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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 30

( N E J 4 ) of the South East Quarter ( S E J 4 ) of Section Ten (10), Township Eighteen North ( T 18 N ) , Range Eight East ( R 8 E ) of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P . M . ) , in the County of Champaign and State of Illinois. T h e south end of North-South Runway 36, University of Illinois Airport, is 749.05 feet mean sea level elevation and, therefore, the aforesaid heights are o feet on the north side of the above described parcel of land to 23.74 feet on the south side of the above described parcel of land higher than the south end of said runway. The easement grant will contain a reservation by the grantor permitting him to continue raising normal farm crops and, in areas where the height limitations are less than ten (10) feet above the present surface of the ground, grantor reserves the right to erect structures up to, but not in excess of, five (5) feet in height. T h e Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend the payment of $1,783.46 to Mr. Elmer Clifford Fisher for the rights over the property owned by him and the payment of $245 to Mr. Walter C. Fisher for the rights over the property owned by him, and an assignment of $2,029 from the General Reserve of the University for this purpose. Negotiations are underway for the acquisition of the property, or the rights over the property, adjoining the north end of the North-South Runway. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this recommendation was approved, and the requested appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

REMOVAL O F HOUSES A N D C O N S T R U C T I O N O F PARKING LOTS (7) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts as follows for the removal of sixteen houses recently acquired by the University for future expansion: T o D. Earl Barnes, Urbana, $205 to be paid to the University for removal of the house at 1102 West Illinois Street, Urbana. T o A.B.C. Wrecking Company, Chicago, $1,375.11 to be paid by the University for removal of houses at 1011 West Springfield Avenue, 1006 West Green Street, and 1108 West Illinois Street, Urbana. T o Ray Cook, Danville, $320 to be paid by the University for removal of the house at 201 South Gregory Street, Urbana. T o Harold and Byron Carden, doing business as Carden Brothers, Paxton, $2,950 to be paid by the University for removal of houses at IOII, 1013, 1101, and 1103 West Green Street, and 1006, 1010, 1104, and 1106 West Illinois Street, Urbana, and 507 East Chalmers Street, Champaign. T o Glen D. Archer, Allerton, $1,350 to be paid by the University for removal of houses at 508 East John Street and 509 East Chalmers Street, Champaign. All prices are based on sealed bids received on these removals, and the recommendations are based on the lowest cost (or highest payment in the one case) to the University. The properties at 508 East John Street and i o n West Springfield Avenue will be used as parking lots. T h e properties at 507 and 509 East Chalmers Street are on the site of the new Faculty Club, but will be used temporarily as parking lots. The other properties are sites for the construction of student residence halls, and their removal will be paid for from Housing Division funds. A bid was also received for the removal of the house at 1008 West Green Street, Urbana. However, it will be to the University's best interests to retain this house for use of the contractor in the construction of the residence hall for graduate students and include its removal as part of the specifications for that project. Accordingly, it is recommended that this bid be rejected. I concur and recommend an appropriation of $14,000 from the General Reserve for the removal of houses and for the construction of parking lots on the vacated sites at 508, 610, and 614 East John Street, Champaign. T h e buildings on the last two sites are being removed under contracts previously authorized.