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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 19

recommend an increase of $2,999.70 in the contract with the W. E. O'Neil Construction Company, Chicago, for construction of the Plant Sciences Building (Jonathan Baldwin Turner Hall) to include installation of temperature controls for unit ventilators in the greenhouses. Funds are available in the construction budget for this project. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . D i l l i a r d , t h i s c h a n g e in c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r i z e d . ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR ALTERATIONS IN THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS ADDITION (22) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an increase of $3,618.85 in a contract with Consumers Construction Company, 3748 West Montrose Avenue, Chicago, for alterations on the eighth floor of the Research and Educational Hospitals Addition. T h e Department of Medicine has requested a change in the autoclave which is part of the contracts for these alterations. In the original planning, it was believed that a standard type of autoclave would be suitable; however, upon further study, it was concluded that an autoclave with a high vacuum system is needed. The new autoclave proposed increases materially the sterilization process as to the temperature at which sterilization takes place and thereby kills the bacteria faster and more completely than can be done in the standard autoclave. This is very important to the germ-free research work to be done in the area being remodeled. Funds are available in a United States Public Health Service Grant (OG-21). I recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute this change in the contract.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this change in contract was authorized.

BICYCLE LANE ON EAST SIDE OF URBANA CAMPUS (23) The number of bicycles now on the campus, the heavy concentration of bicycles at the Natural History Building and the East Chemistry Building, and occupancy of the Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls have created a traffic hazard on the east side of the campus, particularly in Mathews Avenue, Urbana, parts of which are presently restricted to one-way traffic. Representative officials of the city of Urbana and of the University agree that a bicycle lane extending along the east side of the campus would be a greatly needed safety factor. Studies indicate that such lane should provide for two-way bicycle traffic, and that a portion of the lane should be located in Mathews Avenue. Officials of the city of Urbana regard such lane as a needed public improvement and have approved, in principle, entering into negotiations with the University for construction and maintenance of the portion of the bicycle lane that would lie within the present right-of-way of Mathews Avenue. The proposed construction would reduce the width of the street available to motor driven vehicular traffic by approximately two feet six inches, but would not reduce the number of parking meters between Springfield Avenue and Nevada Street. Construction of such a lane would include connections with existing bicycle lane systems. The total estimated cost is $35,000. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Board of Trustees authorize: Negotiations with the city of Urbana for the construction and maintenance, at University expense, of a bicycle lane approximately six feet wide on the right-of-way of Mathews Avenue from the south side of Nevada Street to Springfield Avenue, in return for which the City will adopt and enforce an ordinance permitting two-way bicycle traffic within the lane and prohibiting the use of the lane by any vehicle other than bicycles which are not motor driven. The execution by the officers of the Board of an agreement or agreements with the City and such other documents as may be necessary, subject to approval of the University's Legal Counsel. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1961-63 from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. I concur.

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