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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986
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496 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 13 EXECUTIVE SESSION President Shepherd, referring to Section Two of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation, the acquisition of real property, and to discuss campus security." The motion was made by Mr. Logan and approved unanimously. Authorization to Acquire Properties by Purchase or Condemnation, Urbana (1) The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends adoption of the following resolution authorizing acquisition of properties within a two-block area in Urbana, through purchase or condemnation proceedings. Authorization is given for acquisition of each property at a price within the appraisals received by the University. The property is needed for the Beckman Institute and other related projects for the north campus at Urbana. Three parcels in the area have been acquired by purchase; and the University has been negotiating with the owners of the remaining properties, based upon appraisals received by the University. However, the owners have been unwilling to sell. Authorization is granted for the acquisition of each property at a price, within the appraisals received by the University or at the amount determined in condemnation proceedings. Funds for the acquisition of the properties are provided by private gift funds through the University of Illinois Foundation and funds appropriated by the State of Illinois. 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. Be It, and It Hereby Is Further Resolved, Found, and Declared that the vice president for business and finance or his designee of the University of Illinois is authorized to acquire the described real estate and continue negotiations and acquisition for and on behalf of the University of Illinois with the owner(s) of the real estate described in Exhibit A for the purchase thereof by the University. Be It, and It Hereby Is Further Resolved, Found, and Declared that in the event the vice president for business and finance or his designee is unable to agree with the owner(s) of said real estate as to the compensation to be paid therefore, then the university counsel is authorized to institute condemnation proceedings for the benefit of the University of Illinois for the acquisition of said real property for the educational and other purposes hereinabove described; the university counsel is authorized to institute said proceedings at the cost and expense of the University of
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