Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 112]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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A. A backlog of needs deferred during the depression and World W a r I I when either funds or materials for new construction were not available. E. T h e increasing age of existing buildings which forces a program of improvements and rehabilitation to maintain the state's investment in the plant, increase utilization, and improve safety. C. A continuing increase in enrollment during, at least, the next eighteen years, within which period the enrollment of the University will probably double. These needs make it imperative that long-range planning services be increased, that the public and the legislature be fully informed, that construction be materially accelerated, and that appropriations be enlarged accordingly if the University is to fulfill its responsibilities.

ASSUMPTIONS

T h e recommendations made in this report are based on the following assumptions: A. T h a t the major responsibility of the Building P r o g r a m Committee is to recommend the most urgent capital needs of the University. B. T h a t building plans and specifications will be prepared during 1956-57 to permit construction of the major projects recommended for completion during the 1957-59 biennium. C. That the construction required at Urbana-Champaign has been estimated on the basis of demand for increased enrollment without regard to the possible desirability of limiting either overall size of the University at UrbanaChampaign or of specific curriculum enrollment. D. T h a t the previously reported housing program will go forward at UrbanaChampaign. E. That, in general, power plant and utility capacity will be included only for those facilities in the " A A " list and the housing program. F. That the land for site expansion at the Chicago Professional Colleges will be acquired through the Chicago Medical Center Commission. G. T h a t additional steam capacity will not be needed by the Chicago Professional Colleges in the 1957-59 biennium. It is further assumed that in the event of non-University projects requiring additional steam capacity, such capacity would be financed through the Medical Center Steam Company. H. That a laundry building will be constructed at the Chicago Professional Colleges from funds other than state appropriations. I. T h a t the G. A. Miller Meadow will be made available as a site for the Chicago Undergraduate Division.

RECOM MENDATIONS

The University Building P r o g r a m Committee submits herewith its recommendations for the 1957-59 biennium. T h e projects recommended, including preliminary estimates of costs, are as follows: I. Land and Planning A. Site for the Chicago Undergraduate Division $ 1 250 000 B. Building and site plans, Chicago Undergraduate Division 750 000 C. L a n d : 1. Urbana-Champaign: a. Housing 1 000 000 b. Academic expansion 500 000 2. Chicago Professional Colleges 1 D. Campus planning and building studies: 1. Urbana-Champaign 375 000 2. Chicago Professional Colleges 150 000 3. Plans and specifications for Agronomy Unit of Plant Sciences Building, Urbana-Champaign 200 000 (4 225 000)

1 The land for the Chicago Professional Colleges will be acquired through the Chicago Medical Center Commission.