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GIFT OF SITE FOR ROANOKE CENTER

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS the Roanoke Center of the School of General Studies of the University of Virginia has
in the current academic year reached an enrollment of almost 3,000 students, including 300 full-time
day students,

WHEREAS the present quarters of the Center are grossly inadequate for the established mission
of the Center and thereby prevent it from meeting the demonstrated need for its educational programs,

WHEREAS the City Council of Roanoke, recognizing the validity of the well-documented and ably
presented request of the Advisory Committee of the Roanoke Center, has deeded to The Rector and
Visitors of the University of Virginia 35 acres of land, excellently located for the purposes of the
Roanoke Center, with the provision that there be constructed upon it an appropriate educational
building for the use of the Roanoke Center,

WHEREAS the Governor of the Commonwealth has given his permission for this gift to be
accepted,

WHEREAS it is the intention of the University of Virginia to proceed immediately to plan and
construct a building adequate to meet the demonstrated needs of the Roanoke area in accordance
with the established mission of the Roanoke Center,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia that the deep appreciation of the University is hereby extended to the
members of the City Council of Roanoke, representing the people of Roanoke, for a gift of land
that now opens the way for the Roanoke Center of the University of Virginia to fulfill its
established educational mission for the Roanoke area.