Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 371]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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the site of any Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System (MALS) serving the aforesaid airport (a MALS site being an area extending 1600 feet outward from the approach end of the runway served and 400 feet in width, located symmetrically about the projected runway centerline). 26. AH commitments by T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation, hereunder are subject to constitutional and statutory limitations and restrictions binding upon it and to the availability of funds which may be lawfully applied thereto. 27. The Sponsor hereby covenants and agrees that the Airport Lighting Facilities installed at the subject airport shall be operated and maintained as indicated in the Sponsor's Letter of Agreement for Plan of Operation and Maintenance of Field Lighting dated June 1, 1979. 28. It is understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that in reference to numbered Paragraph 1 of Page 2 of this Offer, the total aggregate amount of Grant payments for the United States share of the allowable costs of the project shall not exceed $45,000 until the Sponsor has submitted evidence satisfactory to the FAA that it has removed or trimmed the trees in the approaches to Runways 4 and 31 necessary to achieve an unobstructed 34:1 approach slope for Runway 4 and a 50:1 approach slope for Runway 31. It is further understood and agreed that the United States shall not pay or be obligated to pay for any costs of clearing said trees under this project. The Sponsor's acceptance of this Offer and ratification and adoption of the Application for Federal Assistance incorporated herein shall be evidenced by execution of this instrument by the Sponsor, as hereinafter provided, and said Offer and Acceptance shall comprise a Grant Agreement, as provided by the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, as amended, constituting the obligations and rights of the United States and the Sponsor with respect to the accomplishment of the Project and the operation and maintenance of the Airport. Such Grant Agreement shall become effective upon the Sponsor's acceptance of this Offer and shall remain in full force and effect throughout the useful life of the facilities developed under the Project but in any event not to exceed twenty years from the date of said acceptance, except as otherwise provided in Sponsor's Assurance No. 17, Part V of the Project Application. Part II — Acceptance The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois does hereby ratify and adopt all statements, representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained in the Application for Federal Assistance and incorporated materials referred to in the foregoing Offer and does hereby accept said Offer and by such acceptance agrees to all of the terms and conditions thereof. T h e State of Illinois, Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, does hereby accept said Offer and by such acceptance to all of the terms and conditions thereof. Now, Therefore, upon consideration of said Grant Offer and all of the terms, provisions, conditions, and exhibits therein and thereto, BE I T , AND I T IS H E R E BY R E S O L V E D BY T H E BOARD O F T R U S T E E S O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F I L L I N O I S , CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, I L L I N O I S as follows: 1. T h a t the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, accepts, and it does hereby accept, the Grant Offer extended to it by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, for and in behalf of the United States, in the words, figures, and form as hereinabove set forth, and that it shall enter into a Grant Agreement with the United States by causing the Acceptance thereof, in the words, figures, and form as hereinabove set forth, to be duly executed in its name and for and in its behalf.