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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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Lease of Space for Cooperative Extension Service (36) The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative ofiBcers, recommends the approval of execution by the comptroller and the secretary of leases for the period July 1, 1977, to June 30, 1978, at various locations within the state, to provide space for cooperative extension activities. The terms of the proposed leases are as follows: _ ^ . _ Proposed Payments, Location/Lessor JSq. Ft. Annual/Sq. Ft. Cook County Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago $20,160.00 7,920 sq. ft $2.55/sq. ft. Peoria County Farm Bureau, Peoria $10,161.00 1,668 sq. ft . $6.09/sq. ft. Du Page County Cooperative Extension Service Division, Wheaton $22,612.50 3,350 sq. ft $6.75/sq. ft. Funds are available in the County Extension Trust Fund operating budget for FY 1978. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Conlon, Mr. Overstreet, Miss Winter; no, none. O n motion of Mr. H a h n , these recommendations were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. Site Contract Modification, Peoria School of Medicine (37) On February 20, 1974, the Board of Trustees authorized the execution of a contract with the city of Peoria and the Capital Development Board for the acquisition of a twenty-five-acre urban renewal area in Peoria as the site for the Peoria School of Medicine, and the city has conveyed that site to the University. In connection with the redevelopment of the area adjacent to the site, it is now proposed that the city and the University exchange approximately two acres of land. (A copy of an exhibit showing the land has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.) In addition, pursuant to a separate cooperation agreement with the city, relating to property adjacent to the site, the area previously designated as R-2 (medium density housing) will become C-2 (neighborhood commercial) with approval to establish a restaurant, and the area previously designated C-l (neighborhood commercial) will be designated as an institutional area to permit the establishment of an ambulatory care clinic operated by the Veterans' Administration. The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends approval of revisions to the site acquisition contract with the city of Peoria to provide for the exchanges and modifications as described. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Conlon, Mr. Overstreet, Miss Winter; no, none. O n motion of Mrs. Rader, these recommendations were approved hy the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, M r . H a h n , Mr. Howard, M r . Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson.