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1968]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The campus businessmen have requested the University to participate in this project in the amount of $8,000. The project will benefit the University by providing additional metered parking in the campus area and by improving the flow of traffic on Green Street. Because of the direct benefits to the Illini Union Bookstore, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that participation in the project be approved in principle and that the cost be funded through the operating budget of the Illini Union Bookstore.

On motion of Mr. Hughes, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Governor Shapiro, Dr. Weatherly.

APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, AS AMENDED, URBANA (31) Under the Public Health Service Act, as amended, the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to grant funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of certain academic and related facilities. The requirements of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the submission of applications for grants under the Act necessitate the adoption of a formal resolution by the Board authorizing the filing of applications and designating the person to act on behalf of the University in connection therewith. Accordingly, it is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution authorizing the filing of an application for a grant under the Public Health Service Act, as amended, for the project described as Construction of Speech and Hearing Clinic and Research Building at Champaign-Urbana campus; and authorizing the Comptroller to act for the University. Resolution Authorizing the Filing of Application for Grant Funds Under Public Health Service Act, as Amended WHEREAS, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare is authorized under the Public Health Service Act, as amended, to grant funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of certain academic and related facilities; and WHKREAS, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the governing body of the University of Illinois, hereinafter called the Applicant, is cognizant of the conditions under which grant funds are made available and approved for payment to an applicant; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of the governing body of the Applicant that it is desirable to apply for grants under the aforementioned act for the project described as Construction of Speech and Hearing Clinic and Research Building at Champaign-Urbana Campus. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that application for the project described above is authorized and directed to be filed with the Illinois Board of Higher Education, with the understanding that if upon due consideration by said board, applying the criteria of the State plan, said application receives a priority rating sufficiently high to receive grant funds under the aforementioned act, said application will be forwarded to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for consideration for his approval ; and be it further Resolved, that The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois designates H . O. Farber, Comptroller, as the officer authorized to file the application and act as the representative of this Board in connection with said application.

On motion of Mr. Clement, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Governor Shapiro, Dr. Weatherly.