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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 17

AGREEMENT W I T H COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO T H E MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY ADDITION, MEDICAL CENTER (27) T h e President of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board authorize its Comptroller and Secretary to execute an agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, to change the transformers in the Medical Research Laboratory vault from two 750 K V A to three 1500 K V A transformers at a total cost of $5,834. This change will provide for the increased electrical load due to the proposed construction of the Medical Research Laboratory Addition, Medical Center. Funds are available in state capital appropriations to the University for 1967-69 and have been released by the Governor. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h i s a g r e e m e n t w a s a u t h o r i z e d b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Clement, M r . G r i m e s , M r . H a h n , M r . Jones, M r . P a g e , M r . P o g u e , M r . S w a i n , M r . W i l l i a m s o n ; n o , n o n e ; absent, Mr. Hughes, Governor Kerner, Dr. Weatherly. AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN UPPER EMBARRASS RIVER BASIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, URBANA (28) The Upper Embarrass River Basin Drainage District has requested the University to share in the cost of improving that portion of the Upper Embarrass channel which falls within the boundaries of the District. The District requires an agreement with the University on this project in order to present this proposal to the Circuit Court of Champaign County, which Court is authorized by law to make the determination as to the feasibility of the project based on benefits weighed against damages and costs to the property owners served by the aforementioned channel. The total cost of the project is currently estimated by the District's engineers at $424,000, which cost will be divided between the University, the city of Urbana, and private land owners served by the District. The estimated cost of the University's share of this work is $220,000. Funds for this project are available in state capital appropriations to the University in the 1967-69 biennium in the amount of $170,000 subject to release by the Governor. Additional funds estimated at $50,000 will be requested in the 1969-71 biennium. Accordingly, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board of Trustees authorize the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board to execute an agreement with the Upper Embarrass River Basin Drainage District, providing for the University's share of the cost at an estimated $220,000, subject to the availability of funds and contingent upon approval by the Circuit Court of Champaign County, Illinois, as outlined above. Submitted herewith is a report from the Physical Plant Department, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h i s a g r e e m e n t w a s a u t h o r i z e d by the following v o t e : A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , Mr. Jones, M r . Page, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . H u g h e s , Governor K e r n e r , Dr. Weatherly. EASEMENT OVER VACATED PORTIONS OF SOUTH FIRST STREET ROAD, ST. MARY'S ROAD, AND SOUTH FOURTH STREET, URBANA (29) The Board of Trustees on October 16, 1967, authorized the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board to execute an agreement with the Township of Urbana for vacation of South First Street Road from St. Mary's Road to the entrance of the Children's Research and Adler Zone Centers, in order to permit the University to proceed with the improvement of this road. An objection to this vacation was raised on behalf of Mr. Roy D. Murphy, the owner of several apartment houses to the south of these improvements, on the premise that it may be difficult to finance additional apartment construction on this land if the only outlet to the North is over property owned and controlled by the University.