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UNIVERSITY OF I L L I N O I S

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ical Plant Planning and Construction; Mr. James J. Costello, University Counsel; Mr. C. E. Flynn, University Director of Public Information; Mr. George H. Bargh, Executive Assistant to the President; Mr. Harlan D. Bareither, Director of University Office of Space Programming. The Committee considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University, and took the actions indicated.

REVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR CAPITAL FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1 9 7 1 (1) A copy of the University's Budget Request for Capital Funds — Fiscal Year 1971 was sent to each Trustee in advance of the Executive Committee meeting. This document includes the projects approved by the Board on May 21, 1969, with the following additions :* 1. Burrill Hall Addition — Urbana-Champaign campus (approved by the Board at its meeting on July 23, 1969). 2. Medical Sciences Building-—Urbana-Champaign campus (described in the item concerning Burrill Hall Addition, which was approved by the Board at its meeting on July 23, 1969). This project had been included in the University's 1969-71 capital request, but was not approved by the Board of Higher Education and hence was omitted from the list of projects proposed by the Illinois Building Authority for Legislative approval for fiscal year 1970. It had been the University's original intention to limit its projects for both fiscal years of the biennium to the projects included in the IBA list. As the time schedule for the total program of medical education involving the Medical Center and the Urbana-Champaign campuses became more fully developed, however, it was apparent that the planning on the Medical Sciences Building at Urbana-Champaign should begin in fiscal year 1971. This will allow the University to be in position to accept bids on construction contracts before the end of that year, and the Medical Sciences Building would be ready for use in medical education by September, 1974. If possible, an occupancy date of February, 1974, should be met, in order to allow time to install and test out all of the specialized equipment planned for this building. Furthermore, in accepting some ninety-six additional medical students for admission in September, 1974, the University would have to be virtually certain the building and faculty were available. A reasonable margin of safety in the construction schedule is imperative. / / is recommended that explicit approval be given to the inclusion of the Medical Sciences Building among the projects to be presented to the Board of Higher Education at its meeting on September 9, 1969. The Supplement to the University's Fiscal Year 1971 Capital Request (Attachment A) 2 describes a proposal for the planning and construction of new hospital facilities at the Medical Center campus. A request for. planning funds ($650,000) was included in the University's original capital request for the biennium 1969-71, but this was not approved by the Board of Higher Education. Subsequently, it was decided to use funds available in the 1967-69 capital appropriation to continue the program studies — with the assistance of a consulting firm having specialized experience in hospital planning. With the approval of the Board, Lester Gorsline Associates International was selected for this work. These studies are in their final stage, In the light of these studies and other developments, it now seems highly desirable to resubmit this project to the Board of Higher Education for review as part of the U n i v e r s e ' s capital request for fiscal year 1971. The Board presumably will refer the request to its Health Education Commission, which plans to 1 Revisions were also made in the May 21, 1969 document to restore amounts and projects requested for FY 1970 but not approved by the General Assembly. 2 Copies of these attachments were included in the material sent to the Trustees prior to the Executive Committee meeting, and are being filed with the Secretary of the Board.