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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974 Version B
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418 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [November 21 WHEREAS site selection for the Peoria School of Medicine is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees, inherent in its statutory charge to conduct and manage the business affairs and programs of the University of Illinois, with appropriate technical review by the Capital Development Board; and WHEREAS the City of Peoria has suggested to the Board of Trustees a site for the construction of the Peoria School of Medicine alternative to that previously selected by the Board of Trustees; and WHEREAS the Board of Trustees recognizes the legitimate interest of the City of Peoria in the location of the site for the Peoria School of Medicine; and WHEREAS the Board of Trustees has caused the general site proposed by the City of Peoria to be studied by Lankton-Ziegele-Terry and Associates, Inc., Architects and Engineers, and has been advised by that firm that an area within said site is suitable for the construction of the type of facility proposed for the Peoria School of Medicine; and WHEREAS the Board of Trustees is willing to designate a specific area within said site proposed by the City of Peoria as the site for the Peoria School of Medicine provided the Board of Trustees can be assured that said site can be made available for construction of the facility within such time as will enable the facility to be constructed, occupied and used in accordance with the schedule determined by the Board of Trustees to be necessary to meet the academic responsibilities of (he Peoria School of Medicine, and that the facility can be constructed on said site within funds available to the Board of Trustees for that purpose; Now, Therefore, Be It, and It Is Hereby, resolved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the physical facility for the Peoria School of Medicine shall and will be constructed on a site within the City of Peoria, Illinois, bounded by Main, Glendale, Seventh and State (as relocated) Streets and the foot of the bluff between High Street and Glen Oak Avenue, as more definitely shown on the plat designated "Exhibit A,"1 and attached to this Resolution, provided that the following conditions are met within the specified times: 1. That the City of Peoria has acquired title to the 5.67 acre portion of said tract designated by the Board of Trustees on "Exhibit A" as "Area A" as the site of the building proper on or before June 1, 1974. 2. That the City of Peoria complete demolition on and site preparation of said site< and deliver title and possession thereto to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on or before September 1, 1974, in such condition that building can begin thereon on said date, with all necessary demolitions of existing structures and improvements and necessary utility removals or relocations having then been accomplished. 3. That the City of Peoria deliver title and possession to the remaining part of the tract shown on "Exhibit A" as "Area B" on or before January 1, 1976, with all demolitions of existing structures and improvements and necessary utility removals or relocations having then been accomplished. 4. That the City of Peoria deliver title to the entire tract to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at a total cost to the State of not more than $280,000. Be It, and It Is Hereby, further resolved that the City of Peoria shall enter into a firm and unconditional agreement with the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, in form and substance satisfactory to the Comptroller and the Legal Counsel of the University, firmly binding the City of Peoria to compliance with the foregoing terms and conditions, and such other terms and conditions as the parties may deem desirable on or before January 1, 1974. Be It, and It Is Hereby, further resolved that the Comptroller and Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized, empowered and directed, to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver, for and on behalf of the public corporation, any and all agreements, contracts, applications, warrants and other documents which they may determine to be necessary or desirable in order to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution. 1 A copy of this exhibit has been filed with the Secretary of the Board.
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