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struction Company and that an appropriation of $4,000 be made from the General
Reserve.
On motion of Mr. Williamson, this contract was awarded, as recommended,
by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs.
Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. -Nickell, Mr.
Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.
LEASE OF SPACE FOR AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS SERVICE
AND TELEVISION-MOTION PICTURE UNIT
(19) The Executive Committee has authorized negotiations for the lease of space
for the Audio-Visual Aids Service on the second floor of the building at the
southeast corner of Green and Sixth Streets and for the Television-Motion Picture
Unit on the second floor of the building at 606^ East Green Street, Champaign,
through the agency of the University of Illinois Foundation. The Board
of Directors of the Foundation has approved execution of leases with the owners
of these properties.
The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Vice-President and
Comptroller recommend approval of subleases from the University of Illinois
Foundation beginning September 1, 1958, or at such earlier date as possession
can be obtained, and continuing through June 30, 1959, at an annual rental of
$10,236 for the property at the southeast corner of Green and Sixth Streets and
an annual rental of $2,696 for the property at 606^ East Green Street. In each
case the sublease shall be automatically renewed for two-year periods until the
termination of the Foundation's lease on September 1, 1963, unless at least sixty
days' notice to the contrary is given by either party to the other prior to renewal
dates. Funds will be available in the 1958-59 Physical Plant budget for rental,
operation, and maintenance costs.
Some remodeling will be required in both of these properties. Estimated
cost in the area at the southeast corner of Sixth and Green Streets for Audio-
Visual Aids Service is $34,000. Funds are available in the appropriation made by
the Board of Trustees for general remodeling. An appropriation of $9,200 is
required for remodeling in the building at 606$^ East Green Street for the Television-Motion
Picture Unit.
I recommend that subleasing in the name and on behalf of the Board of
Trustees of the University of Illinois of these properties from the University of
Illinois Foundation be authorized, and that an appropriation of $9,200 be made
from the General Reserve Fund for remodeling for the Television-Motion Picture
Unit.
On motion of Mr. Johnston, these subleases were authorized, and
the recommended appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye,
Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr.
Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson;
no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.
CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO SPARTA TOWNSHIP
HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
(20) On July 1, 1915, Thomas G. Dean and Mary Dean, his wife, of Sparta,
Illinois, conveyed to the University a twenty-acre tract of land in Randolph
Lounty, Illinois, for "agricultural experimentation and demonstration." The deed,
for which no consideration was paid by the University, recited that it was given
with the agreement and understanding . . . that if the University of Illinois
discontinues using" the land for said purposes "for a period of more than two
consecutive years" the University "shall, when requested, convey by proper deed
to the Sparta Township High School, the east half" of said land.
Following the conveyance of the tract to the University, the Department of
Agronomy conducted experimental work on it for many years with the result
that much data on the benefits and reactions of various soil management practices
were collected and many valuable lessons learned. In order to devote to new
studies and experimental work at a new location the funds which were being used
111 connection with the Sparta Soil Experiment Field, it became necessary and