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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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conditions in the building. The remodeling will also facilitate use of the various facilities in the center by wheelchair and other users. It is estimated that the total project will cost $121,500. Funds for this project will be provided from the Chicago Circle Bond Fund. Approval is requested subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education.

O n motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Governor Walker. Contract for Remodeling Married Student Housing (MS-4), Urbana

(10) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract in the amount of $71,828 to Dean Evans Co., Champaign, the low bidder, for enclosing twenty-one stairway entrances in the Orchard Downs Housing Project at the Urbana campus. In 1968, twenty-one low cost housing units were constructed in the Orchard Downs Housing area south of George Huff Drive. By 1972, experience had indicated that the open entryways on each side of the building resulted in excessive maintenance to the stairway and adjacent area. In July, 1972, the Board of Trustees authorized a project to enclose one of the entryways of each building to reduce this maintenance and to provide greater safety and comfort to the residence by eliminating ice, snow, and water that now collects in the entry stairs and landing. This project was successful and it is now proposed to enclose the other entryway of each building in the same manner. The following bids for this work were received by the University on October 25, 1974: Base Bid Dean Evans Co., Champaign $71 828 00 Barber & DeAtley, Inc., Urbana $78 798 00 Lyman-Wikoff, Inc., Champaign $88 297 44 T h e work will consist of newly constructed steps, an enclosure of vertical siding compatible with the existing siding and an entry door with window and new lighting. This work will not result in any increase in the rental rate. Funds for this work are available from the unexpended balances of the original sale of revenue bonds. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , this c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d b y t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . H u g h e s , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . N e a l , M r s . R a d e r , M r . Steger, M r . S w a i n ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , D r . Bakalis, G o v e r n o r W a l k e r .

Activation of FM Radio Station, Chicago Campuses

(11) On June 20, 1973, the Board approved an application to the Federal Communications Commission for a license and construction permit for a 10-watt FM educational radio station, to be owned by the University and utilized jointly by the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses. The application now has been approved by the Commission. T h e Chancellors of the Chicago campuses appointed a joint study committee of faculty and staff members from such departments as Instructional Resources,