Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988 [PAGE 57]

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1986]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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On motion of Miss Smith, the resolutions were adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Mrs. Day.

Resolution

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, by Resolutions adopted on March 13, 1986, found and declared that the real estate described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference to be needed for educational purposes of the University as recited in said Resolutions, copies of which are attached as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference; and Whereas, the University was unable to agree with the owners and parties interested in said real estate as to the compensation to be paid therefore and a complaint for condemnation was filed on March 24, 1986, and all negotiations for the acquisition for said real estate have proven unsuccessful; and Whereas, the Board of Trustees has adopted a schedule for the execution of approved projects for north campus expansion, the project for which said real estate is required, a copy of which schedule is attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference; and Whereas, the Board of Trustees has determined that it is necessary to take such real estate by November 1, 1986, in order to comply with the schedule. Now, Therefore, It Hereby Is Resolved, Found, and Declared by the Executive Committee for and on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois pursuant to Article IV of the Bylaws of the board, as follows: 1. The negotiations for the acquisition for the real estate described in Exhibit "A" have proven unsuccessful. 2. The schedule described in Exhibit "B" is hereby adopted as the schedule for the execution of the north campus expansion project. 3. That it is necessary in order to comply with the schedule adopted that the real estate described in Exhibit "A" be acquired by November 1, 1986. 4. That our attorneys be and are hereby authorized and directed to institute proceedings to acquire the said real estate in the manner provided in Sections 7-103 through 7-112 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended, commonly referred to as "quick-take."

Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property

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 real estate described in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated herein by reference, is needed by the University of Illinois, a higher education institution established and supported by the State of Illinois, for an academic building and related facilities and projects on the north campus for faculty, students, and staff members of the University of Illinois for the conduct of the educational functions of the University of Illinois; for the further expansion of the educational facilities of said University of Illinois for purposes incidental to and necessary for educational functions conducted by said University of Illinois; and to enable said University of Illinois to discharge its duty to the people of said State for public use, and that funds are available to the University for the purchase of said land for said educational purposes.