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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD Future Meetings

President Neal called attention to the schedule of meetings for the next three months: October 8 (Special Meeting of the Board as a Committee of the Whole)—Medical Center; October 15—Urbana-Champaign; November 19-—Medical Center; December 17 — Chicago Circle. By vote of the Board, the April meeting of the Board was changed from the third Wednesday, April 21, to the second Wednesday, April 14. President Neal also announced that an executive session had been requested and would be convened to consider reports on pending litigation and acquisition of property.

RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION

Following a short recess, the Board reconvened in executive session and considered the following items of business:

Acquisition of Land for Runway Extension and Improvements at University of Illinois-Willard Airport

(45) The University has been conducting negotiations with the owner of land at the southeast end of Runway 13-31 of the University of Illinois-Willard Airport. The acquisition of this land by the University is necessary and desirable for the use of the airport's lengthened and strengthened instrument runway and to provide a clear zone as specified by the Federal Aviation Administration for the current operations of the airport and its future expansion and to fulfill its contractual commitments with the Federal and State governments. Representatives of the University have conducted negotiations with the owner of the land, but the owner has refused to sell for a price which officers of the University consider fair and reasonable and representative of its present market value. Federal Aviation Administration and State of Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, funds are available to reimburse the University for this purchase. The University of Illinois Foundation will provide interim financing. Therefore, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the property be condemned through exercise of the power of eminent domain, requests the adoption of the following resolution, and further requests authorization of settlement of the proceedings if such settlement can be effected at a price that is within the appraisals received by the University or that is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation for reimbursement.

Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property Adjacent to Southeast End of Runway 13-31, University of Illinois-Willard Airport

Be It, And It Is Hereby Resolved, Found, and Declared by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic and a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the following described property situated in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: The Southeast Quarter (SE 'A) of Section Eleven (11), Township Eighteen (18) North, Range Eight (8) East of the Third Principal Meridian, Except: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the said Southeast Quarter