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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 18

if the inventor does not exercise his rights to file for a patent within a reasonable period that all rights of the University be transferred to the government. I concur in these recommendations.

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

PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT 2 0 5 SOUTH GOODWIN AVENUE, URBANA (2) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend purchase of the property at 205 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, at a price of $30,500 which is within the appraisals received. T h e property consists of a lot 46 feet by 60 feet (2,760 square feet) and is improved with a two-story and basement brick veneer residence. This lot is the last remaining parcel not owned by the University in the area bounded by Green Street, Goodwin Avenue, Mathews Avenue, and Western Avenue. T h e Committee on Buildings and Grounds has been consulted and supports the recommendation. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University from the Universities Building Fund. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , t h e p u r c h a s e of t h i s p r o p e r t y , a t t h e p r i c e indicated, w a s authorized b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Johnston, M r . Page, M r . P o g u e , Mr. Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Kerner. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT 6 0 3 EAST DANIEL STREET, CHAMPAIGN (3) On October 26, 1963, the Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of the property at 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, commonly referred to as the Thunderbird Restaurant property, by negotiation at a price not to exceed $100,000. The Board also authorized the Executive Committee to adopt a resolution for institution of condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the property if negotiations for the purchase were not successful. 1 The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller report that they have not succeeded in negotiating purchase of the property at a price they can recommend. Accordingly, they request authorization of condemnation proceedings for acquisition of this property along with the adjoining property at 605 East Daniel Street, Champaign, commonly referred to as the Cosmopolitan Club, which the University is also seeking to acquire through condemnation. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1963-65 from the Universities Building Fund. I concur, and the following resolution is offered: Resolution Be It, and It Is Hereby Resolved, Found, and Declared by this Board of Trustees of 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 followingdescribed real estate situated in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois, to w i t : T h e East Half of the North Seventy-three (73) feet of Lot Four (4) in Block One (1) of A. T. Hall's Addition to the City of Champaign, Illinois, situated in the City of Champaign, in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois: is needed by the University of Illinois, an educational institution established and supported by the State of Illinois, for a vehicular parking area for staff members of the University of Illinois in the conduct of the educational functions of the University of Illinois and for other educational purposes conducted and to be conducted, and for the further expansion of the educational facilities of said University of Illinois, and to enable said University of Illinois to discharge its

1 The negotiations for purchase of this property were still under way until shortly before today's meeting of the Board so that the Executive Committee had no occasion to act in the matter. — Secretary's Note.