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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 21

A number of equipment changes are proposed for existing computer systems within the Department of Computer Science due to the continued technological improvements in both hardware and software. This program of additions and deletions of leased equipment will result in a net increase in the lease rate of $7,056.85 per month, or a net annual increase of $84,682.20. An interim, approximately six months, lease of additional core capacity of the IBM System 360 Model 50 is required to meet the immediate need of the Department of Computer Science until the reconfiguration of the Model 75 is completed. The interim lease cost is $4,845.75 per month. Institutional funds are available for the modifications and the interim lease in the Department of Computer Science. The Chancellor and the Vice President and Comptroller recommend approval of these changes. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , 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 the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . H u g h e s , M r . Pogue, M r . Steger, M r . Swain; no, none; absent, M r . Jones, Governor Ogilvie, M r . P a g e , D r . W e a t h e r l y . REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON ALUERTON PARK CONCERNING THE POSITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ON OAKLEY RESERVOIR AND ALLERTON PARK (37) The following report was presented for the action of the Trustees. This is in response to the report, Study of Alternatives for the Oakley Reservoir and Channel Improvement, dated March 15, 1969, prepared by the Chicago District, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. The University is grateful for the opportunity to review the alternative proposals presented to the State of Illinois and to the University of Illinois. Recommendations : The University recommends that a policy of staged development be adopted for water resource development in the upper Sangamon River Valley. The University finds that alternatives 7, 9, and 13 from the report result in a conservation pool of 621 feet MSL. Alternative No. 7: Oakley Reservoir interim use of sedimentation storage for water supply plus Oakley Reservoir at 621 feet joint-use pool. Alternative No. 9 : Advanced Waste Treatment — 97 per cent BOD reduction plus ground water supply plus Oakley Reservoir at 621 feet joint-use pool. Alternative No. 13: Partial Advanced Waste Treatment — 94 per cent BOD reduction plus Friend's Creek subimpoundment plus Oakley Reservoir at 620 feet joint-use pool. In view of the fact that there are these alternatives, and there may be others, the University could only support an alternative, or combination of alternatives, which keeps the conservation pool at approximately 621 feet MSL. It is essential that management and operational plans include provisions for regulating release rates and channel clearance below Oakley Dam so that the natural and seasonal flooding conditions will be maintained. (Flood stages in Oakley Reservoir with a joint-use pool of 621 feet M S L should not be allowed to persist above the 627 foot elevation for longer than fourteen days in the winter — October through March — nor longer than seven days during the summer — April through September.) In the course of general discussion, the President of the University summarized the role of the Trustees on this question. H e noted that the University had been concerned throughout a long period of time to obtain the most favorable position on what has been a question of broad public policy as well as a matter of direct University interest. The Trustees and administration had sought to work effectively, if quietly, to secure scientific and engineering data and to make use of the University study committee and professional consultants. H e expressed his pleasure in the professional resolution of the question.