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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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EMPLOYMENT OF ARCHITECT FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THE COMPLETION O F SEVERAL U N F I N I S H E D AREAS IN THE CHICAGO CIRCLE CENTER. CHICAGO CIRCLE (13) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends the employment of C. F. Murphy Associates, Chicago, for a design concept and feasibility study of the completion of several unfinished areas in the Chicago Circle Center at the Chicago Circle campus at a fee based on actual salaries and wages plus 150 per cent, plus reimbursable expenses authorized by the University, with a total cost not to exceed $25,000. T h e Advisory Committee on Architectural and Engineering Services and the Buildings and Grounds Committee have approved this recommendation. Funds are available in the Chicago Circle Center Reserve Account for Repairs and Replacements. O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , 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 b y t h e following vote: Aye, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Pogue, M r . S w a i n ; no, none; absent, none. EMPLOYMENT OF PROGRAM PLANNING CONSULTANTS, MEDICAL CENTER (14) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends the further employment of Lester Gorsline Associates, Belvedere-Tiburon, California, for consulting services which will complete definitive program planning of new facilities for the University of Illinois Hospital. The work now proposed consists of a definitive space program for new hospital facilities and the re-use of existing space. This work will provide the detailed space, equipment, systems, and relationship information required to prepare architectural drawings for replacement hospital facilities. It also proposes that, working in conjunction with the administration and staff of the University Hospital and other units of the Medical Center campus, the consultant will provide a detailed plan for the re-use of existing space necessary to complete the total program of patient care and related resource requirements. The consultant's fee for these services will not exceed $157,000 including outof-pocket expenses. Funds are available in the University of Illinois Hospital patient income account. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , this 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 by the following vote: A y e , M r . H u g h e s , M r . P o g u e , M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, none. ACQUISITION O F FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY, RANTOUL, ILLINOIS (15) The federal government has declared as surplus property a 1.09 acre tract east of Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, which is improved with security fencing and a one-story building of frame construction. The property has been known as the former Chanute Radio Beacon Annex. T h e Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to transfer federal surplus property to states, their political subdivisions, instrumentalities, and tax supported institutions for educational or public health use, including research, at a public benefit allowance varying from 50 per cent to 100 per cent depending on the type of facility and the proposed program. In this instance, the public benefit allowance would be 100 per cent. However, the applicant would be required to pay any external administrative costs incurred incidental to transfer such as for surveys or appraisals desired, legal fees, and recording or closing costs. Funds for these relatively minor costs and maintenance of the property are available in the operating budget of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The Department of Electrical Engineering has indicated a need for the land for expansion of research facilities to implement new experiments in lower ionosphere stud'es now being conducted by the Aeronomy Lab. The Vice President and Comptroller recommends that the Board of Trustees