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PLANS FOR NEW BUILDINGS

The President reported that the Buildings and Grounds Committee had met on 1 October 1960 to
consider a number of current building projects. The plans for five projects recommended by the
President and approved by the Buildings and Grounds Committee for submission to the Art Commission
were as follows: (1) Site Plan for Copeley Hill and Lambeth Field, (2) Plans for the Civil Engineering
Wing, (3) George Mason College Site Plan, (4) Site Plan for the East Lawn Garden Road, and
(5) Plans for the Northwest Wing of the Rotunda. In approving the Site Plan for Copeley Hill, the
Buildings and Grounds Committee authorized the President to negotiate for the purchase of land to
permit the construction of an underpass under the C & O Railway which would provide an entrance
off Route 250 West to the Copeley Hill Site.

Final plans for five projects were proposed by the President and approved by the Buildings and
Grounds Committee. There were (1) University Hospital - Phase II, (2) Law School Building Addition,
(3) Minor Hall Renovation Plans, (4) Madison Hall Renovation Plans, and (5) Piedmont Bachelors'
Quarters Plans.

The President reported also that, at this same meeting of the Buildings and Grounds Committee,
he had summarized the difficult situation ahead with respect to the growing need for increased
eating facilities at Newcomb Hall. To meet this growing need, the Comptroller presented to the
Committee a tentative plan for the construction of two wings on the west side of Newcomb Hall consisting
of two floors, one of which would be below ground. The President requested and the Buildings
and Grounds Committee approved the proposal tentatively and authorized the President and the
Comptroller to proceed to prepare detailed plans for later presentation to the Committee and
eventual submission to the Board.

At the conclusion of the discussion, the following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the actions of the Buildings and Grounds Committee taken at its meeting on 1 October 1960, as
outlined above, be and they are hereby approved.