Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978 [PAGE 500]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Electrical Work Midwest Interstate Electrical Construction Co., Chicago Total . ,

$ 31 078 $123 340

Funds for this project are available in the Physical Plant budget at the Medical Center campus. A report from the Physical Plant Department, including a schedule of the bids received, has been filed widi the secretary of the board for record. T h e s t u d e n t advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M i s s C o n l o n , Mr; Overstreet, Miss W i n t e r ; n o , none. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, these contracts w e r e a w a r 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 . Lenz, M r . Livingston, M r s . R a d e r , M r s . Shepherd, M r . V e l a s q u e z ; n o , n o n e ; absent, M r . N e a l , Governor T h o m p s o n .

Establishment of Airport Operations Development Reserve Fund, Urbana

(9) On May 18, 1977, the Board of Trustees approved guidelines and definitions pertaining to the handling of locally held funds. Pursuant to those guidelines, the acting chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus, with the concurrence of the vice president for administration, has recommended the establishment of a "University of Illinois—Willard Airport Operations Development Reserve Fund" from the airport operations activity at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The fund would be established in the amount of $4-7,000 for costs, including architectural and engineering costs, associated with the expansion and improvement of the Administration Building at the University of Illinois-Willard Airport. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . Livingston, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was approved.

Application for Federal Assistance for FY 1978 Airport Development Aid Program

(10) The Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, and the Federal Aviation Administration have indicated that the following projects are to be considered for funding in the current fiscal year: 1. Land acquisition and avigation easements for clear zones, Runway 4-22, 2. Overlay Runway 4-22 for strength and safety, and 3. Install air carrier apron security lights. The intent of the projects is to bring existing facilities within Federal Aviation Administration standards.1 The Division of Aeronautics has requested the University to apply for federal assistance of approximately $2 million for 90 percent of the eligible costs of the program. The balance of the cost, which includes the University and state shares, will be borne by the Division of Aeronautics. To prepare the application will require the assistance of an engineering consultant. The Division of Aeronautics has asked the University to identify a firm acceptable to it in order that the firm may be employed by the division with funds appropriated for FY 1978. The staff has identified the firm of Crawford, Murphy, and Tilly, Inc., 2750 West Washington, Springfield, Illinois. The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University submit an application for a federal

1 The improvement program described is limited to the objective indicated. It bears no relationship to the consultant • recommendations in the Airport Master Plan.