Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952 [PAGE 560]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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An ordinance vacating the present alley is being acted upon by the Council of the city of Chicago. Before such an ordinance becomes effective, the University is to dedicate the south sixteen feet of the property of 821 South Winchester Avenue, to provide a means of egress to take the place of the alley being vacated. The Comptroller and the Director of the Physical Plant recommend that the following resolution be adopted: Resolved, That when the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall acquire title to the following described real estate, this Board does hereby authorize, empower, and direct the Comptroller and the Secretary of this Board, in the name and on behalf of this Board, to execute and deliver to the city of Chicago, a plat of dedication, to wit: South Sixteen (16) feet of Lot Sixty-one (61) in the Potter Palmer subdivision of Lot Eleven (11) and that part of Lot Twelve (12) lying South of the center line of Polk Street, except Winchester Avenue in Codwise's Subdivision of the West Half (W^4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE^i) of Section Eighteen (18), Township Thirtj'-nine (39) North, Range Fourteen (14) East of the Third Principal Meridian, except the West One and Thirtyseven Hundredths (1.37) chains. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, this resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Grange, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Stevenson.

REMOVAL O F OVERHEAD PUBLIC UTILITIES AT CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES

(14) It is necessary that an alley running through University property directly south of Polk Street between Wolcott Street and Winchester Avenue in Chicago be vacated. An ordinance providing for this will be presented to the City Council on April 19. The vacation of this area is now necessary because of the construction of a student residence hall for the Chicago Professional Colleges. This will require relocation of the overhead lines of the Commonwealth Edison Company and the Illinois Bell Telephone Company to an area to be conveyed by the Medical Center Commission to the University. Since this change is for the convenience of the University, it should pay the expense of relocating the public utilities lines. The Commonwealth Edison Company has estimated its cost at $2,842 and the Illinois Bell Telephone Company's estimate is $1,600. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that these expenditures be authorized. Funds are available and have been released from the state appropriation "Permanent Improvements at Chicago — Construction of Utility Distribution System and remodeling of existing buildings." I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, authority was given as recommended.

CONTRACT FOR WRECKING OF BUILDINGS AT 8 2 1 - 2 3 AND 8 2 5 S O U T H MARSHFIELD A V E N U E , CHICAGO

(15) The Medical Center Commission is transferring to the University land needed for the staff apartment building and student residence hall to be constructed for the Chicago Professional Colleges. The buildings on the property at 821-23 and 825 South Marshfield Avenue, Chicago, which is part of the area to be transferred, will have to be demolished. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $2,235 to the Bosley Wrecking Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for razing of these buildings, subject to the completion of the transfer of the land to the University and final sale of the bond issue for these housing projects. The cost of this site clearance will be paid from the proceeds of the bond issue. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary be authorized to execute this contract accordingly.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, this contract was authorized as recommended.