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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[June 19

APPLICATION FOR GRANT F U N D S UNDER VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION ACT O F 19 6 6 , URBANA (32) Under the Veterinary Medical Education Act of 1966, 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 Veterinary Medical Education Act of 1966 for the project described as Construction of Large Animal Clinic at Champaign-Urbana Campus; and authorizing the Comptroller to act for the University. Resolution Authorizing the Filing of Application for Grant Funds Under Public Law 88-129 of September 1963, as Amended by Public L a w 89-290 on October 22,1965, and Public L a w 89-709 of November 2, 1966 WHEREAS, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare is authorized under the Veterinary Medical Education Act of 1966 to grant funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of certain academic and related facilities; and WHEREAS, 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 Large Animal Clinic 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. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d by the following vote: A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , Mr. H u g h e s , M r . Jones, M r . Swain, M r . W i l l i a m s o n ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Governor Shapiro, Dr. Weatherly. GRANT FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOISWILLARD AIRPORT (33) The President, on recommendation of the Vice-President and Comptroller, recommends the adoption of the following resolution for acceptance of a grant of $370,425 from the Federal Aviation Administration for the acquisition of approximately 129 acres of land, and for extending and lighting the northwest runway and the northwest-southeast taxiway at Willard Airport. Resolution Accepting, Adopting, and Authorizing Execution of Acceptance of Grant Offer of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Constituting Grant Agreement B e t w e e n the United States and T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois WHEREAS, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, for and in behalf of the United States, has extended to The Board of Trustees of the