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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 21

recommend an increase of $12,635.41 in the contract with Fel ml ey- Dickers on Company for construction of the Assembly Hall to provide for enlargement and improvement of the projection booth, on the basis of further study of most effective use of the facilities. I concur.

On motion of Mr, Swain, this change in the contract was authorized.

AGREEMENT WITH STATE OF ILUINOtS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS (14) On July 25, 1961, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees authorized award of a contract, subject to release of funds, for the construction of the southwest campus storm sewer. The State of Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings, Division of Highways, has requested permission to use this sewer for drainage of its Florida Avenue subway under the Illinois Central Railroad. The southwest campus storm sewer is designed to carry this added load. It will be advantageous to the University to permit the Department of Public Works and Buildings to make this connection as the major portion, if not all, of the open ditch from the pumping station to the culvert under the Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way can he eliminated and filled in; and the site of the pumping station conveyed to the state of Illinois by the Universiti' under a "Grant of Right-of-Way Easement" dated December 1, 1958, will be abandoned for highway purposes and revert to the University under the terms of the easement. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend authorization of an agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings according to the following conditions: The University will provide a 24-inch stub connection in the manhole structure on the southwest campus storm sewer adjacent to the pumping station site. The state wilt prepare plans and specifications and shall assume all cost for construction, clearing and maintenance of a 24-inch storm !*wer from the inlet manhole at the Florida Avenue subway to the manhole structure referred to above. The University grants to the state during the terms of the agreement the right and easement to construct, clean, and maintain said 24-inch storm sewer upon a strip of University property ten feet in width centered upon the line of said storm sewer between the inlet manhole at Florida Avenue subway and the manhole structure. Upon completion of construction of the Southwest Campns Storm Sewer and the 24-inch outlet connection from the Florida Avenue subway, the state will remove its pumping equipment from the pumping station and notify the University that it no longer uses that portion of the premises for a public roadway and, as a consequence, under the terms of the grant, the land, including the building, will revert to the University. I concur and recommeud that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute an agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, as stipulated above.

On motion of Mr. Clement, this agreement was authorized without a dissenting vote.

RELEASE FOR EASEMENT FOR AIRPORT DRAINAGE (15) The University has an easement which was granted by Samuel R, Somers on property located one and one-half miles west of the center of the Airport, for maintenance of a tile which is necessary for drainage at the Airport. A portion of this tile is on land which will tie used for the construction of Interstate Route 57. In order for the State Division of Highways to obtain clear title to the land, the University's rights under this easement must be subordinated to the extent necessary to give the Division of Highways control o£ the surface. In consideration of this release, the State Division of Highways will agree to maintain the tile cm its new right-of-way. This is advantageous to the University since it will relieve the University of any possible maintenance costs in this area. The Director of the Institute of Aviation, the Vice-President and Comptroller, and the Legal Counsel recommend and I concur that the following resolution be adopted: