stream for that hospital and that county. President Todd said that he wants UK to have more of these relationships.
President Todd called attention to an article in the paper about UK releasing $4.2 million for classroom improvements and student lounges. This mainly involves the areas that touch learning and socializing from an academic point of view for the students. He mentioned various areas that would be receiving some of this money such as: the Student Center, the CATS den area, student office area, the Singletary Center, and Chemistry-Physics.
President Todd said that the two-year budget has allowed these improvements to be made. He noted that this is the first time during his presidency that the university has had a two-year budget. There have been budget sessions every year until now. Provost Smith and the deans were helpful in making money available for classroom improvements. Hopefully, all of the projects will be completed before the students return next year, and it will also be very uplifting to the faculty.
Mr. Hardymon reflected on President Todd's first item in his report about the legislators' support for UK's Top 20 Business Plan. He asked Ms. Tobin to read a resolution to the Board.
Ms. Tobin said the resolution is from the University of Kentucky, Board of Trustees recognizing Kentucky's policy leaders, and it is dated April 25, 2006. She read the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Kentucky's success in this new century depends, more than ever before, upon the development and sustenance of a vigorous and rigorous education system at all levels; and
WHEREAS, at the zenith of that system stands the University of Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, the people of the Commonwealth have created a compact with their university that it become a Top 20 public research university by 2020, recognizing that people who live and work and raise families in states with Top 20 universities enjoy education levels, health, and economic success well above the national average; and
WHEREAS, this compact reflects the University of Kentucky's responsibility to the people of this Commonwealth and the people's responsibility to their flagship university; and
WHEREAS, at its December 2005 meeting the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved the Top 20 Business Plan; and
WHEREAS, the 2006 Kentucky General Assembly embraced the letter and the spirit of the Business Plan, providing a substantial funding increase that will allow