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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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EXEMPTION OF CHICAGO PROPERTIES FROM TAXATION (25) T h e Comptroller reports that his office has received a bill for taxes on lot 18 of Potter Palmer's subdivision, corner of Damon Avenue and Polk Street in Chicago, for real estate taxes for the years 1940, 1941, and 1042. T h e property was acquired by the University in November, 1939, so the general taxes should not have been levied against it since that time. At that time the University also acquired lots 19 and 20 in the same subdivision, and it is probable that taxes have also been levied against these lots. In April, 1940, the Comptroller's Office received notice which it understood to indicate that the properties had been exempted from taxation, but this now appears not to have been the case. It is apparent that legal services will be required to secure exemption of lot 18 from taxation. I submit the matter to the Board for its instructions. T h e Comptroller presented this matter. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , J u d g e J o h n s o n w a s a u t h o r i z e d t o t a k e p r o p e r s t e p s t o c l e a r u p t h i s m a t t e r , a n d t o e m p l o y t h e s e r v i c e s of C h a p m a n a n d C u t l e r if n e c e s s a r y . UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT BUREAU IN CHICAGO (26) T h e Illini Club of Chicago has requested the University to establish a Personnel Placement Bureau in Chicago to serve alumni and students as well as prospective employers. This proposal is being studied by University officials and a report and recommendations will be made later.

This report was received for record.

THE FUTURE BUILDING PROGRAM (27) Professor W. C. Huntington of the Department of Civil Engineering and Chairman of the Faculty Building P r o g r a m Committee is here to present a report on the studies which have been made by that Committee of the University's needs for buildings and other capital improvements. His presentation will include two important exhibits: 1. Inventory of Building and Related Needs as Requested by Colleges, Schools, and Departments of the University, Urbana and Chicago. 2. Summary Report on the Proposed P o s t - W a r Building Program. It should be noted that the inventory is a compilation of all building and other capital improvements which have been requested, and is not in any sense to be regarded as the recommendations of the Committee. The Committee's recommendations are included in the summary report. Copies of these documents are hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record. In preparing its statements of needs for use in formulating a post-war building program, each department has considered its present program of teaching and research and the developments which are expected in the near future. It would be desirable if a major portion of these needs could be provided for by funds which the State could make available for its P o s t - W a r Building P r o gram. However, the total is so large that this can not be expected. In order to insure that future building construction on the University's campuses may proceed in an orderly and economical way, it is necessary to make preliminary small-scale plans for the ultimate development of each building which is proposed. T h e plan for each building would make proper provision for each functional activity which is to be carried on in the building. It would consider the relationships between the various activities and make certain that they are properly located with reference to each other. After the preliminary plans for one entire building are completed, it will be possible to reach a decision concerning the portions of the building which should be constructed to provide for the activities which are most urgently in need of relief and which can be provided for within the limits of the funds which can be reasonably expected. By following such a procedure, there will be assurance that the units which are constructed from time to time will be properly coordinated. The proposed plans would be prepared by the Physical Plant Department with the cooperation of the departments concerned. T h e decisions concerning