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Task Force Member Brent Whelan '73 echoed the sentiment, stating that an hour or two every month does not seem sufficient time for active collaboration with Allston residents in discussing future plans for Allston.
At the meeting, University officials did not present a timeline for moving forward with construction on the Science Complex, which is currently a paved-over, eight-ton steel foundation surrounded by a wooden fence and newly planted greenery. The delay in mapping a clear trajectory disappointed some Allston residents.
"We have a finite life, and Harvard does not. They can outlive us," said Robert W. Alexander, an Allston resident who worked part-time for Harvard before retiring in 2007. "They listen, they lend an ear, and they do nothing about it. It's very frustrating."
"I found him throughly uncommunicative," said Allston Resident Brent Whelan '73. "I did not feel that Chris was a friend of the community or a friend of collaborative development with the community."
“This is a personnel change, not a change in focus," Chief University Planner Kathy A. Spiegelman said. "Our priorities remain the same."