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1981]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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(The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Maltese, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Silverman; no, none.)

Campus Administration Building, Urbana

(29) Since 1973, Mrs. Maybelle Swanlund, Atherton, California, has made gifts to the University of Illinois Foundation totaling approximately $1.9 million and has stipulated that the funds be used to construct an administrative office building on the University's Urbana-Champaign campus which would be named for her late husband, Lester H. Swanlund. For the last few months, several alternative programs and sites have been studied in connection with the project which would satisfy critical needs for administrative office space. In November 1980, the University employed the firm of Unteed, Scaggs, Fritch, Nelson, Ltd., Champaign, for the professional services required in completing a study of the several alternatives. Mrs. Swanlund has reviewed the completed study and concurs with the University's recommendation for the construction of a 20,000 square foot, three-story (with partial basement) building, with the structural capability of accommodating a future expansion of two additional floors, to house the chief administrative offices of the Urbana-Champaign campus, including the Office of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and the Director of Business Affairs. T h e site which will best accommodate the building program is at the southeast corner of Sixth and John Streets. The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board of Trustees request the University of Illinois Foundation to construct such an administrative office building at the Urbana-Champaign campus with funds received by the foundation from Mrs. Swanlund. The president further recommends that the foundation be requested to employ Unteed, Scaggs, Fritch, Nelson, Ltd., Champaign, for complete architectural/engineering services required for the planning and construction phases of this project at a fee of 7 percent of the actual cost of construction, less $3,000 credit for related work completed by this firm during the feasibility study. The reimbursable expenses under the architectural/engineering contract are estimated to be an additional $10,000. T h e project budget is estimated as follows: $1 856 350 190 650 143 000 10 000 $2 200 000* The project is to be financed from gifts (including earnings thereon) from Mrs. Swanlund to the University of Illinois Foundation and from interest earned during construction as follows: Gifts received (including earnings) $1 900 000 Additional gift from Mrs. Swanlund in process 80 000 Interest projected to be earned during construction. . . 220 000 Total project budget $2 200 000 O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d b y Construction Construction contingency. . A / E fee Reimbursements to A/E

the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Howard, Mr. Madden, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Mr. Hahn, Governor Thompson.

* No contracts will be awarded in excess of funds available.