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THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION BOSTON ART COMMISSION BOSTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION BayState Road/Back BayWest Architectural Conservation District BayVillage Historic District Mission Hill TriangleArchitectural Conservation District St. Botolph StreetArchitectural Conservation District South End Landmarks District Raymond L. Flynn, Mayor Lorraine M. Downey, Director AirPollution Control Commission TheAirPollution Control Commission is responsible forenforcingcityand stateairand noise pollution regulationsandforadministeringtheCityof Boston'sparkingfreeze, intendedto reducethe amountofautomobileemissions inthecityand encouragethe useofpublictransit. The regulations requirethatthecommissionhold quarterlyhearings to reviewapplicationsforanynewpublicparking facilitieswithinthefreezearea. Thecommissionalso issues permitsforabrasive blastingofbuildingsandforopen burningwithinthe city; nosuchactivitymaytake placewithoutprior approvalfromthe commission. Violationsof commissionregulationsaresubjecttocivil and criminal penalties. Inadditiontotheirmandated activities, commission staffmembersare involvedwiththe issueof household hazardouswaste, both educatingthe publicaboutsource reductionand developing programsforthedisposal ofexistingwaste. Boston Art Commission Since 890, the BostonArtCommission has been 1 curatorofcity-owned publicart, responsibleforits acquisition, siting, maintenanceand interpretation. The commission reviewsand approvesall acquisitionsofpublicartworks, such asstatues, paintings, sculptures, fountainsand plaques. To groupsand individuals planningorofferingartfor public places in Boston, the commission provides technical assistanceatallstagesofthe processand approvesofthefinal design and siting. The commissionsponsorscompetitionsfor proposed worksofartfor Bostonneighborhood and downtownspaces. In 1987theArtCommissio—n began its Adopt-A-Statue Program a public/privateeffort to raise $ .2millionto restoreand maintain 1 Boston's outdoor publicart. The programwill providefundsto restorethirty-nine piecesof outdoor publicartand also establishapermanent maintenanceendowmentfortheannual maintenanceofsixty-nine majorsculptures inthe city. * The Boston ArtCommission isjointly administered bythe Environment Departmentand the Office oftheArtsand Humanities. Back Bay Architectural Commission Established in 966to protectthe distinguished 1 Victorian architectureofthe BackBay, the commission reviewsall changesto exteriorsof buildings inthatdistrict. Thetwelve-member commission holds monthly publichearingsatwhich it determinestheappropriatenessofapplicationsfor proposed exteriorbuildingchanges. Itthen votesto approve, toapprovewith conditions, orto disapprovetheapplication. All such changes, including(butnotlimitedto) demolition, newconstruction, installation ofasign, ornewwindows, musthave commission approval beforetheworkis begun ora building permit is issued. Workdonewithoutpriorapproval iscited forviolation, andthe commission mayseeklegal actionto remove unauthorized alterationsand restoretheformerappearance. Fordesignguidelines, applicationsforCertificatesof Appropriateness, and informationaboutthe Back BayArchitectural Commission, contactthe Environment Departmentoffice. ' ''' '''' '' ' ' '''' ' ' ' MembershipasofJune, 1988 BEACONHILL *Nominatedby ARCHITECTURAL AIRPOLLUTION COMMISSION CONTROLCOMMISSION (Continued) RichardA.Dimino,Chairman ExOfficio RosalindGorin Commissioner, GreaterBostonRealEstateBoard' BostonTransportationDepartment Alternates Members RussellGaudreau,Jr. BartMitchell Atlarge Atlarge FrankMead JudithKurland BostonSocietyofArchitects ExOfficio CommissionerofHealthandHospitals AnthonyPangaro (RonaldJones.Designee) GreaterBostonRealEstateBoard EdwinR.Williams WilliamPear Atlarge BostonSocietyofArchitects BACKBAY BOSTONART ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION COMMISSION StephenD.Paine,Chairman AnnGleason,Chairman MuseumofFineArts' NeighborhoodAssociationofthebackBay' Members Members Robert Cormier J. JohnChristiansen TheCopleySociety' NeighborhoodAssociationoftheBackBay' WilliamB.Osgood AnthonyO.Gordon BostonPublicLibrary GreaterBostonRealEstateBoard BruceP.Rossley RoderickMacDonald Exofficio BockBayAssociation CommissioneroftheOfficeoftheArtsand Humanities DellMitchell BostonSocietyofArchitects DonaldL.Stull BostonSocietyofArchitects SusanPrindle BOSTONCONSERVATION Atlarge COMMISSION HaroldSimon RonaldScanlon,Chairman BackBayAssociation Atlarge NelsonScottSmith Members BostonSocietyofArchitects DannyChin AnthonySummers Atlarge Atlarge WilliamCoughlin Alternates Exofficio Commissioner.ParksandRecreation RichardBrayley NeighborhoodAssociationoftheBackBay' EdithDeAngelis Atlarge BillieBrenner JoanEngler Atlarge Atlarge MauriceFrye JohnLewis GreaterBostonRealEstateBoard Atlarge BarryHoffman MargaretOwen SockBoyAssociation Atlarge GeorgeMarsh BOSTONLANDMARKS BostonSocietyofArchitects' COMMISSION BEACONHILL ARCHITECTURAL AlanSchwartz,Chairman COMMISSION Atlarge DavidBuckley,Chairman AnthonyPisani,Vice-Chairman BostonSocietyofArchitects BostonSocietyofArchitects Members Members AnnBeha SallyBaer BeaconHillCivicAssociation BostonSocietyofLandscapeArchitects DouglasDerusha LawrenceA.Bianchi Atlorge GreaterBostonRealEstateBoard KayFlynn AndreaGilmore SocietyforthePreservationofNewEngland SocietyforthePreservationofNewEngland Antiquities Antiquities ' '' '' ''*' BOSTONLANDMARKS BAYVILLAGE COMMISSION HISTORICDISTRICT (Continued} COMMISSION StanleyMoss (Continued) AmericanPlanningAssociation Alternates DanielOcasio ShirleyGibbons BostonSocietyofArchitects* DistrictResident JeanMullerRyan MISSIONHILL GreaterBostonChamberofCommerce TRIANGLEARCHITE CONSERVATION LinzeeWeld DISTRICT Atlarge COMMISSION MargaretOwen Atlarge Members Alternates RichardBertman BostonLandmarksCommission JamesAlexander BostonSocietyofArchitects' AndreaGilmore BostonLandmarksCommission RichardBertman GreaterBostonChamberofCommerce' DanielOcasio ThomasEnnis BostonLandmarksCommission BostonSocietyofLandscapeArchitects LoisRegestein RosalindGorin MissionHillTriangleStudyCommittee BostonRealEstateBoard* JohnYurewicz PaulineChaseHarrell MissionHillTriangleStudyCommittee SocietyforthePreservationofNewEngland Alternates Antiquities* LorettaDixon PamelaMcDermott MissionHillTriangleStudyCommittee Atlarge MaryAnneWuthrich JohnQuatrale MissionHillTriangleStudyCommittee AmericanPlanningAssociation' ST.BOTOLPHSTREET ARCHITECTURAL DavisWoo CONSERVATION Atlarge DISTRICT BAYSTATEROAD/ COMMISSION BACKBAYWEST ARCHITECTURAL Members COMMISSION MaryDoyle Members St.BotolphCitizensCommittee' ThomasEnnis RosalindGorin BostonLandmarksCommission BostonLandmarksCommission DanielOcasio JohnMorse BostonLandmarksCommission St.BotolphCitizensCommittee' DorotheaRyan StanleyMoss KenmoreAreaActionCouncil' BostonLandmarksCommission VictorThemo AnthonyPisani KenmoreAreaActionCouncil BostonLandmarksCommission LinzeeWeld SusanWeatherbie BostonLandmarksCommission St.BotolphCitizensCommittee* Alternates Alternates MadelineKasdon StephaniePendleton KenmoreAreaActionCouncil' St.BotolphCitizensCommittee' RichardLeazott SOUTHEND NeighborhoodRepresentative LANDMARKS BAYVILLAGE DISTRICT HISTORICDISTRICT COMMISSION COMMISSION Designationprovidedthatpriorto Members appointmentofaDistrict JamesAlexander Commission,theBostonLandmarks BostonLondmorksCommission Commissionerswouldserveonan EdgarBingham interimbasis.Commissioners SocietyforthePreservationofNewEngland currentlyservingare: Antiquities RichardBertman Terrencejanericco PaulineChase DistrictResident StanleyMoss AnthonyPisani SallyG.Withington JohnQuatrale GreaterBostonRealEstateBoard' AlanSchwartz Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Originatingin 1955, the Beacon HillArchitectural Commission istheoldesthistoricdistrictcommission inthe commonwealth. Itsstatuteauthorizesthe commissionto reviewchangestotheexteriorsofall buildings in oneofthe nation's mosthistoric neighborhoods. Atits monthlymeetings, thecommission — determines ifproposed changesto b—uildings alterationsvisiblefrom apublicway are appropriatetothe historiccharacterofthe Federal, GreekRevival, andVictorianstylesofthe neighborhood. Itthenvotestoapprove, to approve with conditions, ortodisapprovethe proposals. Withoutexception, exterioralterationsto buildings musthavetheapproval ofthecommission priorto construction. Changessubjectto review rangefrom demolition and major reconstructiontosignsand newpaintcolors. Workexecutedwithoutapproval iscited inviolation, andthecommission is empoweredtoseekalegal actionto removeany unauthorized alterationsand restoreformer conditions. Designguidelines, applicationsforCertificate of Appropriatenessand other information aboutthe Beacon HillArchitectural Commissionareavailable atthe Environment Departmentoffice. The Boston Conservation Commission Underthe MassachusettsWetlands ProtectionAct, M.G.L. c. 131 s.40, local conservation commissions reviewconstruction projectsand proposalsfortheir effectonwetland resources including rivers, ponds, estuaries, fresh-and salt-watermarshes, theocean, and land underthesewaters. Boston'sConservation Commissionguardsthe public interestinthese resourceareastoassure watersupplyand quality, fin and shellfish habitat, prevention offlood and storm damage, and protection ofwildlife habitat. Thecommission also seeksto protectand preservetheopen spaceand natural areasofthecity. Tofind outifyour projectrequiresafilingwiththe commission, orformore information on Boston's urban environment, contactthe Environment Departmentoffice. The Boston Landmarks Commission The Boston LandmarksCommission isthe city's historic preservation agency, created in 975to 1 coverawide range ofactivitiesdirected toward protecting Boston's uniquelybuiltenvironment. The commission is responsible understate lawfor: • architectural surveysofallthe city's neighborhoods, relatingeach community's history as recorded by its buildingsand sites; • publiceducation on architecture and historic preservation, including publicationsand exhibitions; • designation oflandmarksand several categoriesof historicdistrictswithinthecitythrough a process involvingthe preparation oftechnical study reportsand publichearings. Theresultisa review processforchangesto designated properties within limitssetatthetimeofdesignation. Anyten Bostonvotersmaypetitionthecommission to designatea landmark, landmarkdistrict, architectural conservation districtorprotection area. Sincethe inception ofthe Landmarks Commission, the BayState Road/Back BayWest Architectural Conservation District, BayVillage Historic District, Mission Hill TriangleArchitectural Conservation District, St. BotolphStreet Architectural Conservation Districtand South End LandmarksDistrict have been established. In 983, the LandmarksCommission began a 1 programto protect Boston'sarchaeological resources. Today, the Environment Department's CityArchaeologyProgram managesthe archaeological remains located on publicand private land in Boston. The CityArchaeologist is responsible forsurveyingand inventoryingsites, managing artifactcollectionsand providingeducational resourcesto Boston publicschools. Moredetailed information on activitiesofthe Boston LandmarksCommission, includingsurvey and study reports, designation petitionsand historic districtguidelines, isavailableatthe Environment Department. CITY OF BOSTON c«B9fe> PRINTING SECTION 1 Since 890, commissions ofdedicated volunteers 1 have worked to protect Boston's distinguished architecture, open spaces andpublic works of art. Today, six commissions under the auspices of the Environment Departmentare collectively responsible for protecting the physical and natural resources ofthe City of Boston. The six commissions making up the Environment — Department Air Pollution Control Commission, Back Bay Architectural Commission, Beacon Hill Architectural Commission, Boston Art Commission, Boston Conservation Commission and Boston — Landmarks Commission retain their independence to actwithin their area of statutory responsibility; at the same time the Environment Department is designed to bring about more efficient use ofeach commission's staff resources. In addition to these statutory responsibilities, the Environment Department has become a chief contributor to city policy regarding environmental quality and on issues related to the clean up of Boston Harbor, public access to waterfront areas, the reclamation of Long Island as a recreational resource, and an advisor to a multitude of neighborhood conservation and preservation organizations. The department also manages the City Archaeology Program. The Environment Department is indicative ofmy administration's commitment to improving the quality oflife for all Boston residents. The Environment Department stands ready to help Bostonians in all neighborhoods protect their heritage. Raymond L. Flynn Mayor of Boston Environment Department Boston City Hall, Room 805 Boston, MA 0220 6 7/725-3850 and 44 6 1 1