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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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for any and all checks drawn in the name of this institution upon said account with said Bank when bearing or purporting to bear the facsimile signature(s) of any officer(s) or any other person(s) heretofore or hereafter authorized to sign checks on behalf of this institution upon said account(s), no matter by whom, by what device, or how the actual or purported facsimile signature (s) may have been placed thereon, if such or signature (s) have the appearance of the facsimile spccimen(s) from time to time filed with said Bank.

On motion of Miss Smith, the foregoing resolution was adopted. Establishment of Bank Account, Classical Music Seminar/Festival, Urbana

(18) The School of Music at Urbana, in cooperation with the Burgenland State Government of Austria, is sponsoring the Twelfth Annual Classical Music Seminar, August 5-17, 1987, in Eisenstadt-Burgenland, Austria.1 In order to facilitate financial transactions in Austria, the chancellor at Urbana has recommended that the comptroller be authorized to establish an account with the Creditanstalt-Bankverein in the name of the University of Illinois in Austria, and that the University's on-site management (three staff members) be designated as the University's authorized representatives for receipt and disbursement of funds in accord with University policies and procedures. The president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of Miss S m i t h , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved.

Willard Airport — Noise Study

(19) The Federal Aviation Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, have informed the University of the availability of funds (approximately $110,000) to conduct a study of airport noise control and land use compatibility. They have recommended that the University seek funds and select a consultant to perform the study. The chancellor at Urbana has recommended that the University submit an application for a Federal grant and select a consultant for the proposed project. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M i s s S m i t h , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved.

Proposal to Dedicate University Properties as Nature Preserves

(20) In April 1987, the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission forwarded a proposal to the president of the University that six tracts of land owned by the University be dedicated as Illinois Nature Preserves. These tracts are: Brownfield Woods (60 acres) ; Funk Forest (63 acres); Hart Memorial Forest (40 acres) ; James Woodworth Prairie Preserve (5.5 acres); a part of Robert Allerton Park (427.5 acres of the 1,500-acre Woodland Property); and Trelease Woods (60 acres).' Dedication is a legal process whereby the landowner voluntarily restricts future use of the area to ensure that it remains in a natural state. The lands are to be protected and managed to perpetuate natural conditions and populations of native plants and animals. The owner retains custody of the property but gives up

1 The new director of choral activities in the School of Music, Professor Don V. Moses, has directed the program for the University of Iowa for ten years. Faculty members have included well-known persons in the field of classical music and participants include faculty members and university students from every state in the nation. * All but the Woodworth Preserve are within the operational control of the Urbana campus.