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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 20

made from the General Reserve Fund by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

P U R C H A S E O F P R O P E R T Y AT 7 1 0 S O U T H SIXTH S T R E E T , CHAMPAIGN (14) T h e unimproved property at 710 South Sixth Street, Champaign, at the rear of the University's Arcade Building, has been offered to the University at a price of $10,250. This is an area 67 feet wide, 64.25 feet deep, a total of 4>3io square feet, which makes the price a unit cost of $2.38 per square foot. The University's Arcade Building adjoins this land on the north and east. While the asking price is somewhat high for the rear end of a property, as measured by usual standards, the property is well worth $2.38 per square foot, in view of University needs. The owner has agreed to grant a suitable easement from his driveway to provide access to this area from the west. Eventually, the land will be needed for expansion of the Arcade Building, when it is reconstructed, and in the meantime will provide parking spaces for fourteen cars in an area where additional parking facilities are greatly needed. T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend purchase of this property at a price of $10,250 on condition that the broker's commission will be paid by the seller and that there be the usual proration of taxes and incidental expenses. I concur and recommend that an appropriation of $10,250 be made from the General Reserve Fund for this purchase.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, the purchase of this property at the price and under the conditions recommended was authorized, and an appropriation of $10,250 was made from the General Reserve Fund by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

A P P R O P R I A T I O N S F O R BUILDINGS AND O T H E R P E R M A N E N T IMPROVEMENTS (15) The Sixty-ninth General Assembly of Illinois has appropriated funds for the following buildings and permanent improvements: In Senate Bill 527 "For construction of a Biology Building and related field laboratories, with fixed equipment installed, including plans and specifications, extension of utilities to the building, and all other necessary costs and charges incident to the completion of the work $3 "For addition to the heating plant, with fixed equipment installed, including plans and specifications, extension of utilities to the building, and all other necessary costs and charges incident to the completion of the work 1 "For construction of a Band Building, with fixed equipment installed, including plans and specifications, extension of utilities to the building, and all other necessary costs and charges incident to the completion of the work "For remodeling of an addition to Altgeld Hall, including plans and specifications, extension of utilities to the building, and all other necessary costs and charges incident to the completion of the work "For an addition to the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building, including plans and specifications, extension of utilities to the building, and all other necessary costs and charges incident to the completion of the work "For rehabilitation and remodeling of and minor additions to existing buildings at Urbana-Champaign and at the Chicago Professional Colleges, with fixed equipment installed, including plans and speci-