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space will include improvements,
such as pedestrian walkways and
a play area, " which " would yield a
net gain of about 6.6 acres of recreational
space in Jackson Park. " Following
a review of the proposal for
the Center, NPS had determined
" the proposed replacement satisfied
the UPARR Act's requirements "
and, therefore, NPS was required
to approve " a partial conversion to
make way for the Center. "
In the opinion of the federal
appeals court, the Park Service
review of the project had indeed
satisfied statutory obligations under
UPARR:
[T]he Park Service evaluated
the City's UPARR conversion
proposal, found that the City had
considered practical alternatives,
and explained that no practical
alternatives existed in light of the
City's goals.
Moreover, under UPARR, the
federal appeals court held " the
Park Service has no authority to
force the City to move the Center
to a different location. "
Conclusion
In rejecting various environmental
review claims by Protect Our Parks
to the location of the Obama Center,
the federal appeals court concluded:
" The problem with this argument
is that none of the federal
defendants had anything to do with
the site selection - it was the City
that chose Jackson Park, and the
federal agencies had (and have) no
authority to move the project elsewhere. "
According to the court:
" Federal law does
not
require
agencies to waste time and resources
evaluating environmental effects
that those agencies neither caused
nor have the authority to change. "
The federal appeals court, therefore,
affirmed
the federal
district
court's denial of Protect Our Parks'
motion for a preliminary injunction.
See also: " Standing to Challenge
Obama Center in Chicago Park, " James
C. Kozlowski, Parks & Recreation,
Aug. 2021 Vol. 55, Iss. 8 (mason.gmu.
edu/~jkozlows/lawarts/08AUG21.
pdf).
James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D., is an Attorney and Professor
emeritus in the School of Sport, Recreation and Tourism
Management at George Mason University (jkozlows@gmu.
edu). Webpage link to an archive of articles (1982 to present):
mason.gmu.edu/~jkozlows/lawarts/artlist.htm.
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