Community Board Proposes Changes In Interim Report

Three members of the Agassiz Panning Board last night proposed changes in University expansion plans specifically relating to their community at an informal meeting with the assistant vice presidents for community affairs.

James B. Herold, a member of the community planning group, said last night that three major concerns of his group were the relocation of Harvard boundaries, the formation of "positive visual edges" dividing the Harvard and Agassiz communities, and the specification of long-range plans for University-owned properties.

Herold said his board wanted the boundary lines drawn down Hammond St. by the University Panning Office's Interim Report to be redrawn down Museum St., because the projected lines "run down the middle of the residential district."

He said his group wants Harvard to build a positive dividing line along the south boundaries of Hammond St., where a parking site and electronic accelerators now seperate Harvard from Agassiz.

The unarticulated line "adds to the decay and the transitional nature of the community," Herold said. "Our aim is to keep the neighborhood stabilized and get people to buy in it."

The indefinite plans for Harvard-owned properties need clarification, Herold said. "We want to know whether the buildings are for rental, selling or building purposes," he said.

Herold called the responses of Donald C. Moulton and Lewis A. Armstead, assistant vice presidents for community affairs, "non-committal," but said he hoped to "see changes that will reflect our suggestions."