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O n m o t i o n of M r . following v o t e : A y e , Johnston, M r . Page, Williamson; no, none;

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Dilliard, these contracts were a w a r d e d by the M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, M r s . Watkins, Mr. absent, M r . K e r n e r .

CONTRACT FOR CAMPUS TREE PLANTING (12) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $15,926.04 to Wendell Bridges, an individual doing business as the Bray Landscape Service, Champaign, the lowest bidder, for the third phase of the campus tree-planting program in accordance with the plan approved by the Board of Trustees on January 11, 1962, for gradual replacement of trees lost by disease. This contract is for planting trees on Burrill Avenue between Springfield Avenue and Green Street; on Florida Avenue from the Illinois Central Railroad east to Fourth Street; on the south side of Nevada Street from Goodwin Avenue east to Gregory Place extended; on the east side of Wright Street from University Avenue to Springfield Avenue; along the entrance walks on the east and west sides of the Memorial Stadium between Florida Avenue and Peabody Drive and on the south side of the Stadium. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . C l e m e n t , M r . D i l l i a r d , M r . H u g h e s , M r . J o h n s t o n , Mr. Page, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . Watkins, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . K e r n e r . EMPLOYMENT OF ENGINEERS (13) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend employment of the following firms on the terms indicated for projects at the Urbana-Champaign campus: Engineering Service for Air-Conditioning University Library — Associated Engineers, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, at a fee of 6 per cent of construction costs of work designed and/or specified by the firm. The work will include preliminary design, working drawings and specifications, analysis of bids, and office and supplemental job supervision for air-conditioning installations in the L'niversity Library, excluding the stacks and the new wing (the seventh addition) now under construction. The latter will be air-conditioned as a part of the present construction contract. Report on Improvements to Water Distribution System — Warren and Van Praag, Inc., Decatur, Illinois, at a cost of actual salaries of personnel employed on the project, plus 100 per cent for overhead and commission, and reimbursement for direct costs such as lodging and subsistence, long-distance telephone calls, and transportation; maximum cost to the University is not to exceed $10,000. The firm will provide the Universit}' with: a complete report on the condition of the existing facilities — water mains, connections, and storage; and recommendations and estimates of cost for improvements to the water supply system to provide an adequate reliable supply for the present and proposed expansion programs developed for each biennium, based on capital improvements planned for the next ten years. Funds are available for these projects in the state capital appropriations to the University from the Universities Building Fund, and have been released. The recommendations have been approved by the Advisory Committee on the Selection of Architects and Engineers and the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p proved.