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State approves
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approved the hospital figure with the
understanding that the total cost would
not exceed $285 million, said committee
Chairman Gary Owen (D-Ypsilanti).
Bremer said University Hospital
revenue bonds and private donations
will cover the balance of the project not
paid by the state. Ultimately, student
fees serve as a back-up source of
collateral, according to Bremer and a
financial report issued by University
Chief Financial Officer James
Brinkerhoff at last month's Regents'
meeting.
Since state bond sales will not begin
until Jan. 1983, Bremer said the
'University will be "handling the initial
cash flow."
GOVERNOR William Milliken's of-
fice has shown reluctance to approve
such a large construction sum in a
period of state financial shortfalls,
Owen said.
Both Owen and University ad-
ministrators feared that any post-
ponement of the Oct. 1 deadline would
send construction costs soaring due to
inflation. Bremer estimated that ad-
ditional costs could amount to more
than $2 million a month if the deadline
was pushed back.
TO JUSTIFY the large ap-
propriation, state officials wanted to
"add to the scope of the project,"
University President Harold Shapiro
said at yesterday's Regents meeting.
After some consultation, the two groups
agreed that ambulatory care would be
the future hospital's highest priority
issue.
The joint committee released $2.7
million for site work-such as
relocating utility lines, implementing
an earth retention system, and con-
structing a temporary-road around the
area-to be performed this summer,
pending general legislative approval.
ALTHOUGH OWEN said there was
"some concern over the cost," he an-
ticipated the funding amounts would be
approved.
The new hospital will replace the
present hospital, built in 1923 and the
subject of growing criticism in the past
decade.
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Douglas Sarbach, director of hospital
planning, research, and development,
described the old facility as "simply
obsolete" at the Regents' March
meeting.
"Patients came (to the University
Hospital) because of the care they get,
not the facilities, but we're beginning to
stretch that point," Sarbach said.
Regents
set to
decide
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not mention any specific departments.
Nystuen finished his statements
saying, "The one compelling reason I
see to discontinue is that the geography
department has not had the ad-
ministration's support in the past, -nor
will it in the future."
In other business, the Regents ap-
propriated money for a Randall
laboratory renovation, discussed fun-
ding for the replacement hospital
project, and allocated initial funds for a
feasibility study for a wet laboratory in
the Medical School.
The Regents also named several
department chairpersons. Among them
were Prof. Carl Cohen, who will act as
director of the Residential College.
Prof. Stephen Pollock was named
chairman of the department of In-
dustrial and Operations Engineering.
The Regents also approved Prof. Albert
Cain as chairman of.the Department of
Psychology and Prof. Charles Vest as,
associate dean of the Engineering
College.
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