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Government Releases Library Report

Response to City's Complaints

Donald C. Moulton, assistant vice president for government and community affairs and a task force member, said yesterday, "The fact that the GSA in-corporated some suggestions is a positive step showing they are able to take critical comments and address themselves to them."

Gladys P. Gifford, a member of the task force, said last night after reading the GSA report, "It looks like it was taken verbatim from our letter."

"The outline appears to be a very straightforward attempt to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act," she said. "It is important that the GSA is telling the consultant to work with the community and to look at the alternatives of a smaller library and a library without a museum."

Other notable modifications in the new outline include:

I Adding a section on the impact of the library on low-income populations;

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I Adding a section on the "psychological, physiological and sociological impact of visitors upon those living or working in the area;"

I Adding a section on the ecology of the Charles River;

I Changing slanted wording such as "justification for parking solution" to unbiased wording like "Parking considerations;"

I Adding "concerned citizen groups" to a list of organizations the consultants should confer with;

I Adding a section about the related facilities site where condominium apartments, a hotel, a parking garage, and commercial frontage have all been considered for development;

I Omitting mention of the Kennedy Library's relation with the public school system; and,

I Adding a section to analyze whether the library will conform with the federal, state and local land-use plans

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