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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Sanitary District and the Saline Branch Drainage District in this area. Under a court action of February 8, 1949, by which lands within the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District were detached from the Saline Branch Drainage District, the area south of Florida Avenue and west of Race Street remained a part of the Saline District although not contiguous to its main area. It is suggested, therefore, that the University request the court to order detachment of the area from the Saline District and inclusion in the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District for storm drainage purposes. T h e University and the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District have previously entered into agreements under which the University has assumed its proportionate share of operating costs of the sewage disposal plant. The University has also assumed its proportionate share of improvements which will result in increased service to the University. Annexation of this area to the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District and removing it from jurisdiction of the Saline Branch Drainage District will, therefore, not result in increased costs or new obligations which the University would not otherwise contemplate assuming. The Director of the Physical Plant Department, the Coordinator of the Small Homes Council, the Legal Counsel, and the Comptroller recommend: 1. That the Board of Trustees petition the City of Urbana to extend the city limits to include the tract on which the staff houses will be built. 2. That the Board of Trustees petition the court to ( a ) remove the Saline Branch Drainage District jurisdiction over this area, and (b) include the housing tract in the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District. I concur and request that the Legal Counsel be authorized to file the necessary petitions.

On motion of Mr. Hickman, these recommendations were adopted.

INSTALLATION OF WATER MAIN ON UNIVERSITY PROPERTY (13) The Illinois W a t e r Service Company proposes to extend a twenty-inch main across Illinois Field at the north end of the campus at Urbana-Champaign as part of the plan to provide the University with its entire water supply. The Company will agree to install this main at a time which will not interfere with the normal use of Illinois Field. T h e Company further agrees to restore the property to a condition satisfactory to the University and to remove the main if in the future it would interfere with any University construction or campus development. The Company also assumes all the maintenance expense and any losses or damage to University property arising from construction work. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend that the Company be authorized to construct a water main subject to the conditions herein specified. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary agreement with the Company.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, these recommendations were adopted.

AWARD OF CONTRACTS

The following items, numbered 14 to 29, were presented and considered together. On motion of Mr. Nickell, authority to execute the contracts was given as recommended.

LIGHTING CONTRACT FOR AGRONOMY GREENHOUSE (14) The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract in the amount of $4,266 to the Square Deal Electric Company, L a P o r t e , Indiana, the lowest bidder, for the installation of force lights in the Agronomy Greenhouse Addition. Funds are available in a special appropriation made by the Board of Trustees for the Agronomy Greenhouse Addition. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the contract.