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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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and easements apparent or of record; and all applicable zoning laws and ordinances; and containing 325.6 acres, more or less. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d by t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : Aye, M r s . D a y , M r . F o r s y t h , M r s . G r a v e n h o r s t , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , M r . M a d d e n , M r s . S h e p h e r d , Miss S m i t h ; no, n o n e ; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n . ( T h e s t u d e n t a d v i s o r y v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . F i l i p ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . Starkeson.)

Purchase of Land (On Agricultural Center)

(34) I n 1979, the Board of Trustees established the Orr Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center near Perry, Illinois, with the purchase of 257 acres of land for crop research on soil types typical of the area. T h e major impetus for the establishment of the center came from the West Central Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center, Inc. (an Illinois not-for-profit corporation), which, through the assistance of farmers and agriculture industry representatives from the area, provided one-fourth of the initial cost of the land and construction costs. In order to acquire additional land for an animal research unit, the corporation agreed with the O r r family to purchase, at a cost of $250,000, an additional 191 acres near the present facility. T h e corporation agreed that, upon acquisition of title, it would convey the premises to the University. T h e corporation made an initial payment of $25,000 on July 1, 1982, and a subsequent $10,000 payment on April 19, 1984. T o assist the corporation in fulfilling the contract, the University provided the corporation $10,000 on April 19. 1984, and a further payment of $30,000 on July 19, 1984. The current remaining balance is $175,000. The General Assembly now has appropriated funds to the University to enable it to acquire the property by payment of the balance. The corporation has agreed to assign all of its right, title, and interest in the land to the University, if the University pays the remaining balance. T h e dean of the College of Agriculture and the director of the Agriculture Experiment Station have recommended, and the chancellor at the Urbana campus concurs, that the University acquire the 191 acres for the remaining payment of $175,000. Funds are available in the Fiscal Year 1986 capital budget. I concur.

O n motion of Mr. Howard, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Filip; no, none; absent, Mr. Starkeson.) Deeds and Easements, Dan Ryan Expressway, Chicago

(35) As a result of the widening of the Dan Ryan Expressway, adjacent to the University of Illinois at Chicago, the State Department of Transportation has requested the acquisition and use of property owned by the University through warranty deeds and permanent easements. T h e widening of the right-of-way of the expressway for additional roadway and relocation of city sewer occurs along a portion of the east boundary of the