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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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propriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board of Trustees request the Illinois Building Authority to transfer title to 509 East Daniel Street, Champaign, Illinois, to the University. 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 .

Amendment of Agreement with the City of Chicago for the Chicago Circle Campus Site

(29) The Board of Trustees on April 18, 1962, authorized a contract with the City of Chicago for the acquisition by the University of the site for the Chicago Circle campus at a cost of $1,008 per square foot. Since the execution of the contract, certain areas paid for by the University and totaling 4,967 square feet, have been required by the City to provide for increased radii at various street intersections, with the understanding that the University would be reimbursed for this land. T h e City now wishes to purchase additional right-of-way to provide for the widening of South Racine Avenue between West Vernon Park Place and West Congress Parkway, totaling 14,562 square feet. The University desires to purchase a five foot strip of land on Blue Island Avenue between Eleventh Street and Taylor Street, totaling 1,620 square feet, required for the expansion of the University's Utilities Plant. It is proposed that a transfer of land described above between the City and the University now be made on the basis of the original price per square foot of $1,008 as provided for in the original contract with the City of Chicago. T h e President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends authorization of an amendment to the University's contract to provide for the above transfer of land between the University and the City of Chicago at the rate of $1,008 per square foot and that the following resolution be adopted. Resolution Be It, And It Is Hereby Resolved by T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the Comptroller and the Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to execute a quit-claim deed to and in favor of the City of Chicago, a municipal corporation, conveying to said municipal corporation an area of approximately 14,562 square feet along the east right-of-way of South Racine Avenue between West Vernon Park Place and West Congress Parkway, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, as more particularly shown and described on the plat of survey attached hereto as Exhibit A.1 Be It Further Resolved by T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that the Comptroller and the Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to execute a quit-claim deed to and in favor of the City of Chicago, a municipal corporation, conveying to said municipal corporation an area of approximately 4,967 square feet adjacent to various street intersections on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle in Chicago, Illinois.

O n motion of Mr. Livingston, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Howard, Mr. Steger, Governor Walker. M r . Neal asked to be recorded as not voting. Publicity Services for Assembly Hall, Urbana

(30) T h e Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that a contract be entered into with David R. Liennan, Champaign, Illinois, to provide

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A copy of Exhibit A has been filed with the Secretary of the Board.