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o66ins <br /> 0169511 1) 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts 02174 617-643-0026 <br /> January 8, 1985 <br /> Dear Board of Trustees : <br /> We enclose for your interest and comment a copy of a <br /> bill filed last month by State Representative Mary Jane Gibson <br /> on behalf of the Trustees of Robbins Library and the Town of <br /> Arlington. This legislation bears House Docket Number 1472 <br /> and is titled "An Act Establishing the Library Building <br /> Assistance Commission and Providing Assistance to Municipalities <br /> for the Construction and Renovation of Public Libraries . <br /> In essence this bill would create a commission to aid <br /> public library planning, reconstruction, and construction, and <br /> to assist cities and towns to meet the cost of library facility <br /> planning, construction, reconstruction, and renovation. It <br /> would provide grants-in-aid (on the line of the School Building <br /> Assistance Law) of 75% of the cost of approved projects including <br /> planning. <br /> In 1978 and 1979 the Massachusetts Governor' s Conference <br /> on Libraries and Information Services passed a resolution <br /> calling for adequate federal and state funding for library <br /> facilities to support the growth of library collections and <br /> their maintenance for optimum reader usability and renewed <br /> funding for construction, building, renovation, and additions . <br /> It is our understanding that your community is contemplating <br /> construction or renovation of its public library. We hope that <br /> you will take the time to review this bill . We ask for your <br /> support and that of your State Senator and State Representative . <br /> We would appreciate your comments before the bill is brought <br /> to a public hearing in mid-February. <br /> Sincerely yours , c <br /> John A . Walkinshaw <br /> Chairman <br /> Robbins Library Board of Trustees <br />