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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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for the project were received by the Capital Development Board in June 1993, and additional funds in the amount of $3,950,000 were required in order to complete the full shell of the building and to fit out the minimally required 90 laboratories. On July 9, 1993, the Board of Trustees authorized a contract between the University and the Capital Development Board to complete the work needed at the additional cost of $3,950,000. On April 13, 1995, the board authorized a contract between the University and the Capital Development Board to develop 6,400 square feet of unfinished (shell) space on the fourth-floor level of the building to provide eight new laboratory areas with adjacent support spaces at an additional cost of $1,700,000. On May 11, 1995, the board authorized another contract with the Capital Development Board in the amount of $500,000 to complete the auditorium in previously unfinished (shell) space. The College of Medicine has now requested that 3,760 square feet of unfinished (shell) space on the first floor of the building be developed to provide four new laboratory areas with adjacent support spaces. To complete the work will cost $880,000. In addition, the campus has requested that $800,000 be provided to the project to restore the contingency fund for expenditures through the completion of the construction in October 1995. State statutes provide that the Capital Development Board and the University may contract with each other and other parties on the design and construction of any project to be constructed on University property. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University now contract with the Capital Development Board in order to finance the work described above and to provide a project contingency at an additional cost of $1,680,000 for the Molecular Biology Research Facility. Funds are available from the Medical Service Plan funds of the College of Medicine ($880,000) and from the Institutional Funds budget of the Chicago campus ($800,000).

On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Calder, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. O'Malley, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Dr. Bacon, Governor Edgar, Mr. Engelbrecht. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Didato-Castillo; absent, Mr. Rose.)

Supplemental Funding, Remodeling Room 101, Chemistry Annex, Urbana (Contract With Capital Development Board)

(30) On February 11, 1994, the Board of Trustees requested the Capital Development Board to employ the firm of RUST Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., Schaumburg, for remodeling Room 101 of the Chemistry Annex at the Urbana campus. The basic project consists of remodeling an existing laboratory (constructed 60 years ago) and dividing the space into two small teaching laboratories (24 capacity) with adjoining balance and equipment rooms. New lab benches, utilities, and ventilation are included in the project. In April 1995, bids were received by the Capital Development Board for the project. The Urbana campus has recently identified funds which will allow the acceptance of bid alternate #1 which provides for air conditioning of the newly remodeled space. State statutes provide that the Capital Development Board and the University may contract with each other and other parties on the design and construction of any project to be constructed on University property.