Charlestown Residents Encouraged to Review Wynn Casino Plans

In an effort to allow Charlestown residents a chance to look over and comment on early plans for Wynn LLC's resort casino in Everett, the city has posted a copy of the environmental notification form online and extended the comment period until Tuesday, July 23. 

In a letter to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Boston officials say the city should have been given notice earlier of the plans.

"Review of the Expanded ENF and discussions with the Wynn Resort personnel indicate that the city of Boston may be a host community to the Wynn Resort. As a host or surrounding community to the proposed Wynn Resort, the City of Boston needs to thoroughly review this voluminous filing, understand its impacts on the city of Boston and inform our citizens, particularly the residents of Charlestown, of this large scale development, in order to provide the community and the appropriate city agencies with a meaningful opportunity to review and comment on the Expanded ENF," Boston officials state in the letter.

See Wynn's EENF filing embedded above via Scribd.com or click on the links below.

Below, find the full letter from Boston's Host Community Advisory Committee, which was formed to review potential casino projects in the Boston area:

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Dear Charlestown residents,

In advance of their formal application for a gaming license to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission Wynn MA, LLC has filed an Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF) with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) in accordance with Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) regulations regarding their proposed development along Alford Street.

The City of Boston has made the unabridged contents of that filing available at the reference desk of the Charlestown branch of the Boston Public Library. The city has also made that filing and technical data appendices available online. Public comments on this filing can be submitted to the EOEEA until Tuesday, July 23, 2013.

The EOEEA accepts public comments through mail, hand delivery and also via email. 

Mailing Address:

Secretary Richard K. Sullivan Jr.  
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA)  
Attn: MEPA Office
Anne Canaday, EEA No. 15060
100 Cambridge St., Suite 900
Boston MA 02114 

E-Mail: anne.canaday@state.ma.us

Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you know that may be interested. Thank you for you participation!

Sincerely, 

Anthony J. Gallagher
on behalf of The Host Community Advisory Committee
City Hall, Room 615
Boston MA, 02201 
HCAC@cityofboston.gov 
www.cityofboston.gov/gaming