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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[June 19

and Procedure" adopted by the Board of Trustees which gives the President authority to make traffic and parking regulations and such changes therein as conditions may warrant. Director L. A. Bryan of the Institute of Aviation, w h o has been serving as the Chairman of the Traffic and Parking Board, made a statement in support of these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h e P r e s i dent were approved. EXECUTIVE SESSION B e f o r e t h e B o a r d c o n v e n e d f o r i t s r e g u l a r m e e t i n g , a n e x e c u t i v e sess i o n w a s r e q u e s t e d a n d o r d e r e d f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e f o l l o w i n g items of b u s i n e s s . AIR RIGHTS OVER PROPERTIES ADJOINING UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS AIRPORT (33) I n the negotiations with the Civil Aeronautics Administration for federal funds for the construction of the first unit of an Administration Building and Control Tower at the University of Illinois Airport, the University has been asked to declare that it will acquire, either through purchase or by easement by 1961, control of the air rights over certain areas at each end of the north-south runway. T h e Civil Aeronautics Administration requires assurance that the approach flight path will not be obstructed on any airport which it operates or assists in improving. Aside from the federal requirements, it is important to the University to have control of the air rights over these areas, but it had not been anticipated that any steps would be taken immediately. In view of the request from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the University should begin negotiations for easements. The owner of the property at the north end of the runway is interested in selling his land to the University but in earlier negotiations indicated an unwillingness to sell or grant an easement without a commitment on the part of the University to purchase the land. Since funds are not currently available, it is impossible to make a commitment for such a purchase and negotiations for the acquisition of an easement will take some time. In view of this situation the Civil Aeronautics Administration is willing to accept, in lieu of a commitment, a declaration by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that it agrees that acquisition of air rights over the area is desirable, that the Board will seek funds necessary to acquire the property by purchase or air rights oyer the property on or before March 29, 1961, and that if any building construction on this area is started in the meantime the Board will take whatever steps it can within its statutory powers to prevent or abate the construction. T h e Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution. Resolution WHEREAS the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation, proposes to improve its airport facilities by the construction 01 an administration building; and WHEREAS the Federal Government proposes to participate in this improvement by making a substantial grant to the cost of this project, and WHEREAS the Federal Government, in making such grant requires assurances that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois will within its statutory and constitutional authority take any action available to it which may be required to keep the area trapezoid in shape, extending outwardly 2000 feet from a point located 200 feet outward from each end of the N / S runway measured along the centerline thereof as projected outward, the said zones being 400 feet wide at the said beginning point, measured equidistant on each side of the projected centerline, and increasing to a width of 800 feet at its outer extremity, measured equidistant on each side of the projected centerline free 01 obstacles that will interfere with the flight path.