Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 413]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 28

Funds will be available in the state appropriation for 1957-59 for land acquisitions. I recommend that the property be purchased at the price and on the terms indicated and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d by the following vote: Aye, M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . Holt, M r . Johnston, Mr. L i v i n g s t o n , M r . S w a i n , M r s . W a t k i n s ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . Bissell, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Nickell, M r . Stratton, M r . Williamson. 1106 W e s t Illinois S t r e e t The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend the purchase of property at 1106 West Illinois Street, Urbana, owned by John B. and Jeanne R. Mizelle. The property consists of a lot approximately seventy-five feet wide and one hundred sixty-eight feet deep and a two and onehalf-story frame building with brick veneer exterior on the first story and wood shingle siding above the brick and an asphalt roof. For several years it was used as a student rooming house but has now been converted into single apartments. The land is needed as part of a site for student residence halls, and the Board of Trustees on April 18, 1957, authorized the acquisition of the property through condemnation proceedings since at that time the owners were unwilling to sell except at a price which University officials could not recommend. The owners have now agreed to enter into a contract on these terms: a selling price of $31,500, payment to be made upon approval of merchantable title; the sellers to retain possession, rent free, until September I, 1958; and the sellers to pay all taxes, prorated to September 1, 1958, and all costs of repairs, maintenance, insurance, and expense of removing any tenants on or before September I, 1958. Funds will be available in the state appropriation for 1957-59 for land acquisitions. I recommend that the property be purchased at the price and on the terms indicated and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d b y the f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . J o h n s t o n , Mr. L i v i n g s t o n , M r . S w a i n , M r s . W a t k i n s ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . Bissell, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Nickell, M r . Stratton, M r . Williamson. 1102 W e s t G r e e n S t r e e t The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend the purchase of the property at 1102 West Green Street, Urbana, owned by Miss Florence Asman and Mrs. Ruby Hardesty. The property consists of a lot seventy-six feet wide and two hundred sixty-four feet deep and a threestory frame building, recently remodeled, plus a barn in the rear. The house is presently used as a student rooming house. The land is needed as part of a site for a residence hall for graduate students, and the Board of Trustees on April 18, 1957, authorized the acquisition of the property through condemnation proceedings since at that time the owners were not willing to sell except at a price which University officials could not recommend. The owners have now agreed to enter into a contract on these terms: a selling price of $39,000 to be paid to the owners on or before July 20, 1957, upon delivery to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois of a general warranty deed of conveyance assuring the University of a fee simple title to the real estate; the 1956 general taxes due and payable in 1957 to be paid in full by the owners, and the 1957 taxes payable in 1958 to be prorated as of the date of delivery of deed; any special assessments against the property as of date of delivery to be paid by owners; the owners to have the right to remove from the premises certain stipulated contents of the house. Funds will be available in the state appropriation for 1957-59 for land acquisitions. I recommend that the property be purchased at the price and on the terms indicated, and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents.