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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 16

The Directors of New Hope Foundation have requested the University to provide thirty to forty acres of University-owned land for the construction of the facility. The land should be located south of, and adjacent to, the present Adler Zone Center on the south campus. Exact location of the site would be subject to further negotiations. In return for the site, the New Hope Foundation would agree to construct, operate, and maintain the facility at no cost to the University. The Executive Vice President and Provost and the Vice President and Comptroller, in concurrence with the Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus, recommend that the Board of Trustees give approval in principle to the proposed project, and that the appropriate University officials proceed to negotiate with the New Hope Foundation in developing a mutually satisfactory arrangement for a site through a long-term lease at a nominal rental. When negotiations with the New Hope Foundation have been concluded, a further recommendation will be made to the Board of Trustees and the State Board of Higher Education for the approval of such agreement or resolution as may be necessary to implement this arrangement.

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

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVEWAYS. SIDEWALKS, A N D PLAYING FIELDS ADJACENT TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION B U I L D I N G , CHICAGO CIRCLE

(15) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of contracts for the following work adjacent to the Physical Education Building at the Chicago Circle campus, the award in each case being to the low bidder : Projects Contractor Amount Construction of Driveways J. M. Corbett Company, $34 700 and Sidewalks Chicago Construction of Playing Fields Ryan Bros. Inc., Chicago 64 000 Funds are available in state capital appropriations to the University and have been released by the Governor. O n motion of M r . Swain, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, M r . Grimes, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Hughes, M r . Jones, M r . Steger, M r . Stone, M r . Swain, D r . W a l k e r ; no, none; absent, Mr. Clement, Governor Ogilvie, M r . Page.

CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION O F LAWN SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, CHICAGO CIRCLE

(16) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract in the amount of $52,160 to A. C. Oughton Co., Chicago, the low bidder, for the installation of lawn sprinkler systems at various locations on the Chicago Circle campus. Funds are available in state capital appropriations to the University and have been released by the Governor.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Steger, Mr. Stone, Mr. Swain, Dr. Walker; no, none; absent, Mr. Clement, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page.

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERPRETATION CENTER FOR JAMES W O O D W O R T H PRAIRIE PRESERVE

(17) On July 23, 1969, a gift by John Woodworm Leslie in the amount of $75,000 was reported to the Board of Trustees, for the construction of an interpretation center and for other improvements on a part of the approximately five acres in Maine Township, Cook County, Illinois, which was acquired by the University in 1968. On December 16, 1969, bids for this project were received which exceeded the project budget. Mr. Leslie suggested that the project be reduced in scope and rebid and, accordingly, the bids were rejected and are reported to the Board pur-