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AGREEMENT WITH GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

President Darden presented the following proposal concerning the University's contribution
to the restoration work being done in the area between West Lawn and West Range, by the Garden Club
of Virginia.

Memo: To The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia:

Consultation with officers of the Garden Club of Virginia has resulted in an agreement as
to the University's contribution to the work being done on the gardens in the area between West
Lawn and West Range. We agree that the University should assume the following obligations:

The University will continue to remove the North-South road lying between West Lawn and
West Range as is required by the garden work. It will rebuild the East-West roads, providing a
shallow gutter and using stabilized gravel for the roads. The University will grade and construct
an appropriate walk, using light crushed stone, to run just outside and along the western edge of
the gardens providing passageway for students and visitors desiring to see the gardens. These
improvements are conditioned upon funds becoming available. It is hoped that circumstances will
permit these to go hand in hand with the work on the gardens.

The University is to see that the gardens, when completed, are maintained in an appropriate
manner and that, more particularly, it is to see:

1. That the brick and woodwork is kept in good condition and that the lawn, plants and
walks are well kept and, should it be necessary to replace any of the plants, that only plants
known as of the year 1826 be used.

2. That the original design of the gardens is followed, due allowance being made for
the occupant of the pavilion to have a cutting garden.

3. That when repairs are made in the walks, walls, gates and garden ornaments, like
materials shall be secured for replacements and in those cases where a change in design or material
is deemed necessary, the officials of the Garden Club of Virginia or a landscape architect
employed by them shall be consulted.

I recommend to the Rector and Visitors that the University obligate itself as suggested
by the above tentative agreement.

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Whereupon a resolution was adopted approving the proposal and authorizing the President
to sign such an agreement with the Garden Club.