Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 825]

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1967]

U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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for the Performing Arts, will be financed partially by funds given by the Class of 1917 in connection with its fiftieth anniversary. This matter is being reported to the Board for record.

This report was received for record.

CIVIL ENGINEERING HYDROSYSTEMS LABORATORY, URBANA (12) The President of the University recommends that the building north of Main Street and west of Mathews Avenue, Urbana, be designated "Civil Engineering Hydrosystems Laboratory." In the over-all plans for the Civil Engineering Building complex, this building will eventually be connected to the Civil Engineering Building.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved.

DEDICATION OF CERTAIN NATURAL AREAS AS NATURE PRESERVES (13) The President of the University recommends that certain natural areas owned by the University and administered by the Committee on Natural Areas and Uncultivated Lands be dedicated as nature preserves within the system and under the procedures outlined in An Act in relation to the acquisition, control, maintenance, improvement and protection of state parks and nature preserves, approved June 26, 1925, as amended. The properties to be affected by this action are those commonly known as Brownfield Woods, Trelease Woods, H a r t Memorial Forest, Funk Forest, Volo Bog, and Wauconda Bog, the legal descriptions of each such parcel being as shown on Exhibit A. A copy of said Exhibit A has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for Record. Areas so dedicated as nature preserves are declared by statute to be put to their highest, best, and most important use for public benefit. After dedication, these areas will not be subject to alienation except to another public use and then only upon a finding by the Department of Conservation of the State of Illinois of imperative public necessity with the concurrent approval of the Governor and the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. T o implement this proposal, the President of the University recommends that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute articles of dedication providing for the dedication of these properties as nature preserves within the meaning of the act referred to above; provided, however, that said articles of dedication shall provide that the University is to retain responsibility for the care, supervision, and control of the premises and that said dedication shall be for a period not in excess of twenty-five years.

On motion of Mr. Grimes, these recommendations were approved.

APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDS UNDER TITLE I OF T H E HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT OF T9 6 3 (14) Under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, the United States Commissioner of Education is authorized to grant funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of 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. It is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopt the resolutions submitted herewith authorizing the filing of four applications and one supplemental application for grants for the following projects. In addition, James E. Osborn, Business Manager at Chicago Circle, would be designated as the officer authorized to file the application on behalf of the University for construction at Chicago Circle, and H. O. Farber, Comptroller of the Board, as the officer authorized to file the applications on behalf of the University for construction at UrbanaChampaign. T h e projects a r e : Construction at Chicago Circle •— Education Center Building Construction at Urbana-Champaign — Foreign Languages Building; Music Build-