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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 21

for Athletic Association-owned property north of the University of Illinois-Willard Airport access road, Champaign County, Illinois (a tract of land, approximately 2,600 feet by 158 feet, subject to public and private easements, located at the south side of the golf course). T h e exchange is mutually advantageous to both the University and the Athletic Association, in that the exchange will prevent undesirable development of the area, and will permit improvement of the airport access road in the future. Adoption of the following resolution is requested. 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, with its principal office in the City of Urbana, in the County of Champaign, and State of Illinois, that upon title to the following-described property being conveyed to this public corporation by The Athletic Association of the University of Illinois, a not-for-profit corporation of the State of Illinois, viz: That part of the South East Quarter ( S E Vi) of Section Two (2), in Township Eighteen North (T-18-N), Range Eight East ( R : 8 - E ) of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P.M.) in the County of Champaign and State of Illinois, described as follows: T h e South One Hundred Fifty-eight feet (158') of said South East Quarter ( S E 14) of Section Two (2), subject to any private or public easements or rights-of-way; and subject to an easement for street purposes retained by the Grantor described as follows: The West Sixty feet (60') of the East One Hundred Eighty feet (180') of the South One Hundred Fifty-eight feet (158') of the said South East Quarter (SE \4) of Section Two (2); containing 9.43 acres, more or less, and all situated in Champaign County, Illinois; that the Comptroller and Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, to execute, acknowledge and deliver, in the name and in behalf of, this public corporation, and under its corporate seal, a Warranty Deed and such other documents in connection therewith as said Comptroller and Secretary may deem necessary or desirable in order to convey to The Athletic Association of the University of Illinois, a not-for-profit corporation of the State of Illinois, with its principal office in the City of Champaign, in the County of Champaign, and State of Illinois, all right, title, and interest in and to the following-described property except that air rights shall be retained for the benefit of this public corporation, its successors and assigns, and the general public at large, for the free, unobstructed passage of aircraft, by whomsoever owned or operated, in and through the air space over and across the following-described property, Eight Hundred and Nineteen feet (819') Mean Sea Level, and above [The Northeast end of NortheastSouthwest Runway 22, University of Illinois-Willard Airport, is Seven Hundred Forty-four feet (744') Mean Sea Level elevation and therefore air rights will be retained in the air space over said property which is seventy-five feet or more than seventy-five feet higher than the elevation of the Northeast end of NortheastSouthwest runway 22.]; and provided that The Athletic Association of the University of Illinois, Grantee, its successors and assigns, shall be prohibited from constructing, permitting, or suffering to remain upon said lands any obstruction that extends above the heights aforesaid and that Grantee, its successors, and assigns shall not hereafter use or permit or suffer use of the following-described property in such a manner as to create electrical interference with radio communication between the installation upon the University of Illinois-Willard Airport and aircraft or as to make it difficult for fliers to distinguish between airport lights and others, or as to result in glare in the eyes of fliers using the said airport, or as to impair visibility in the vicinity of the airport, or as otherwise to endanger the landing, taking off or maneuvering of aircraft; to-wit: That part of the North One Hundred Eighty-three feet (183') of the North East Quarter ( N E 14) of Section Two (2), in Township Eighteen North (T-18-N), Range Eight East (R-8-E) of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P.M.) in the County of Champaign and State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a point Thirty-three feet (33') South and Five Hundred Thirtyeight and Ninety-seven Hundredths feet (538.97') West of the Northeast Corner of said Northeast Quarter ( N E \i), and which point of beginning is