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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 20

On motion of Mr. Jones, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Jones, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Kerner, Dr. Weatherly.

REQUEST TO ILLINOIS BUILDING AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES CENTER, CHICAGO CIRCLE (17) On August 31, 1967, the Illinois Building Authority received bids for the construction of the Behavioral Sciences Center at the Chicago Circle campus. The lowest bidder is Turner Construction Company, Chicago, with a bid of $8,990,000. Proposals were also received from Gust K. Newberg Construction Co., Chicago, with a bid of $9,447,000 and S. N. Nielson Construction Co., Chicago, with a bid of $9,870,000. The lowest bidder is deemed qualified to do the work. The project is a part of the construction for the Chicago Circle campus which the Board, at its meeting on July 26, 1967, requested the Illinois Building Authority to provide. The Authority will finance the construction and lease the facilities to the University. Funds for rental payments for the present biennium are available in state appropriations to the University. Jurisdiction of the land on which the project will be constructed will also be transferred to the Authority. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Board of Trustees request the Illinois Building Authority to award a contract for the described work to the lowest bidder and proceed to procure this facility for the use of the University. It is also recommended that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver such instruments of transfer, conveyance, lease, contract, and other documents as are necessary to provide for the carrying out of the foregoing project and facility by the Illinois Building Authority. I concur and recommend adoption of the resolutions submitted herewith to implement the official actions required, including authorization for the execution and delivery of the instrument of transfer of jurisdiction of real estate to the Illinois Building Authority. Resolution Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Illinois Building Authority be, and it hereby is, requested to award to the Turner Construction Company, Chicago, a contract in the amount of $8,990,000 for construction of the Behavioral Sciences Center at the Chicago Circle Campus in accordance with the base bid submitted. _ Be It, and It Hereby Is, Further Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, in the name and in behalf of this corporation, such instruments of transfer, conveyance, lease, contract, and other documents as are necessary or appropriate in order to provide for the carrying out of the foregoing project and facility by the Illinois Building Authority. 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 b y the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Jones, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, n o n e ; absent, G o v e r n o r K e r n e r , D r . W e a t h e r l y . Resolution WHEREAS the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Illinois has declared it to be in the public interest that the Illinois Building Authority construct, on behalf of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a Behavioral Sciences Center on the Chicago Circle campus of the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois; and WHEREAS for that purpose it will be necessary for the Illinois Building Authority to acquire jurisdiction of the real estate upon which said building will be located; and