Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 739]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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corner, said corner being marked with an iron pipe monument; thence Southwesterly along a line forming an angle of 90°00' to the left with a prolongation of the last described course a distance of 1,750.00 feet to a corner, said corner being marked with an iron pipe monument; then Southeasterly along a line parallel to the centerline of runway 13-31 (extended) a distance of 2,500.00 feet to a corner, said corner being marked with an iron pipe monument; thence Northeasterly along a line forming an angle of 90°00' to the left with a prolongation of the last described course a distance of 298.18 feet to a corner in a fence marking the West property line of the University of Illinois-Willard Airport, said corner being marked with an iron pipe monument; thence Northerly along the said West property line a distance of 165.09 feet to a corner in the South line of the said Northwest 14, said corner being marked with a corner post; thence Easterly along the said South line a distance of 704.31 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel containing 100.54 acres more or less; is needed by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and supported by the State of Illinois, for use as a clear zone approach and runway extension at the Northwest end of runway 13-31 for the University of IllinoisWillard Airport and for other educational purposes conducted and to be conducted by said University of Illinois and for the further expansion of the educational facilities of said University of Illinois and to enable said University of Illinois to discharge its duty to the people of said State and for public use, that funds are available to the University for the purchase of said land for said educational purposes; that this Board of Trustees has negotiated with the owner of said land for the purchase of said land at a price which this Board of Trustees considers fair and reasonable and which it finds constitutes the present market value of said land, but that said owner has refused to sell and convey said land, or any portion thereof, to said The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, for such price and continues to refuse to sell and convey the same to it except for a consideration and price which this Board of Trustees deems unreasonable and excessive and is, therefore, unwilling and has refused to pay; and Be It, and It Is Hereby Further Resolved, Found and Declared by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the compensation to be paid by it for said land cannot be agreed upon between this Board of Trustees and the owner of said property and she and it are unable to agree upon the purchase price to be paid to said property owner for the sale and conveyance of said land by said owner thereof to said The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; and Therefore, Be It, and It Is Hereby Further Resolved, Found and Declared by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that because of said need of the University of Illinois for said land for the purposes hereinabove set forth and because the compensation to be paid to the owner thereof for such land cannot be agreed upon between her and this Board of Trustees, it is necessary for The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to take said land and acquire title thereto through the exercise by it of the right of eminent domain conferred upon it by law and to have the compensation to be paid by it to the owner thereof and any and all other persons who may have any right, title or interest in and to said land determined in the manner provided by law for the exercise of said right and power of eminent domain; and Be It, and It Is Hereby Further Resolved by T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the necessary and appropriate action be taken for the acquisition of said title to said property by said The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and to have the compensation to be paid therefor determined by the institution and prosecution to completion of a proceeding in eminent domain in a court of competent jurisdiction and that the Legal Counsel of the University be, and he is hereby, authorized to proceed accordingly, to institute and prosecute an eminent domain proceeding in the name and on behalf of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the acquisition of said land and the determination of the compensation to be paid by it therefor, and to employ such special legal counsel, appraisers, and others as he may deem necessary or desirable to assist him in the institution and prosecution of said proceeding. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , 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: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r .