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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 20

REPORT OF T H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee submitted the following report and minutes of its meeting on May 6,1970. A meeting of the Executive Committee of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in Parlor K of the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, May 6, 1970, beginning at 1:15 p.m. Chairman Earl M. Hughes called the meeting to order and asked the Clerk of the Committee to call the roll. The following, constituting all members of the Committee, were present: Mr. Howard W. Clement, Mr. Earl M. Hughes, Mr. Timothy W. Swain. Also present were President David D. Henry; Executive Vice President and Comptroller H . O. Farber; University Counsel James J. Costello; University Director of Public Information Charles E. Flynn; Dr. Walter M. Keith, Director of Allerton Park; Secretary Earl W. Porter; Assistant Secretary Mr. R. C. Wicklund.

INTRODUCTION O F EARL E. WALKER

Chairman Hughes recognized Dr. Earl E. Walker, newly appointed Trustee of the Board attending his first meeting. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY The Committee considered the following reports and recommendation from the President of the University and took the action indicated.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT BUDGET HEARINGS

President Henry made a brief report on the budget situation as reflected in a hearing on May 5 before the Senate Appropriations Committee. He stated that University officials were advised that in all likelihood an agreement would be reached between the state administration and the legislature by which the funds proposed for salary increases would be increased to an overall level of 6 per cent; and that proposals for immediate increases in tuition would be altered and implementation deferred until January of 1971. Although neither change was one which the University could whole-heartedly endorse, he indicated that they represented major improvements over the proposals suggested earlier by the state administration.

CONSIDERATION. MODIFIED PROJECT. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR T H E OAKLEY RESERVOIR A N D SANGAMON RIVER

A report and recommendation of the President's Advisory Committee on Allerton Park was presented for consideration by the Executive Committee. Vice President Farber reported that the Advisory Committee had met on May 4 and that the report was adopted unanimously. He asked Mr. Walter Keith, Director of Robert Allerton Park, to read the full text of the report and speak to its central points. The Committee recommended that the Board of Trustees "accept and support the Modified Project, Proposed Development for the Oakley Reservoir and Sangamon River," presented by the State of Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings, Division of Waterways, February 20, 1970, as outlined in the "Revised Memorandum of Agreement." Other documents presented to the Trustees were the following: 1. "An Evaluation of the 'Proposed Development for the Oakley Reservoir and Sangamon River, the Modified Project, February 20, 1970,'" by the University Committee on Natural Areas. 2. A report presenting a review of the effects on Allerton Park of the proposed project by the Harza Engineering Company. (The Company had been asked by the University to undertake such a review.) The full text of the report of the President's Advisory Committee and of the "Revised Memorandum of Agreement" are filed with the Secretary. The Committee also received oral and written presentations from the following interested parties: Mr. Bruce Hannon, Chairman of the Committee on Allerton