diminish the value of the land for its intended use. Its acquisition will satisfy their need for a small timberland tract and allow expansion of important research programs in reasonable proximity to the campus. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University enter into an agreement with the CCDC Foundation to acquire the property as outlined hereinabove. Funds are available in the restricted funds operating budget of the Graduate College at the Urbana-Champaign campus. 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.) Authorization for Settlement (26) T h e university counsel and the vice president for business and finance recommend that the board approve settlement of the case of Theodore Giovan vs. Board of Trustees in the amount of $435,000. A companion case in the Cook County Circuit Court will be dismissed with prejudice as part of this settlement. Mr. Giovan alleges that his eyesight was irreparably compromised by treatment with concentrated silver nitrate. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Boyle, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski,
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