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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 15

The additional computer equipment at CSL, while insuring the computer compatibility essential to the success of the research, will benefit all users of the computer system at CSL, With the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, I recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract, subject to such further action by the State Board of Higher Education as may be required. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, authority was given as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Mr. H a h n , Mr. H o w a r d , Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mrs, Rader, Mr, Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Forsyth, Mr, Neal, Governor Walker. ( M r , Neal had left the meeting prior to this item.)

LEASE OF SPACE IN 5 0 5 EAST GREEN STREET. CHAMPAIGN

(21) The President of he University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University of Illinois Foundation be requested to lease 2,710 net assignable square feet on the east side of the second floor of the property at 505 East Green Street, Champaign, from June 1, 1974, through June 30, 1977, at a total annual cost of $12,500 for rental and operating and maintenance costs. It is further recommended that the Foundation sublease the space to the University, subject to the availability of funds, at the same cost on an annual basis. Funds for this fiscal period are available in the budget of the Operation and Maintenance Division of the Urbana campus and funds for annual renewals of the sublease will be requested in the same budget on an annual basis.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these recommendations were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Hahn, Mr, Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. Rader, Mr, Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Neal, Governor Walker.

LEASE OF BUSEY WOODS T O URBANA PARK DISTRICT

(22) In May, 1971, Busey Woods, a sixty-three acre tract lying just outside Urbana's north city limits, was given to the University of Illinois Foundation by Mr. and Mrs. James R. Klassen and Miss Elizabeth Tawney, Mrs. Klassen's sister. Shortly thereafter, the Foundation leased the property to the University.1 Because of the unusual potential value of the property for both educational and nature-oriented activities, discussions have taken place since that time among University staff and faculty members and between University officers and the Commissioners of the Urbana Park District. As a result of these consultations, the Chancellor at Urban a-Champaign has recommended that Busey Woods be subleased to the Urbana Park District for a period of twenty years at the rate of $1.00 per year. The number of natural areas in East Central Illinois, never large, has dwindled significantly in recent years due to rapidly increasing demands for residential and commercial sites. The location of this particular property, with easy access to all residents of the Urbana-Champaign community, gives it added value. The proposed agreement will preserve the natural biota of the area and will allow its continued use for research and education by students and faculty of the University while opening a valuable natural resource to the citizens of the surrounding area. The Urbana Park District will operate and maintain the Woods as a natural area for use in education, research, and recreational enjoyment for the general public and for students, faculty, and staff of the University. In addition, the Park District will prepare and implement a developmental plan for the Woods, subject to the approval of the University, while maintaining the Woods as a natural area, but providing for the construction of natural trails, rest areas, and other facilities for the users. The lease contains restrictions on use designed to

1 The lease, for the sum of f l.OO per year, gives the University the option to renew and extend the Jease for successive annua! periods through June JO, 1998.