Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978 [PAGE 247]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

236

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 23

lowing vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson.

Contract for Tennis Court Resurfacing, Urbana

(21) The President of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract for $71,500 to Champaign Asphalt Company, Urbana, the only bidder, on its base bid plus additive Alternative "A," for the repair and resurfacing of the tennis courts at First Street and Gregory Drive and at Freer Gymnasium on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The work consists of cleaning, repairing, leveling, and resurfacing twelve courts, including the installation of new net standards, color sealing the new surface, and striping. The work is to begin about May 1, 1977, and is to be completed by the middle of June. Funds are available in the operating budget of the Operation and Maintenance Division. T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . C o n l o n , M r . M a t t h e w s , V o l g m a n ; no, none. O n m o t i o n of Mrs. Shepherd, this contract w a s awarded by the l o w i n g v o t e : Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L e n z , Livingston, M r . N e a l , Mrs. R a d e r , M r s . S h e p h e r d , M r . V e l a s q u e z ; n o n e ; absent, G o v e r n o r T h o m p s o n . Mr. folMr. no,

Parking Structure Number Two, Chicago Circle

(22) The President of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends approval of a project for construction of parking structure # 2 at the Chicago Circle campus and of the employment of Carl Walker & Associates, Inc., Elgin, to provide the professional architectural and engineering services required in connection with the planning and construction of a second parking structure at the Chicago Circle campus. Employment would be on the basis of a lump sum fee of $211,000. The firm will be authorized to complete the work in the development of construction contract documents and the receipt of bids at a fixed fee of $171,000 plus reimbursements authorized by the University. The work of the firm required during the construction phase is subject to further Board approval. After the receipt of bids for the construction and revenue bonds, the Board will be requested to approve the sale of revenue bonds, the contracts for the construction work, and the balance of the architectural and engineering services required during the construction phase. The cost of the latter will be on the basis of a fixed fee of $40,000 plus authorized reimbursements. Funds are available from the reserve for Continuing Operations and Development of the Congress Circle Union Bonds. Approval of this recommendation is subject to approval of the project as a noninstructional facility by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Conlon, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Volgman; no, none. On motion of Mrs. Shepherd, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting.