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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 10

none; absent, Governor Thompson. (Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting.) (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, Mr. Lamm; no, none.)

Right-of-Way Easement, White County

(13) T h e Village of Enfield has requested an easement for construction of an underground waterline along the south and east boundaries of the Enfield Experimental Field in White County. T h e easement requested is 25 feet wide, the center line being 12.5 feet inside the road right-of-way. T h e village has made no offer of consideration for the requested easement or for any of the easements along the route of the proposed line. Future access to the water supply will be permitted. T h e College of Agriculture currently utilizes a portion of the tract for forestry research. T h e remainder is to remain idle until 2003 because of a suspected public health problem. The problem developed several years ago when the pine plantings became a roost for blackbirds. The heavy deposition of droppings contaminated the soil over much of the area and created a potential development of Histoplasma organisms. The organisms produce spores that cause Histoplasmosis, a disease that can give respiratory distress symptoms ranging from minor to severe. T h e pine plantings have been removed, but the contaminated soil must be undisturbed. T h e requested easement is along the borders of the tract. Excavation activities will not be in the contaminated area. The granting of the easement will not adversely affect the use of the property in the foreseeable future. T h e director of the Agricultural Experiment Station has no objection to granting the easement request. T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended that the University grant the easement. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval.

Resolution Authorizing a Twenty-five Foot Wide Easement to Village of Enfield for a Water Main Across Enfield Experimental Field

Be It, and It Hereby Is Resolved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public Corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and the Secretary of this Corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in the name and on behalf of this Corporation such instruments of conveyance, contract, or other document or documents as to them may seem necessary or desirable in order to grant to the Village of Enfield, a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, hereinafter referred to as "Grantee," its successors and assigns, the right and easement to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, alter, replace, move and remove an eight inch (8") water main and other equipment appurtenant thereto, under, through, and across the land hereinafter described and the right of ingress to and egress therefrom. Grantee shall agree to repair any damage caused to property of this Corporation by the construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, renewal, or removal of said water main, and to indemnify the University and its representatives from liability in connection with its activities; the term of said easement to be for such period as the easement may be used for the above-described purposes, but upon the discontinuation of use of or abandonment of said water main, said easement to thereupon cease and determine without necessity of re-entry or demand; the rights and easement granted to be limited to the extent that this public Corporation has the present right and capacity to grant the same. The right-of-way easement shall be over the following described property: An area twenty-five feet (25') in width lying west of and bordering the west right-of-way line of the road on the east side of the following de-