Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 1246]

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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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struction Company and that an appropriation of $4,000 be made from the General Reserve. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d , a s r e c o m m e n d e d , b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . Bissell, M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . Holt, M r . H u g h e s , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . -Nickell, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , 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 . S t r a t t o n . LEASE OF SPACE FOR AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS SERVICE AND TELEVISION-MOTION PICTURE UNIT (19) The Executive Committee has authorized negotiations for the lease of space for the Audio-Visual Aids Service on the second floor of the building at the southeast corner of Green and Sixth Streets and for the Television-Motion Picture Unit on the second floor of the building at 6 0 6 ^ East Green Street, Champaign, through the agency of the University of Illinois Foundation. The Board of Directors of the Foundation has approved execution of leases with the owners of these properties. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend approval of subleases from the University of Illinois Foundation beginning September 1, 1958, or at such earlier date as possession can be obtained, and continuing through June 30, 1959, at an annual rental of $10,236 for the property at the southeast corner of Green and Sixth Streets and an annual rental of $2,696 for the property at 6 0 6 ^ East Green Street. In each case the sublease shall be automatically renewed for two-year periods until the termination of the Foundation's lease on September 1, 1963, unless at least sixty days' notice to the contrary is given by either party to the other prior to renewal dates. Funds will be available in the 1958-59 Physical Plant budget for rental, operation, and maintenance costs. Some remodeling will be required in both of these properties. Estimated cost in the area at the southeast corner of Sixth and Green Streets for AudioVisual Aids Service is $34,000. Funds are available in the appropriation made by the Board of Trustees for general remodeling. An appropriation of $9,200 is required for remodeling in the building at 606$^ East Green Street for the Television-Motion Picture Unit. I recommend that subleasing in the name and on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois of these properties from the University of Illinois Foundation be authorized, and that an appropriation of $9,200 be made from the General Reserve Fund for remodeling for the Television-Motion Picture Unit. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h e s e s u b l e a s e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d , a n d the r e c o m m e n d e d a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , Mr. Bissell, M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . H u g h e s , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . Livingston, M r . N i c k e l l , M r . S w a i n , M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . W i l l i a m s o n ; no, n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . S t r a t t o n . CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO SPARTA TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (20) On July 1, 1915, Thomas G. Dean and Mary Dean, his wife, of Sparta, Illinois, conveyed to the University a twenty-acre tract of land in Randolph Lounty, Illinois, for "agricultural experimentation and demonstration." The deed, for which no consideration was paid by the University, recited that it was given with the agreement and understanding . . . that if the University of Illinois discontinues using" the land for said purposes "for a period of more than two consecutive years" the University "shall, when requested, convey by proper deed to the Sparta Township High School, the east half" of said land. Following the conveyance of the tract to the University, the Department of Agronomy conducted experimental work on it for many years with the result that much data on the benefits and reactions of various soil management practices were collected and many valuable lessons learned. In order to devote to new studies and experimental work at a new location the funds which were being used 111 connection with the Sparta Soil Experiment Field, it became necessary and