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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February

12

EXECUTIVE SESSION

President Howard, referring to Section Two of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation, the acquisition of real property, and to discuss campus security." The motion was made by Mr. Forsyth and approved unanimously.

Authorization to Acquire Properties by Purchase or Condemnation, Willard Airport (1) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends adoption of the following resolutions authorizing acquisition of properties adjacent to Willard Airport, through purchase or condemnation proceedings. The property is needed for a new airline passenger terminal complex (102.79 acres) and for a clear zone (11.42 acres) at the southeast end of Runway 14-32 (formerly identified as Runway 13-31) at the airport.1 The University has been negotiating with the owners of these properties based upon appraisals received by the University. However, the owners have been unwilling to sell. Authorization is sought for acquisition of each property listed in the resolutions at a price consistent with Federal guidelines1 for property acquisition, or at an amount either within University appraisals or as determined by condemnation proceedings. Funds for acquisition of 30.21 acres are available in an existing Federal and State grant Funds for the acquisition of the 84 acres will be provided initially from the restricted funds operating budget of the Urbana-Champaign campus Operation and Maintenance Division, with reimbursement to be provided from the proceeds of a new revenue bond issue anticipated for the airport project; or from private gift funds in the Office of the President It is contemplated that the University will seek Federal reimbursement for all or a portion of the cost of this land at a later date. The property involved for die clear zone is in the estate of John T. Maxwell, deceased. The property needed for the terminal complex, immediately east of the airport entrance and south of the access road, consists of approximately 60 acres from the Maxwell estate and 42 acres owned by William and Marcia Berbaum. Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property for University of Illinois—Willard Airport 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 and a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the following-described property situated in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: Parcel 12-3-B a tract of land described as follows: The South Sixteen Hundred Forty feet (1640') of that part of the Southwest Quarter (SW V4) of Section Twelve (12) lying West of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad right-of-way, in Township Eighteen North (T18N), Range Eight East (R8E) of the Third Principal Meridian, in the County of Champaign and State of Illinois, except therefrom: A i This is consistent with the Board at Trusted' actions on Mar 16, 1973; April 10, 1986; and July 10, 1986. * Federal guidelines for land acquisition permit some leeway in excess of appraised value, up to the extent of anticipated court costs.