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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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period, University leaves are usually given for specific periods and I therefore recommend that Mr. Rice's leave be for one year from January I, i960. This will also require formal action by the Alumni Association at the next meeting of its Board of Directors which will be held on January 16, i960. In the meantime, the officers of the Association have indicated their approval.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved.

EMPLOYMENT OF CONSULTING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (4) As the result of plant and tree losses due to epidemic diseases, ice storms, and the heat and drought of the summer of 1959, the appearance of the campus has suffered materially. Repair and replacement of trees and replanting, and the construction of new buildings during the next several years, will require additional planning and capital expenditures. The administrative responsibilities within the Physical Plant Department have been reassigned and Mr. Robert S. Chamberlin, formerly Superintendent of Operations, will be in charge of a new division, Campus Development and Site Planning. Mr. Chamberlin is a professional landscape architect. T o secure objective professional advice on campus planning and development, the Director of the Physical Plant recommends the employment of the firm of Sasaki, Walker, and Associates, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, as consulting landscape architects on a per diem basis. Mr. Hideo Sasaki, head of the firm, is a graduate of the University of Illinois and is now Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard. H e is a landscape architect of proven competence with a national reputation especially in the field of campus development. The estimated cost of Mr. Sasaki's services is approximately $4,600 per full year. Funds are available in the Physical Plant Department budget. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . ENGINEERING SERVICES ON STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS (5) The city of Champaign is planning storm drainage improvements in certain areas which will triple the flow of water in the Boneyard channel at Wright Street, and when drainage in all areas of the Champaign watershed is fully developed, the maximum flow at Wright Street will be increased nearly four times the present rate. This will necessitate improvement of the Boneyard area through the campus and adjoining University land to prevent inundation. The Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District will undertake improvement of the Boneyard channel from Race Street in Urbana as far west as Lincoln Avenue and perhaps to Gregory Place. It is not practical to estimate the extent of the improvements of the Boneyard on University property or the cost without engineering studies, and such engineering work must be done rapidly if the University is to keep up with the schedule of local improvements. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the firm of Wilson and Anderson, Champaign, be employed to make preliminary engineering studies of the Boneyard channel improvements required from Wright Street to Gregory Place at a fee of $2,500, these services to include: A detailed study of the route and at least two alternate designs for the Boneyard improvement from Wright Street to Gregory Place; Study of the effect of such improvements on adjacent structures (bridges and building foundations) and determination of the extent of underpinning or replacements that will be necessary; An analysis of the extent of utilities services adjacent to and crossing the channel to be re-routed; and A report summarizing the study, making recommendations and giving estimates of the cost. I concur and recommend that an appropriation of $2,500 be made from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved, and the requested appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr.