Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 570]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

518

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[ A p r i l 19

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by this Board of Trustees of T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: 1. T h a t an application be made to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title V I I of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, which amount is presently estimated to be $112,000, and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from other funds available to it. 2. That the Business Manager of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to file such application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide additional information and to furnish such documents as may be required by said Agency, to execute such contracts as are required by said Agency, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant. 3. That the proposed acquisition and development is in accordance with plans for the allocation of land for open-space uses, and that, should said grant be made, the Applicant will acquire, develop, and retain said land for the use designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 4. That the United States of America and the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the Applicant with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title V I of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. O n m o t i o n o f M r . S w a i n , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , Mr. H u g h e s , M r . Johnston, M r . Pogue, M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. Jones, Governor Kerner, Mr. Page, Dr. Weatherly. Resolution Be It, and It Is Hereby Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that this public corporation prepare and submit an application through the Director of Conservation of the State of Illinois to the United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, for a grant of funds in the amount of $112,000 from the Land and W a t e r Conservation Fund established under and pursuant to Public Law 88-578, approved September 3, 1964, for the purpose of meeting onehalf the cost of acquiring a tract of virgin black soil, in extent slightly over five acres, undeveloped, situated in the City of Glcnview, County of Cook, State of Illinois. Be It, and It Is Hereby, Further Resolved that Mr. James E. Osborn, Business Manager of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle be, and he hereby is, designated as the Officer with authority to sign such application, to execute and deliver such other and further documents as may be required in connection therewith, and in all matters related to such application and any grant made pursuant thereto to act as the authorized Representative of this public corporation. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d by the following v o t e : A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , Mr. Plughes, M r . Johnston, M r . Pogue, M r . S w a i n ; no, none; absent, Mr. Jones, Governor Kerner, Mr. Page, Dr. Weatherly. ACQUISITION OF l O O l WEST CALIFORNIA A V E N U E , URBANA (47) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Board request the University of Illinois Foundation to purchase the property at 1001 West California Avenue, Urbana, at the price of $50,000 and lease it to the University at a rental rate adequate to pay the interest on a bank loan to the Foundation to finance the purchase of the property until such time as funds become available for purchase by the University. The land is required for expansion of University facilities east of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , Mr.