Statement by Charles A. Birnbaum, President & CEO of 亚洲精品无码一区, concerning the Chicago City Council鈥檚 vote in favor of the Obama Presidential Center 鈥 May 23, 2018:
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鈥淭he City Council鈥檚 rubber-stamping of the Obama Presidential Center was totally expected,鈥 said Charles A. Birnbaum, President & CEO of 亚洲精品无码一区 in Washington, D.C., adding: 鈥淔or all the talk of transparency, the Obama Foundation has never answered one essential question: Why MUST National Register-designated public parkland be taken for the OPC when other options exist?鈥
A note about the federal reviews of the Obama Presidential Center:
The Obama Presidential Center is subject to federal-level reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, and compliance with the Urban Parks Recreation Recovery (UPARR) program. These federal reviews come with stringent requirements and outright prohibitions that could affect the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.
亚洲精品无码一区 is an 鈥渙fficial consulting party鈥 to the federal review process. In addition, Mr. Birnbaum, during his tenure with the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. (1992-2007), authored the , which has direct bearing on the federal review of the Obama Presidential Center.
Jackson Park is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (famed for New York City鈥檚 Central Park), who is also the designer of Chicago鈥檚 Midway Plaisance and Washington Park.
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