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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 21

Request to Appear before the Board

M r . Forsyth presented a request from a student at U r b a n a , M a r k D . B o g e n , w h o a s k e d t o a p p e a r before t h e b o a r d a t its A p r i l m e e t i n g t o p r e s e n t suggestions o n t h e role of t h e o m b u d s m a n a t U r b a n a . I n a s m u c h as t h e r e is n o a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n o n this s u b j e c t from t h e U r b a n a c a m p u s o r from t h e p r e s i d e n t , M r . F o r s y t h s u g g e s t e d t h a t M r . B o g e n b e a s k e d t o m e e t w i t h t h e a p p r o p r i a t e c a m p u s officers r a t h e r t h a n a p p e a r before t h e b o a r d , w i t h t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h e t r u s t e e s w o u l d receive a r e p o r t o n t h e m a t t e r f r o m t h e U r b a n a c h a n c e l l o r . W i t h o u t o b j e c tion, t h e suggestion w a s a p p r o v e d a n d t h e s e c r e t a r y d i r e c t e d so t o replyto M r . Bogen.

Closing of South Paulina Street, Medical Center

A t t h e F e b r u a r y 2 1 , 1979, m e e t i n g of t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s , a r e s o l u t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d p r o t e s t i n g t h e closing of a o n e - b l o c k section of S o u t h P a u l i n a S t r e e t in t h e M e d i c a l C e n t e r D i s t r i c t . T h e r e h a v i n g b e e n n o a c t i o n t a k e n since t o assure t h e r e o p e n i n g of t h e street, t h e p r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y p r e s e n t e d t h e following r e s o l u t i o n a n d r e c o m m e n d e d its adoption: The Chancellor at the Medical Center campus has recommended adoption of the following resolution pertaining to the vacation and closing of a one block segment of South Paulina Street, a major access street to the West Side Medical Center District in Chicago: Whereas, on November 14, 1978, the City Council of the City of Chicago passed an ordinance vacating and closing the one block segment of South Paulina Street between West Harrison Street and West Congress Parkway, subject to certain conditions which have been met; and Whereas, the ownership of this segment of South Paulina Street has become vested in the abutting property owner Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center ("RPSL") as a consequence of the aforementioned vacation; and Whereas, this segment of South Paulina Street serves as the major entrance to the West Side Medical Center District for vehicular traffic coming from the west via the Eisenhower Expressway and from the north via South Paulina Street; and Whereas, the Medical Center Commission ("MCC") granted approval to RPSL to build hospital facilities adjacent to and over this one block segment of South Paulina Street upon RPSL's representation that this block would not be closed to vehicular traffic; and Whereas, the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board ("IHFPB") issued a certificate of need to RPSL upon RPSL's representation that this one block segment of South Paulina Street would not be closed to vehicular traffic; and Whereas, the University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago Campus of the University of Illinois ("University"), is located within the Medical Center District and is a major provider of education and health care services; and Whereas, the University has experienced real and significant interference with, and delay of, general vehicular and emergency traffic seeking to reach its facilities; and Whereas, the vacating and closing of this segment of South Paulina Street will continue to interfere seriously with general vehicular traffic seeking to reach or