Minutes of a Regular Meeting, September 14 ... - Digital Collections

September 14 1949On motion by Regent McBride the recommendation was approved,President Cross reported that the application for a grant in theamount of $8,000.00 had been filed with the Civil Aeronautics Administrationfor a project for development of the Max Westheimer Field for 'Repair contactlights on the NW/SE, NE/SW, and E/W runways" and that this grant hasbeen authorized. The following resolution was proposed by President Cross:RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION ACCEPTING GRANT OFFER AND APPROVING AND ENTERING INTO GRANT AGREE-MENT.Be it resolved by the President and the Board of Regents of theUniversity of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.Section 1: That the President and the Board of Regents of theUniversity of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, shall and they do hereby accept aGrant Offer of Federal funds as made by ;he Administrator of Civil Aeronautics,dated July 19, 1949, for the purposes therein set out; that said President andBoard of Regents do hereby accept all the terms, conditions, and obligationstherein and thereby imposed and by our acceptance of same do hereby ratify theProject Application and the Sponsor's Assurance Agreement attached thereto andmade a'part thereof, and do hereby acknowledge such instruments as _constitutinga solemn and binding agreement with the United States Government, for the purposeof obtaining Federal aid in the development of the Max Westheimer,Fleld,and that such agreement shall be as set forth hereinbelow./1e-444Y--Section 2: That the'PresidentNemi the Board of Regents of the Uni-• versity of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, are hereby authorized and directed toevidence said. University's agreement by affixing their signatures to suchagreement, which is hereby executed in sextuplicate, and the Secretary ofthe Board of Regents is hereby authorized and directed to impress the officialseal of the University of Oklahoma Thereon and to attest said execution.Section 3: That the Grant Agreement referred to hereinabove shallbe as follows:'(See Contract File -'Westheimer FieldProject No. 9-34-042-901i July 19, 1949).Regent Benedum moved, and it was unanimously voted that the grantfrom the Civil Aeronautics Administration, in the amount of $8,000.00 beaccepted, and that the resolution as proposed by President Cross be adopted.President Cross recommended that the Regents authorize a requestto the State Regents for permission to use part of the $240,000 tornado repair and' restoration fund` for construction of a permanent building for theDepartment of Aeronautical' Engineering' rather'than restoring the two framebuildings used for the department and which were largely demolished by thetornado. - He stated between $75,000 and $100,000 might be'available=forthis purpose.'Moved by Regent White, and unanimously voted to approve the recommendation.