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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964
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1963] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 467 AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT FOR CONGRESS CIRCLE CAMPUS SITE (23) The Board of Trustees has authorized a contract with the Chicago Land Clearance Commission for the acquisition by the University of the site for the Congress Circle Campus in Chicago. Pursuant to enabling statutes passed by the 1961 General Assembly, the city of Chicago has since succeeded to the position of the Chicago Land Clearance Commission under the contract. Under the terms of the agreement the total site was to be conveyed to the University in five stages, the first conveyance to be accomplished by June 30, 1962. The city of Chicago has experienced delays in its land acquisition program, principally by reason of litigation affecting the site, and the conveyancing schedule in the contract is no longer realistic. The City has requested an amendment to the contract to provide new dates for transfers of various portions of the site to the University, the first conveyance to be made prior to May 1, 1963. The proposed new dates have been reviewed by the Director of the Physical Plant and he states that they are compatible with the University's current construction schedule. The Vice-President and Comptroller and the Director of the Physical Plant recommend that execution of the amendment be authorized. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s a m e n d m e n t of t h e c o n t r a c t w a s authorized by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, M r . Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. W a t kins, M r . W i l l i a m s o n ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . K e r n e r . EASEMENTS ON CONGRESS CIRCLE CAMPUS SITE (24) The contract by which the University is acquiring title to the Congress Circle Campus site provides that the City will convey title subject to easements for necessary underground public or private utilities. Most of the existing easements lie in city streets and alleys to be vacated prior to the conveyance to the University. These easements appear to be more extensive than they would have been if originally granted over private property. In a few cases the utilities will require new easements on the site, principally for relocation to accommodate the University's construction and to service the University buildings. Negotiations have been conducted with the public and private utilities for the purpose of narrowing existing easements to the areas reasonably required for the utilities' function, defining the scope of required new easements, securing releases by the utilities of existing easements no longer required by them, authorizing encroachments by the University on existing easements as reflected by the University's present construction specifications, and establishing criteria for permissive encroachment by future University construction. These negotiations are continuing and may be completed prior to the regular May meeting of the Board. It would be desirable to formalize the easement arrangements as soon as possible. The Vice-President and Comptroller and the Director of the Physical Plant recommend that the Board of Trustees authorize its Executive Committee to take action for the Board in any negotiations with public and private utilities for easements relating to the Congress Circle site in Chicago, including approval of the execution of necessary easement and release documents. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h e s e e a s e m e n t s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d b y the f o l l o w i n g 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 . Johnston, M r . Page, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . W i l liamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . K e r n e r . AGREEMENT WITH COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY ON VERNON PARK SUBSTATION (25) To complete the Congress Circle Campus plan and to avoid the necessity of relocating Commonwealth Edison Company's Vernon P a r k Substation, and all its underground facilities in the area, the University will construct a screening wall around the Substation. As a result of discussions with Edison representatives, the Vice-President and Comptroller and the Director of the Physical Plant recommend that an agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company be authorized, which agreement would provide for the following:
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