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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 19

Improvement Program for University of Illinois— Willard Airport, Urbana 1

(13) On September 17, 1975, the Board of Trustees authorized the University to submit an application for a Federal grant for certain projects required to bring Willard Airport to a minimum acceptable level for commercial operations.* The projects, which involve runways, lights, and airport grounds, are normally funded on a tripartite basis with the Federal Aviation Administration providing 75 percent of the funds, the State Division of Aeronautics 12'/2 percent, and the "local airport authority" 12'/2 percent. Since there is no local airport authority for Willard Airport, the portion normally funded by local sources is to be provided by the Division of Aeronautics of the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Division of Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration have included the following three projects for Willard Airport in their budget requests for FY 1976 and FY 1977: 1. Fire/crash/rescue facility 2. Overlay air carrier apron 3. Light N.E./S.W. runway and connecting taxiways Total 412 1 008 213 $1 633 $ 190 000 000 190

The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to sign the grant agreement, agency and participation agreement, and all other documents necessary to accept a Federal grant for the above project for the University of Illinois—Willard Airport, subject to funds being made available. T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . C o n l o n , M r . Mr. Szegho; no, none. Summers,

O n m o t i o n of M r . Livingston, authority w a s given as r e c o m m e n d e d by the 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 . Livingston, M r . N e a l , Mrs. R a d e r , M r s . S h e p h e r d ; n o , n o n e ; absent, Mr. Lenz, M r . V e l a s q u e z , G o v e r n o r Walker.

Contracts for Improvements in Parking Lots, Chicago Circle

(14) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for improvements in Parking Lots 6, 7, and 8 — adjacent to the Roosevelt Road Building at the Chicago Circle campus. The award is in each case being awarded to the low bidder on the basis of the base bid. Division I — General Work Simpson Construction Co., Chicago Division II — Plumbing and Drainage Work Samuel Caminiti, Inc., Chicago Division V — Electrical Work Phillips Electric, Inc., South Holland Total $56 568 3 880 6 928 $67 376

Funds are available from the Auxiliary Trust Revenue Bond F u n d — 1 9 6 3 Parking. This project has been approved by th? Illinois Board of Higher Education as a noninstructional facility.

1 This item was subsequently rescinded, and a revised version was approved on June 21, 1976. See the minutes of the June 21 meeting for further details. * The improvement program is limited to the objective indicated and goes back to initial Board action in September 1970. It bears no relationship to the consultant's recommendations in the Airport Master Plan.