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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 16

REGULAR MEETING RECESSED P r e s i d e n t J o h n s t o n stated t h a t the regular meeting of the Board would be recessed a n d that a meeting of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds had been called. H e further stated that an executive session h a d been requested and was being ordered following the committee meeting for consideration of recommendations relating to property acquisitions and pending litigation. E X E C U T I V E SESSION W h e n the B o a r d reconvened, the same members of the Board, officers of the Board, and officers of the University as recorded at the beginning of these minutes were present. T h e Board considered the following recommendation from the President of the University. ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR RUNWAY EXTENSION AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-WILLARD AIRPORT (29) T h e Board of Trustees has previously authorized (meeting of July 26, 1967) condemnation of certain real estate at the northwest end of Runway 13-31 for a "clear zone approach" and runway extension to 6500 feet (from the present 5300 feet) for use as an instrument runway at the University of Illinois-Willard Airport. It now has been determined that the University's acquisition of additional land at this time will be in its best interests and is necessary and desirable for the current operations of the airport and its future expansion. Representatives of the University have conducted negotiations with the owner of the land, but the owner has refused to sell for a price which the officials of the University consider fair and reasonable and representative of its present market value. Therefore, the Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the property be condemned through exercise of the power of eminent domain and request the adoption of the following resolution, which resolution will supersede the action of the Board of Trustees on this matter at its July 26, 1967, meeting, and further request authorization of settlement of the condemnation suit if such settlement can be effected at a price that is within the appraisals received by the University. I concur. R e s o l u t i o n A u t h o r i z i n g C o n d e m n a t i o n of P r o p e r t y Adjacent t o N o r t h w e s t E n d of R u n w a y 13-31 University of Illinois-Willard A i r p o r t Be It, and It Hereby Is Resolved, Found and Declared by T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic and a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the following-described property situated in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: A parcel of land situated in the State of Illinois, the County of Champaign and being a part of the West One-half ( W y£) of Section Three (3), Township Eighteen North (T-18-N), Range Eight East (R-8-E) of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P.M.) and being more fully bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northwest One-Quarter ( N W 14 ) of said Section Three (3), said corner being marked by a corner post; thence Northerly along the East line of said Northwest One-Quarter ( N W \&) a distance of 2804.72 feet to a corner in the North line of said Northwest OneQuarter ( N W V4), said corner being marked with an iron pipe monument; thence Westerly along the North line of the Northwest One-Quarter ( N W 1/4) of said Section Three (3), a distance of 1525.46 feet to a corner, said corner being marked with an iron pipe monument; thence Southeasterly along a line parallel to the Centerline of Runway 13-31 extended, a distance of 234.78 feet to a corner, said corner being marked with an iron pipe monu-