Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 434]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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SITE FOR WATER SURVEY BUILDING (10) Under "The Civil Administrative Code" of Illinois the functions and duties of the State Natural History Survey, the State W a t e r Survey, and the State Geological Survey are exercised at the University. T h e Surveys are under the fiscal administration of the State Department of Registration and Education and their scientific programs are under the supervision and administration of the State Board of Natural Resources and Conservation of which the President of the University of Illinois is, by law, a member. T h e University is required to furnish the quarters for the three Surveys. During the years 1939-1942 there was constructed on the campus of the University a Natural Resources Building and Garage for the State Geological and Natural History Surveys. F u n d s for this building were provided by State appropriations to the Department of Registration and Education and a grant from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. An agreement was entered into between the Board of Trustees and the Department relative to the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of this building. Under this agreement the University agreed to provide a site and to maintain and operate the building at University expense for the use of the two Surveys (Minutes, May 14, 1938, pages 805-808). In the recommendations made by the Illinois P o s t - W a r Planning Commission for post-war construction by the State is an item of $300,000 for a building for the State W a t e r Survey Division now housed in the Noyes Chemistry Laboratory. If this appropriation is approved it will doubtless be made either to the State Department of Registration and Education or to the State Department of Public W o r k s and Buildings, and the building will be constructed on the campus of the University of Illinois. Since the State Architect is now preparing tentative plans for the building, it is necessary to determine the site. After consulting all officers of the University concerned, I recommend that the site between Wright Street and Burrill Avenue fronting on Springfield Avenue, across from the Men's Old Gymnasium, be assigned for this building. It is an area of approximately 132 feet by 296 feet, now used for tennis courts. I further recommend that this assignment of space be subject to the execution of an agreement between the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and the Department of Registration and Education and the Board of Natural Resources and Conservation relating to the construction of this building, which agreement shall provide that all plans and specifications for the construction of the building and all plans and specifications for future expansion shall be subject to approval by the Board of Trustees. O n m o t i o n of M r . N i c k e l l , t h i s s i t e w a s a s s i g n e d u n d e r t h e c o n d i tions recommended. ALTERATIONS IN ABBOTT POWER PLANT (11) T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department, on advice of the Supervising Engineer of the Physical Plant Department, recommends that alterations be carried out in the Abbott P o w e r Plant to provide for additional space for use as a storeroom and work shop. This request has been considered by the Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures and meets with its approval. Enclosed is a schedule of bids received for this work. T h e Physical Plant Department suggests, and I concur, that the contract be awarded to King and Petry, the lowest bidder, in the amount of $2,290. T o the base figure would be added an estimated cost of $310 for architectural supervision and incidental cleaning and other work by Physical Plant employees. I recommend that the Comptroller and Secretary be authorized to execute a contract with King and Petry for $2,290 in accordance with the conditions set forth above, and that a special appropriation be made from the General Reserve Fund in the amount of $2,600 to be used for alterations in the Abbott Power Plant.

The Comptroller presented this item. On motion of Mr. Williamson, this contract was authorized and the appropriation made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye,