Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 207]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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by the University (at that time, $162,500). T o date, negotiations for settlement of the condemnation suit have not been successful. The property consists of a dormitory style building on a rectangular lot of 22,644 square feet (165' X 136'). T h e site will be used for the Beckwith Living Center, to serve the physically handicapped. Preliminary planning for the project has now been completed by the architect. The site is adequate for the building improvements contemplated, but will not provide sufficient space for on-site parking. The owner also has an interest in the adjacent property, a parcel of 4,488 square feet (33' X 136'). The additional land would provide the space necessary for parking and would serve as well as a practical means of accommodating grade variations between the building floor and sidewalk elevations. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends adoption of the following resolution authorizing acquisition of this adjacent parcel through condemnation proceedings. Funds are available from the bequest of the late Guy M. Beckwith. In addition, authorization for settlement of both condemnation suits is recommended if the acquisition can be completed at a combined price confirmed by appraisals received by the University. The University's appraiser has confirmed the validity of a price of $190,000 for the two parcels. Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property Located Easf of 201 East John Street, Champaign, Illinois Be It, and It Hereby Is Resolved, Found, and Declared by T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic and a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the following described real estate situated in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois, to wit: Beginning at the point where the South right-of-way line of John Street meets with the West right-of-way line of Clarkson Avenue (now vacated), thence due South along said Clarkson Avenue right-of-way line 136 feet to the center of a vacated alley which ran from Clarkson Avenue to Second Street, thence due East along an extension of the centerline of said vacated alley to the point equidistant between Clarkson Avenue (now vacated) and Gardner Avenue (now vacated) thence due North along a line equidistant between and parallel to Clarkson Avenue (now vacated) and Gardner Avenue (now vacated) 136 feet to the South right-of-way line of John Street, thence due West along said John Street right-of-way line to the point of beginning, all as shown on the plat of Fairland Place, a Subdivision of Blocks 18 to 23 and 28 to 30 of Clark, Gardiner, and Sherfy's Addition to the City of Champaign, in the County of Champaign, and State of Illinois; is needed by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and supported by the State of Illinois, for vehicular parking for the Beckwith Living Center in the conduct of the educational functions of the University of Illinois and for other educational purposes conducted and to be conducted by said University of Illinois and for the further expansion of the educational facilities of said University of Illinois and to enable said University of Illinois to discharge its duty to the people of said State and for public use; that this Board of Trustees has negotiated with the owners of said land through their duly authorized representatives for the purchase of said land at a price which this Board of Trustees considers fair and reasonable but that said owners have refused to sell and convey said land, or any portion thereof, to said T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for such price and continue to refuse to sell and convey the same to it except for a