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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 18

S C H E D U L E OF BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AT AIRPORT (22) T h e Physical P l a n t Department has received bids for the following construction at the Airport: 1. Construction of Administration Building. . .,?: Construction of Electrical Distribution line from the Power Plant to the buildings on the field. 3. Installation of W a t e r Supply System from the well north of Savoy. 4. Installation of Sewer Systems for the Airport, including a Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant. A schedule of the bids is submitted herewith. The Department recommends as follows: 1. That as only the wiring bids for the Administration Building can be considered satisfactory or adequate, all bids for the building be rejected. 2. T h a t in view of the fact that but one bid was received for the Airport W a t e r Supply and Sewer Systems, the current bids be rejected and new bids be taken in the spring. 3. T h e bids for the Electrical Distribution System for the aerial transmission line between the University Power Plant and the Airport Building appear satisfactory. However, we believe it inadvisable to award any contract at this time until the general program for construction at the Airport is reviewed. Accordingly, we would recommend that we exercise our right to withhold action on this contract up to thirty days after receipt of the bids. It is probable that the program review will justify an award of a contract to Hecker & Co., the lowest bidder for this work on the basis of their bid of $53,000. Accordingly, we suggest that the President of the Board of Trustees and the Comptroller be authorized to execute a contract with this company on the recommendation of President Willard. The Dean of the College of Engineering, the Supervising Engineer for the Construction of the Airport, and I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . M c K e l v e y , 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 and adopted. PAVING OF APPROACHES TO HANGAR DOORS A N D A P R O N A N D CONNECTIONS TO TAXI-WAY OF T H E AIRPORT (23) On May 12, 1045, the Board of Trustees made an appropriation in the amount of $125,000 for the cost of purchasing, moving, and rebuilding a hangar at the Airport. As a part of that work, Professor J. J. Doland has obtained from the John Felmley Company of Bloomington, Illinois, a proposal for the paving of approaches to hangar doors and the apron and connections to the taxi-way. T h e amount of this order will be approximately $19,600. The Comptroller recommends approval of this proposal. I concur in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e a w a r d of t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s authorized as recommended. PROPERTY ACQUISITION IN URBANA (24) At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 13, 1045, authority was granted to negotiate for the purchase of certain properties in the block bounded by Mathews Avenue, California Street, Goodwin Avenue, and Oregon Street at the best possible prices. The Director of the Physical Plant Department recommends that the Board authorize an offer of $42,500 for the purchase of the properties at 606 South Mathews Avenue and 1201, 1203, and 1205 West California Street, Urbana, and that the Board adopt the following resolution: Be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that Sidney B. Trelease of Urbana, Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized to negotiate with the owner or owners for the purchase by and for the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, of the following described real estate, viz.: 1201, 1203, 1205 West California Street Lots One (1) and T w o (2) and the East Thirteen (13) feet of Lot Three ( 3 ) , in Block T w o (2) of Nina B. Bronson's Subdivision of a part of the East half (Ey2) of the Southwest Quarter ( S W $ 4 ) of the Northeast Quarter ( N E ^ )