Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 370]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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public u s e ; that funds are now available for the purchase of said land; that this Board of Trustees has negotiated with Leola C. Graham, the owner of said land, and with her duly authorized representatives for the purchase of said land at a price which this Board of Trustees considers fair and reasonable and which it finds constitutes the present market value of said land, but she has refused to sell and convey the land to T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for such price and continues to refuse to sell and convey the same to it except for a consideration and price which The Board of Trustees deems excessive and is, therefore, unwilling and has refused to pay; and / / is further hereby resolved, found and declared by said The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the compensation to be paid by it for said land cannot be agreed upon between this Board of Trustees and the said Leola C. Graham and she and it are unable to agree upon the purchase price to be paid her for the sale and conveyance by her thereof to said The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and Therefore, it is further hereby resolved, found and declared by T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that, because of the said need of said University for said land for the purposes herein set forth and because the compensation to be paid said Leola C. Graham as the owner thereof for such land can not be agreed upon between her and this Board of Trustees it is necessary for The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to take said land and acquire title thereto through the exercise by it of the right of eminent domain conferred upon it by law and to have the compensation to be paid by it to the said Leola C. Graham and any and all other persons who may have any right, title or interest in and to said land determined in the manner provided by law for the exercise of said right and power of eminent domain, and // is further hereby resolved by this Board of Trustees that the necessary and appropriate action be taken for the acquisition of title to said property by said T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and to have the compensation to be paid therefor determined by the institution and prosecution to completion of a proceeding in eminent domain in a court of competent jurisdiction and that the Legal Counsel of the University be and he is hereby authorized to proceed accordingly, to institute and prosecute an eminent domain proceeding in the name of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the acquisition of said land and the determination of the compensation to be paid by it therefor, and to employ such special legal counsel, appraisers and others as he may deem necessary or desirable to assist him in the institution and prosecution of said proceeding. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d by the following v o t e : A y e , M r . Bissell, M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . Hughes, M r . Livingston, M r . Nickell, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s ; no, none; absent, M r . Johnston, M r . Stratton, M r . Williamson. 1012 W e s t Green Street T h e University now owns property adjacent to the property located at 1012 West Green Street in the city of Urbana, Illinois. T h e property at 1012 West Green Street is owned by Miss Margaret Nelson. It is approximately 76 feet in width and approximately 264 feet in depth. T h e University needs this property as part of the site for the contemplated student housing unit for single graduate students. Negotiations have been conducted by the Physical Plant Department with Miss Nelson and her attorneys and agents and it appears that the amount of compensation to be paid for the property can not be agreed upon. Miss Nelson and her attorneys and agents are unwilling to sell the property to the University except at a price which University officers deem excessive. It is, therefore, obvious that it will be necessary for the University to resort to its right of eminent domain in order to acquire this property at a reasonable

price.

Accordingly, the Vice-President and Comptroller, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Legal Counsel recommend the adoption of the following resolution, and I concur.