Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 93]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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preliminary and final injunction enjoining the enforcement of the mandatory retirement provision and declaring the same unconstitutional and void as it applies to the plaintiff and his class. In addition the plaintiff seeks reasonable costs and expenses of the action, including attorney's fees. T h e university counsel has requested that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to protect the interests of the University in the matter and to provide representation for those University trustees and employees who request the same and represent that actions, if any, taken by them in connection with the matters alleged in the complaint were taken in their respective capacities as University trustees or employees. I concur.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka, Mr. Watson; no, none. On motion of Mr. Lenz, authority was given as requested by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson.

Acquisition of Property at 201 East John Street, Champaign (43) The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends adoption of the following resolution authorizing acquisition of the property at 201 East John Street, Champaign, through condemnation proceedings. Funds for the acquisition are available from the bequest of Guy M. Beckwith. In addition, authorization for settlement of the condemnation suit is recommended if the acquisition can be completed at a price within the appraisals received by the University. The property consists of a dormitory style building on a rectangular-shaped lot of 22,644 square feet. The University has been negotiating with the owner who has been advised that University representatives are willing to recommend to the Board of Trustees purchase of the property at a price of $162,500 based on appraisals received by the University. However, while the owner desires to sell the property, this price is not acceptable. This site will be used to construct the Beckwith Living Center, a facility dedicated to serving permanently physically handicapped individuals who have the capability, the motivation, and the perseverance to benefit from a college education but do not have the physical ability, at least initially, to live in University residence halls facilities. This board approved the noninstructional campus improvement project on October 19, 1977. Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property Located at 201 East John Street, Champaign, Illinois Be It, and It Hereby Is Resolved, Found, and Declared by The 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: Lots 4, 5, and 6 in Block Nineteen (19) in Fairland Place, City of Champaign, also the North One Half (N lA) of the vacated alley lying North of Lot Seven (7) in the West One Half (W 1/2) of Block Nineteen (19) Fairland Place, City of Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois is needed by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and supported by the State of Illinois, for the construction of the Beckwith Living Center, in the conduct of the educational functions of the University of Illinois