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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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82 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [October 20 McKeever, Jr., treasurer; and Dr. Michele M. Thompson, secretary. In addition, the following persons were also in attendance: Mr. Donald K. Coe, director, University Office of Public Affairs; and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary emeritus. MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Mr. Lamont called this committee to order and asked Mr. Robert K. Todd, associate vice president for administration and human resources, to present the items on the agenda for the committee. Mr. Todd first discussed the selection of architect/engineer for the remodeling of the cafeteria in the Illini Union in Urbana. Mrs. Calder asked for a description of what would be changed, to which Mr. Todd responded, saying that food courts would be introduced to replace the one service line. He also explained how this remodeling project differed from that involving the dining areas several years ago. Ms. Lopez asked for assurance that students had been involved in the planning and was given this. Second, the recommendation for architect/engineer for those Capital Development Board projects, approved earlier for the College of Medicine at Peoria and the Chicago campus, was presented. The board members had no questions regarding this. Third, a preliminary design was presented for the new Office of Admissions and Records facility at Urbana. Questions on this project included queries about how the acquisition of land will be carried out, the functions for the building, and a request for more information as plans unfold. To the first question, Dr. Bazzani responded that the University of Illinois Foundation was working to acquire property within the Master Plan area for the campus and that the land for this building was part of the plan. To the question of functions to be performed within the building, Ms. Patricia Askew, interim vice chancellor for student affairs at Urbana, described the activities of the Office of Admissions and Records and the added function of providing a space for welcoming students and their families to the campus. Fourth, a final design for the WILL Communications Building at Urbana was presented. Following this, Mr. Todd presented a status report on capital projects and described the items recommended for the regular agenda. On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, the board agreed unanimously to place all items discussed in this committee meeting on the regular agenda of the board for a vote later by the entire board. PUBLIC COMMENT This session, which had been scheduled for an earlier time, was conducted after the Buildings and Grounds Committee meeting since the presenters were late in arriving at the meeting. The following two students from the Chicago campus addressed the board on the matter of a tuition increase: Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy and Mr. Rene Aguirre, both members of the Undergraduate Student Government at the Chi-
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