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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 27

of Men's Residence Halls are scheduled for completion. T h e proposed location for this building is east of the Illinois Central Railroad and north of Florida Avenue Before the design of this building can be fully developed, preliminary designing is necessary on other projects, specifically a future Physical Plant Service Building and a future Receiving and Warehousing Building for the Purchasing Division of the Business Office which will be constructed in the same area. T h e food storage building will be a specialized warehouse and food service building requiring large refrigerators for storage of frozen foods and cold areas for processing foods. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract to A. Epstein, Inc., Engineers, Chicago, for complete architectural and engineering services on this building. T h e proposed fee for this service is 6 per cent of the cost of the construction contract. Until such time as the project is ready for construction, payments will be limited to a fee of 1.5 per cent of the estimated cost to cover design work and drawings. For additional supplementary studies necessary to develop the plans so that the location of the food storage building will not interfere with the development of the other service building project referred to, A. Epstein, Inc., will charge a fee based on actual costs as determined by time-card reports, plus n o per cent for overhead and commission. I recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract for these services according to the terms specified and that an appropriation of $12,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund as an advance to pay for said services, which will be a part of the construction cost of the Food Storage Building, with the understanding that this fund will be reimbursed from the proceeds of the bond issue to finance construction when such funds become available. The Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board has also considered this proposal and joins in the recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d w e r e a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e t h e r e c o m m e n d e d c o n t r a c t , and t h e a d v a n c e of f u n d s r e q u e s t e d w a s a p p r o v e d b y t h e f o l l o w i n g vote: A y e , M r . B i s s e l l , M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . Livings t o n , M r . M e g r a n , 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 . N i c k e l l , Mr. Stratton, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins. CONTRACT AND APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN CERAMICS BUILDING (23) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of the following contracts for improvements in the attic of the Ceramics Building to convert that area into usable space for the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder. General — E. N. DeAtley, Champaign $24 000 Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning — F . R. Inskip, Champaign, doing business as F . R. Inskip and Co 28 440 Electrical — William H . Brunkow, Champaign, doing business as Brunkow Electric Co 7 509 Total of Contracts $59 949 This is for the minimum improvements necessary. Additional remodeling and improvements in this area will be recommended later when funds are available. A special appropriation of $80,000 will be required for the above contracts and other expenditures, including purchases of equipment. I recommend that a special appropriation of $80,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund for this project, and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the above contracts. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h e s e c o n t r a c t s w e r e a w a r d e d , and t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d w e r e a u t h o r i z e d to execute t h e s a m e , a n d t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f f u n d s r e c o m m e n d e d w a s made b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . B i s s e l l , M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , Mr.