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tance in determining feasibility of such an installation was provided by the firm of Robert A. Jones, Consulting Engineers, LaGrange, Illinois. It is now proposed that the Board of Trustees approve an application _ to the Federal Communications Commission for a construction permit and station license for an educational FM radio station to be located at the Chicago Circle campus and to be used jointly by the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses. Such an application would be subject to approval by appropriate State agencies. The Chancellors at the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses recommend approval. I concur and recommend adoption of the following resolution. Resolution

BE IT, AND IT HEREBY IS, RESOLVED by T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF

T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller of this public corporation be, and he hereby is, authorized to execute and to deliver to the Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America an "Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Non Commercial Educational TV, FM, or Standard Broadcast Station" covering and including an application for a construction permit and station license for an educational FM radio station to be located at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Campus^ Chicago, Illinois, to be used jointly by the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle and the University of Illinois at the Medical Center Campuses, and to make, prepare, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all other documents, papers, exhibits and materials and to do all other things necessary to secure from the Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America any and all necessary licenses, permits and authority to construct, build, establish, maintain and operate an educational FM radio station as aforesaid.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved and the foregoing resolution was adopted.

W I T H D R A W A L O F APPLICATION FOR GRANT F U N D S U N D E R TITLE 1 OF T H E HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT OF 19 6 3 A N D REASSIGNMENT O F F U N D S T O OTHER PROJECTS

(27) On September 15, 1971, the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution authorizing the filing of an application for grant funds for the construction of the Library Building Second Addition at the Chicago Circle campus. The construction of this facility will not be authorized for construction during FY 1974 and it is desirable for the grant amount of $500,000 to be reassigned by the State of Illinois Board of Higher Education to other project(s) that will be authorized for construction during FY 1974. The Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus recommends that the Board of Trustees adopt the resolution submitted herewith which withdraws the approved application in the amount of $500,000 for the Library Building Second Addition project at the Chicago Circle campus, thereby releasing $500,000 of grant funds for reassignment by the State of Illinois Board of Higher Education to other project(s) to be authorized in FY 1974. I concur. Resolution Authorizing the Release of Grant Funds Amounting to $500,000 under Title I of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 WHEREAS, the U.S. Commissioner of Education with the concurrence of the Illinois Board of Higher Education authorized a grant in the amount of $500,000 under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 for the construction of the project described below: Library Building Second Addition at Chicago Circle, and WHEREAS, the funds available for capital projects and the priorities established for capital projects within the State of Illinois are insufficient to provide