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BOARD JOF TRUSTEES

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meat of window frames and windows for the Staff Apartments Building at the Medical Center campus. Funds for this work are available in the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Revenue Bond Fund — 1951. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. T h e s t u d e n t advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . C o n l o n , M r . Summers, M r . Szegho; no, none. 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 . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . Lenz, M r . Livingston, M r . Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, Mrs. Rader, Governor Walker.

Employment of Architect/Engineer, Library Addition, Chicago Circle

(25) T h e Seventy-ninth General Assembly reappropriated to the Capital Development Board funds for planning an addition to the Library Building at the Chicago Circle campus. O n January 15, 1975, the Buildings and Grounds Committee approved of the selection of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, Chicago, to provide the required professional services in the design and construction of the project. Planning funds for an addition to the Library were reappropriated to the Capital Development Board for FY 1976. In July of 1975, the University was informed that the staff of the Board of Higher Education was questioning the need for the Library Addition and that planning for the project would be premature at that time, particularly since construction of the project was not approved for financing in FY 1976. Consequently, further action was deferred until the status of the project was known for the FY 1977 capital requests. T h e project now has a high priority in the capital budget for the University and is included in the Board of Higher Education recommendation for funding in FY 1977. T h e definitive program for the library services for the campus is complete and will require major remodeling and relocation of space and services in the existing building in addition to the construction of a stack addition. The complex nature and graphic interpretation of the functions of the Library project require the services of an architect to develop schematic drawings. If the project is not approved for FY 1977, it is still desirable to proceed with this work to develop accurate cost estimates. Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill is recommended since that firm provided satisfactory professional services for the original Library and the Phase I I Library Addition. The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board of Trustees request the Capital Development Board to employ this firm for this project at a fee in accordance with the standard architectural and engineering schedule of the Capital Development Board. T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . Conlon, M r . S u m m e r s , M r . Szegho; no, none. O n m o t i o n of M r . V e l a s q u e z , 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 by the following v o t e : Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H o w a r d , M r . Lenz, M r . Livingston, M r . Neal, Mrs. R a d e r , M r s . Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; a b s e n t , G o v e r n o r W a l k e r . M r . H a h n a s k e d t o b e r e c o r d e d as n o t voting.