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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

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cient general-revenue funds could not be provided to meet the state's share of the cost. One of the main facilities to be added with this structure is a swimming pool, which would be used heavily for physical-education classes. As Schedule C shows, of the estimated total cost, some $780,000 would come from state appropriations — reflecting the proportion of use of the facility for instructional purposes. Other Capital Projects Campus Improvements ($376,000). Some seven projects are included under this heading (sidewalks, bicycle facilities and pavings, campus security lighting, landscaping, reforestation, etc.). Land Acquisition ($4,450,000). These funds are needed for two purposes: (a) to enable the University to acquire title to land purchased in its behalf by the University of Illinois Foundation ($4,250,000); (b) to acquire land needed for the proposed Engineering Library ($200,000). The land acquired by the Foundation in behalf of the University includes sites adjacent to buildings that are now under construction, as well as land immediately adjacent to the campus which had been put on the market for sale and which would have undergone sharp increase in price due to planned improvements for commercial purposes. Included also are such facilities as the Colonel Wolfe School which has been remodeled for highly important research being conducted by the College of Education and the Department of Psychology (including a "Headstart" project of major significance). Movable Equipment ($800,000). As already noted, most of the movable equipment for the buildings listed in Schedule C would not be purchased until the biennium 1969-71. Certain of the projects might be completed sooner, however, and it is estimated that the sum of $800,000 would be sufficient for the procurement of equipment for these structures. Included would be matching funds for the parts of anticipated federal grants that would be available for the purchase of equipment. Planning Funds ($608,000). Funds for the planning of two projects are included: (a) Large Animal Clinic ($356,000); (b) Turner Hall Phase II ($252,000). Both projects will have very high priority in the University's building program for 1969-71, and it is hoped that architectural plans and working drawings can be completed during the coming biennium. If that can be done, the buildings could be completed one year earlier and at a very substantial saving in cost. The Large Animal Clinic would make possible an increase in enrollment in the professional program in Veterinary Medicine, which is urgently needed. It is now necessary to turn away many qualified students, and a substantial increase in enrollment cannot occur until adequate hospital facilities have been provided. T h e construction of Phase II of Turner Hall would make it possible for the College of Agriculture to vacate its remaining space in Davenport Hall, thus releasing space to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The latter badly needs space in the central region of the campus in order to accommodate expected enrollment increases. Protection of Life and Property ($335,000). Funds are requested only for the most urgent improvements in three existing buildings (Natural History Building, Metallurgy and Mining Building, and Gregory Hall) as well as to improve watersupply protection and to install life-safety improvements in several places of public assembly. Public Improvements ($420,000). Two projects are included: (a) a contribution by the University to the program of "plant and interceptor sewer expansion" proposed by the Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District (and approved by bond issue referendum on November 23, 1965); (b) improvements in the Lipper Embarrass River Basin Drainage District ($170,000). Since the University derives distinct benefits from these improvements, and since it is customary for the University to make its proportional contribution towards such projects, funds for this purpose should be provided. Remodeling, Rehabilitation, and Minor Additions ($2,000,000). These funds would be used primarily for remodeling space vacated by departments that will move into new buildings. Although the total need for the three purposes listed far exceeds the amount requested, experience has shown that $2,000,000 represents approximately the level of work that can be effectively programmed and completed within a biennium. In relation to the total physical plant at the Urbana-Champaign campus, the sum requested is a very modest one.