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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES

(19) Under date of April 28, 1956, the Medical Center Commission was formally requested to allocate to the University of Illinois for the development of the Chicago Professional Colleges the area bounded by Ashland Avenue on the east to Damen Avenue on the west, and from Polk Street on the north to Taylor Street on the south; also the area bounded by Paulina Street on the east and Wood Street on the west, and from Taylor Street on the north to Roosevelt Road on the south, except for land now occupied by the State Department of Public Welfare for the "William Healy Residential School." Under date of December 5, 1956, this request was modified to eliminate from the University's askings the area south of the William Healy Residential School in the section of the block bounded by Wood Street, Roosevelt Road, and Hermitage Avenue. Under date of December 13, 1956, Dr. Walter H. Theobald, President of the Medical Center Commission, wrote as follows: Dr. David D. Henry, President December 13, 1956 University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

DEAR DR. HENRY:

The Medical Center Commission met at its regular meeting on Tuesday, December nth, 1956, and took action on your request dated December 5th, 1956. In reference to your original request of April 28, 1956, I am happy to report to you that with the modification which you explained, the Commission voted unanimously to allocate the area bounded by Damen Avenue, Polk Street, Taylor Street and Ashland Boulevard to the East. Of course, the Holy Trinity Church area is an exception, and the Board of Education Warehouses facing Damen Avenue is a matter for future consideration and negotiation. In round figures this area amounts to about eighteen or twenty acres. I believe the above action by the Commission is of mutual satisfaction and will give reassurance to you and the University. Sincerely yours,

WALTER H. THEOBALD, M.D.

President Dr. Longenecker reported that the Medical Center Commission owns most of the land in this area and that it will seek an appropriation from the General Assembly of Illinois for the purchase and acquisition of the remaining parcels of land.

This report was received for record. EXECUTIVE SESSION At this point an executive session was requested and ordered for the consideration of the following items of business.

PURCHASES OF PROPERTIES

Mr. Livingston, Chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, reported that at a meeting held earlier today his Committee voted to recommend the acquisition of the following properties, at the prices and on the terms indicated in each case:

Two adjoining properties at 514 East Chalmers Street and 909 South Sixth Street, Champaign (at the northwest corner of Sixth and Chalmers Streets), from the L. H. Hunter estate, at a price of $55,000, a down payment of $2,000 to be made immediately and the balance to be paid after July I, 1957. At 1010 West Green Street, Urbana, at a price of $26,500, a down payment of $1,000 to be made immediately and the balance to be paid after July I, 1957. At 1202 West California Avenue (northwest corner of California and Good-