Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960 [PAGE 238]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Company, its grantees, successors, and assigns, an easement for railroad purposes in, over, and across a seventeen-foot wide strip of land extending from the east side of the Illinois Central Railroad Company's right of way at a point immediately south of Stadium Drive in a southeasterly and southerly arc, to and along the west side of the new Central Food Stores Building, covering approximately 626 linear feet of track, as shown on a blueprint entitled "I.C.R.R. Champaign-Ill. Proposed Track to Serve Univ. of 111. Warehouse" prepared by the Office of the Division Engineer in Champaign, Illinois, dated May 22, 1957, and filed as File: C - l l in the Illinois Central Railroad Company's files, located in the Southeast One Quarter (SE YA) of Section 13, Township Nineteen North ( T 19 N ) , Range Eight East (R 8 E ) of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P . M . ) , Champaign County, Illinois, for the construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, use, and removal of railroad tracks and the pertinent facilities in, over, and across the above-described premises, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration, for so long as the rights herein conveyed are used for the purposes herein set forth. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hughes, this recommendation was approved, and the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Swain. Mr. Johnston asked to be excused from voting.

LIMOUSINE SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AIRPORT (4) The Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Board of Trustees authorize a franchise granting an exclusive privilege of soliciting limousine and taxicab passengers within the terminal area and the Terminal Building at the University of Illinois Airport. They further recommend that an agreement be entered into with Glenco Motors, Inc., Champaign, granting this operator an exclusive franchise. Sealed bids were received in answer to an advertisement in the 6fficial newspaper of the state inviting bids on such a franchise. The best bid is from Glenco Motors, Inc., Champaign, which proposes to pay the University $275 per month for this franchise. The Director and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend authorization of a franchise with Glenco Motors, Inc., and of an agreement covering the same, effective January I, 1959, and continuing for a period of three years. I concur.

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

CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENCE HALL FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (5) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract to Hewitt and Bastian, Peoria, for the design of a residence hall for graduate students at the standard fee of 6 per cent of the construction contracts for complete architectural and engineering services, including supervision of construction. Mr. Ambrose Richardson, Consulting Architect, will review the designs of this building in accordance with current arrangements with him on designs of new University buildings in general. The estimated fee to be paid under this contract is $45,000. The Committee on Buildings and Grounds has previously reviewed this recommendation and approves. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d , a s r e c o m m e n d e d , b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . Bissell, M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . Holt, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Johnston, M r . Livingston, M r . Nickell, M r s . Watkins, M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Stratton, M r . Swain. CONTRACT FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE RESEARCH A N D EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (6) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $6,552 to Rich Sound Engineers, Inc., Chicago, the lowest bidder,